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Centre trying best to reduce fuel prices, but onus also on Rajasthan govt: Smriti Irani
The Rajasthan government had recently reduced the value-added tax (VAT) rate by two per cent on petrol and diesel.
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PM Modi says Bengal will have a new govt and its farmers will get PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana
Narendra Modi said the BJP government would not only prospectively pay the benefits to the farmers but would also give them the entire amount retrospectively due to them.
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Uttarakhand: NTPC says Tapovan hydro project damaged due to avalanche
The Tapovan Vishnugad power plant is a 520MW run-of-river project which is being constructed on Dhauliganga River in Chamoli District of Uttarakhand
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Edelweiss Wealth Management targets to raise Rs 1,000 crore for equity-focused AIF
It may go to foreign investors as well once it has raised up to Rs 3,000 crore. Currently, the company has Rs 1.70 lakh crore of assets under advice on an overall basis
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Mutual funds pulled out Rs 12,980 crore from equities in January on profit-booking
Overall, mutual funds withdrew a net of over Rs 56,400 crore in 2020, data available with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) showed
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Government targets 1,000 routes under UDAN scheme: Hardeep Singh Puri
He also said that privatisation is required in the field of aviation as it is not the government's specialisation to run airports
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Nirmala Sitharaman says govt to work with RBI for execution of bank privatisation plan
Nirmala Sitharaman also said that the government has no plan to form any bank investment company to house the government stakes in banks.
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FDI cap hike to raise insurance penetration, help attract overseas funds: Experts
The proposed increase in FDI would also likely result in increased value for customers by way of more product options at reduced costs, he said.
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LED lighting product makers to approach govt over custom duty hike on parts; prices to see 5-10% jump
ELCOMA said that after a hike in the customs duty from 5 to 10% on the import of the components, including driver and MCPCBs used while manufacturing LED lights, prices of the locally manufactured goods will go up.
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Business confidence improves with rollout of vaccines: NCAER
The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) said the BES findings are based on responses from 500 firms.
