New Delhi, March 12 The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday that the scheme to incubate eight new cities cannot be implemented as the tenure of the 15th Finance Commission is set to end on March 31 of this year.The Rs 8,000-crore grant provided by the...
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Mumbai, March 10 The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday issued revised prudential norms governing dividend declaration by banks after examining feedback from stakeholders on the draft guidelines.Among the key changes, the RBI has eased the method of calculating "Adjusted Profit After Tax (PAT)"...
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payment banks
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reserve bank of india
small finance banks
New Delhi, March 10 The services of the 199 district agro-meteorological units, which provide crucial and detailed weather-related advice to farmers at the block level, will be discontinued by March 20, according to an order issued by the India Meteorological Department.According to the order...
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niti aayog
salary dues
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weather services
New Delhi, March 5 The Delhi excise department has collected ₹4,992 crore in revenue between April 2025 and January 2026, official sources said.Officials in the department expressed confidence that the government will meet its revised revenue target of ₹6,000 crore by March 31, the end of the...
New Delhi, March 4 Godrej Properties Ltd, a real estate firm, has purchased two land parcels, totaling over 16 acres, in Gurugram and Kolkata for approximately Rs 1,325 crore to develop housing projects, as it seeks to expand its business amid strong demand.The company has acquired an...
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golf course extension road
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kolkata
land acquisition
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residential projects
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sector 63a
west bengal housing infrastructure development corporation ltd
Bengaluru, March 2 The South Western Railway (SWR) announced on Monday that it had achieved a gross revenue of Rs 8,550 crore during the financial year 2025-26 up to February, registering a growth of 14.31 per cent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.It also reported...
New Delhi, March 2 Captive and commercial coal mines recorded coal production of 20.49 million tonnes (MT) in February, while dispatches reached 17.72 MT, according to an official statement released on Monday.For the financial year 2025-26 up to February, cumulative coal production from these...
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March 2, Kohima: Nagaland has exceeded its GST collection target for the current financial year.Speaking during the 8th Assembly Session today, Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla stated that GST revenue as of January 31, 2026, stood at 987.38 crore rupees, exceeding the 2025-26 target of 949 crore...
Bengaluru, March 2 The South Western Railway (SWR) announced on Monday that it had achieved a gross revenue of Rs 8,550 crore during the financial year 2025-26 up to February, registering a growth of 14.31 per cent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.It also reported...
Kolkata, March 2 The Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, announced on Monday that it handled 6.193 million metric tonnes (MMT) of cargo in February, registering a growth of 2.31 per cent compared to the 6.053 MMT handled in the same month last year.During April 2025-February 2026, the port...
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New Delhi, March 2 The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), for the third consecutive year, has fixed the interest rate on employee provident fund deposits at 8.25 per cent for 2025-26, according to a statement from the Ministry of Labour on Monday.In February last year, the EPFO had...
Captive and commercial coal mines recorded coal production exceeding 20 million tonnes (MT). The Ministry of Coal and Mines stated that dispatches reached above 17 MT. The ministry reported that cumulative coal production from these mines showed a growth of almost 12% year-on-year for the...
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operational efficiency
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supply chain
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Union Minister for Labour and Employment Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya chaired the 239th meeting of the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) of the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) in New Delhi today. In a social media post, Dr. Mandaviya stated that several important decisions were made during the meeting to...
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New Delhi, March 1 India's 28 major listed real estate companies sold properties worth nearly ₹1.33 lakh crore during the first nine months of this fiscal, led by Godrej Properties which achieved the highest sales bookings.According to data compiled from regulatory filings, the total combined...
Lucknow, February 27 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday chaired a high-level meeting to review the updated status of tax and non-tax revenue receipts up to the end of February in the financial year 2025-26.Assessing the targets and achievements presented by the GST, VAT...
New Delhi, February 27 State-owned electricity generator NTPC announced on Friday that it has paid the power ministry Rs 2,666.58 crore as the second interim dividend for FY26.A ceremonial cheque was handed over to Power Minister Manohar Lal by company officials on February 25, NTPC said in a...
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Thiruvananthapuram, February 27 The international airport in the capital of Kerala has been awarded the first prize by the state government for excellence in energy management and conservation, TIAL said in a social media post on Friday.Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Ltd (TIAL)...
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Imphal/New Delhi, February 24 Union Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, has approved the construction of 5,000 houses for the rehabilitation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Manipur, officials said.The approval was given by the minister following a...
Pulwama, February 23: The Chairperson of the District Development Council (DDC) Pulwama, Syed Abdul Bari Andrabi, presided over a General Council meeting at the Circuit House, Pulwama, to assess the progress of development projects and review the overall performance for the financial year...
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Visakhapatnam, February 22 The Visakhapatnam Port Authority has handled over 80 million tonnes of cargo in 327 days during the current financial year 2025-26, marking the fastest achievement in its 92-year history.VPA Chairperson M Angamuthu said the port crossed the 80-million-tonne mark on...
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vpa (visakhapatnam port authority)