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According to the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council, off-take by China as well as Hong Kong has come down by 10 per cent since the outbreak.

G&J exports hit by China shutdown

Chow Tai Fook, the worldâ€™s biggest jewellery chain by revenue, has temporarily halted operations in about 80 per cent...

13 Feb 2020 6:48 AM IST

The government gets verified details of land holdings, villages, bank related details and Aadhaar card number of the beneficiaries from the concerned states.

PM-Kisan disburses just 53 per cent of allocated funds

The scheme got a budgetary allocation of Rs 20,000 crore and Rs 75,000 crore for fiscal 2018-19 and 2019-20.

12 Feb 2020 5:43 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (ANI photo)

FM Nirmala Sitharaman takes care of many concerns of MSMEs

According to the minister, more than five lakh MSMEs have benefitted from restructuring of debt permitted by RBI in the...

2 Feb 2020 2:53 AM IST

Further, the government shall also support setting up of a Tribal Museum in Ranchi and a maritime museum would be set up at Lothal- the Harrapan age maritime site near Ahmedabad by Ministry of Shipping.

Archaeological sites to be developed into iconic sites

In this context, the Budget proposed to develop five archaeological sites as iconic sites with onsite museums.

2 Feb 2020 2:47 AM IST

Repeating the clich©, data is the new oil , the Finance Minister said the country needs to take advantage of Analytics, Fintech and Internet of Things (IOT). In this regard, she proposed to bring out soon a policy to enable private sector to build Data Centre parks throughout the country.

Data Centre Parks to come up across the country soon

The Budget proposed to provide Rs 6000 crore to Bharatnet programme in 2020-21

2 Feb 2020 2:45 AM IST

The Budget has announced viability gap funding for hospitals in PPP mode and smaller cities and levied cess on imported medical equipments to promote domestic manufacturing.

Budget 2020: Viability Gap Funding to cheer private health sector

The viability gap funding window will be provided to hospitals which are setting up centres in tier II and III cities.

2 Feb 2020 2:43 AM IST

According to Aditya Narayan Misra, director and CEO of CIEL HR Services, probably the government would have been keeping the posts vacant to keep the deficit under control or out of oversight.

Government to fill up over six lakh vacant posts

Over 6.83 lakh posts were lying vacant in different central government departments, according to a latest government...

29 Jan 2020 2:07 AM IST

From the previous high of $37.4 billion in 2018, PE/VC funds have made an impressive growth of 28 per cent to touch a new high in 2019$48 billion across 1037 deals, as per the IVCA-EY monthly roundup.

PE/VC investments ris to 1.7 per cent of GDP in 2019

Brookfield-Reliance Jioâ€™s tower deal was also the largest ever in the Indian PE/VC industry.

24 Jan 2020 2:03 AM IST

Only 14,55,805 households, or 72% less, have completed 100 days of guaranteed employment till Jan. 19 against 52,59,912 in FY19.

Over 70 per cent dip in 100 days work under MGNREGA

MGNREGA is meant to provide guaranteed 100 days of employment to the rural poor.

20 Jan 2020 2:15 AM IST

This decision will help in ensuring compliance of FDI policy in the e-commerce sector.

E-com deep discounts a concern: CCI

These retailers maintain that they either have to match the online discounts at a significant loss or the online market...

9 Jan 2020 1:01 AM IST

India turned its erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into a federally-controlled territory, tightening control in a shock move it said would rein in militancy in the region also claimed by neighbouring Pakistan, and promote its development.

Kashmir tourist arrivals down 86 per cent in August-November

Even 2018 was not a great year for Kashmir tourism.

6 Jan 2020 2:01 AM IST

Of this, 390 tonnes were bought in the first two quarters of 2019 when prices were subdued, as per the data from Metals Focus.

Central banksâ€™ gold buy highest since 1970s

Gold purchases by central banks stood at 668 tonnes in 2019, which was higher than 651.5 tonnes bought in 2018.

2 Jan 2020 12:58 AM IST