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NEW DELHI: Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare on Wednesday asked MSMEs to comply with voluntary as well as mandatory quality standards while manufacturing products and urged them to be more proactive in sharing problems and...
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Vikram Misri advocates for early convening of India-US Strategic Trade Dialogue

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met Under Secretary Jeffrey Kessler on Wednesday and discussed advancing India-US cooperation in critical and emerging technologies. The two...

Goyal asks exporters to leverage FTAs, talks non-tariff barriers

Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal Tuesday asked exporters to increase the utilisation of free trade agreements (FTAs) and discussed non-tariff barriers at...

India’s steel ministry backs extending import curbs on met coke, source says

India's steel ministry favours extending import curbs on low-ash metallurgical coke because there are sufficient domestic supplies, a source familiar with the matter...

Monsoon rains drown crops, raise vegetable prices

Pune: The incessant early monsoon rainfall in most southern states has damaged vegetable crops, jacking up the prices of tomatoes 30-40% in the...

NITI report suggests adoption of Turkiye’s program to address skill gaps in India

A NITI Aayog report on Monday mentioned Turkiye as one of the nations from which India can adopt global best practices for addressing...

NITI Aayog lays out a roadmap to support medium enterprises

NITI Aayog has proposed targeted technological, skilling and infrastructure interventions along with strategic support in finance to medium enterprises to unlock their full...

RBI may extend lending to NBFCs, MFs during crises

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is preparing for the possibility of directly lending to non-banking financial companies and mutual funds during periods...

India has become 4th largest economy, ahead of Japan: NITI CEO

India has become the fourth largest economy in the world, overtaking Japan, NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam has said. Subrahmanyam said the overall...

India, Maldives to review implementation of economic, maritime security partnership on Monday

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Maldivian counterpart Abdulla Khaleel will on Monday take stock of the implementation of the India-Maldives comprehensive...

Finance Ministry OKs 8.25% EPF interest rate

The government has ratified an interest rate of 8.25% on Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) deposits for the financial year 2024-25, benefitting over 70...

Finance Ministry urges banks, DRTs to speed up debt recovery

The finance ministry has called on banks, debt recovery tribunals and other stakeholders to work together to reduce the backlog of pending cases...

Govt ratifies interest rate of 8.25% on employees’ provident fund for FY25

The central government has approved an interest rate of 8.25 per cent on Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) deposits for the fiscal year 2024–25,...

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