Farming as an activity contributes nearly 1/6th of our Gross Domestic Product and a majority of our population is dependent on it for their livelihood.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written an email to all bank officers, referring to his Independence Day announcement of the Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana – the National Mission on Financial Inclusion with the objective of covering all households in the country with banking facilities, and having a bank account for each household.

Solapur : Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation four laning of of Pune - Solapur National Highway No. 9 section and 765 kV Raichur-Solapur transmission lines.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will be on a day-long visit to Maharashtra on Saturday will launch various Roads and Ports projects.

New Delhi: Indian Railways proposes to install solar power plants of about 8.8 Mega Watt (MW)-capacity at railway stations, railway office buildings and level crossing gates throughout the country under railway funding.

New Delhi: Minister of State for Mines, Steel and Labour and Employment Vishnu Deo Sai has said that the government has declared 8.75% interest on Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) for the year 2013-14.

New Delhi: Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State for Textiles received the draft Vision, Strategy & Action Plan for Indian Textiles & Apparels presented by Ajay Shankar, Chairman, Expert Committee & Member Secretary, National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC).

New Delhi: The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed/published today by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas went up to US$ 105.93 per barrel (bbl) on 24 July.

New Delhi: The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed/published by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas went down to US$ 105.56 per barrel (bbl) on 23 July.

New Delhi: The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed/published by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas went up to US$ 105.99 per barrel (bbl) on 22 July.