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GST Council reaches consensus on state compensation, 2015-16 to be base ye
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 18 (ANI): The three-day meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Tuesday reached a consensus on state compensation and the base year will be 2015-16, while the decision on the GST rates, which will have four slabs, will be taken on Wednesday.
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Industrial production in negative for August 2016
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct.10 (ANI): The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for the month of August this year is 0.7 percent lower as compared to the level in the same month in 2015.
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Transport services account for 71 percent in investments attracted by infr
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct.10 (ANI):Transport services have garnered the highest share of over 71 per cent in terms of investments worth over Rs 53 lakh crore attracted by infrastructure sector from both public and private sources across India as of 2015, noted a recent ASSOCHAM study.
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Social activists condemn Nashik rape incident, demand fast track court be
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
(Mumbai/Bengaluru) [India], Oct. 10 (ANI): The incident of a 16-year-old boy allegedly raping a minor girl in Nashik drew widespread condemnation from social activists on Monday, and majority of them demanded that the accused be tried under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015.
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Tirupati Airport awarded as 'Best Tourist Friendly Airport'
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.30 (ANI): Airport Authority of India's Tirupati Airport has been awarded as "Best Tourist Friendly Airport" under the category for "State Annual Excellence Awards (2015-16)" by Andhra Pradesh Tourism.
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Cabinet decides to pay 78 days' productivity linked bonus to railway
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 28 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to pay 78 days' productivity linked bonus for 2015-16 to eligible Group 'C' and 'D' railway employees.
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India's packaged food market reached USD 51 mn mark in 2015, says ASS
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.26 (ANI): Clocking a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 16 per cent, the packaged food market in India is expected to have crossed USD 51.5 million (mn) mark in 2015 as against USD $25 million in 2010, noted a recent ASSOCHAM-TechSci Research joint study.
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Hyderabad professor recounts horror after being rescued from ISIS
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangna) [India], Sept. 25 (ANI): Out of ISIS clutches after nearly 14 months of his kidnapping while on his way to Tunisia's airport to board a flight to India in July 2015, Professor CH. Balram has no words to express his happiness.
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Bangladesh witnessed diminishing democratic space in 2015: EU
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Sept. 21 (ANI): The European Union in its annual human rights report said that Bangladesh witnessed a diminishing democraticspace and steady deterioration in civil and political rights in 2015.
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Indian electronics products to touch USD 75 bn by 2017, says ASSOCHAM-EY s
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 19 (ANI): The Indian electronic products industry in India is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.1 percent to reach USD 75 billion by 2017 from USD 61.8 billion in 2015 with increasing penetration across consumer products especially in semi-urban and rural markets, along
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Loss in exports lead to job losses, says ASSOCHAM study
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 18 (ANI): Sharp drop in merchandise exports mainly contributed to a loss of 70,000 jobs during the second quarter of 2015 reinforcing a crucial point that the employment generation has to be led by the domestic demand in the wake of subdued global demand, an ASSOCHAM s
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15 handloom entrepreneurs granted incentives under export development appr
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Sept.17 (ANI): Fifteen handloom entrepreneurs have been granted incentives under the Export Development Approach for the year 2015-16, in a program 'Know Your Weavers' with distribution of ten looms to weavers at Panthoibi Arcade, Wangkhei here today.
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