PM launches Rs.21,500 crore Bathinda refinery
byBathinda (Punjab): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday inaugurated the Rs.21,500 crore Guru Gobind Singh Refinery in Punjab’s Bathinda district. Considered one the biggest investments…
Economy
Montek to push for declaring tea as India’s national drink
byGuwahati:Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia Saturday assured the tea planters in Assam that he will take up the issue of…
Dhumal for lower interest rate on NABARD loans
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today called for a cut in the interest rate on the National Bank for Agriculture and…
Aadhaar to pilot financial, banking services in 50 districts
byAgartala: Aadhaar cards, the unique, 12-digit identification numbers given to residents of India, will soon be pressed into financial and banking services, to begin…
To spur economy, Reserve Bank of India cuts interest rates
byMumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today cut some key rates by 50 basis points in a bid to push industrial growth and…
India Inc welcomes rate cut
byNew Delhi: The Indian industry Tuesday welcomed the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) move to cut some key lending rates by 50 basis points,…
NABARD disburses record Rs 321 Cr crops loans in Himachal in 2011-12
byShimla: NABARD, the apex rural banker, disbursed a record Rs 321 crore crop loans to farmers in Himachal in 2011-12 through the refinance facility…
Centre will help revive Kangra tea: Anand Sharma
byPalampur: Commerce Minister Anand Sharma Tuesday announced a multi-pronged project to boost production and export of tea produced in the Kangra valley that is…
Dependence on government services for growth of Himachal not sustainable – Ashwani Kumar
byShimla: With government services constituting ninety percent of the gross domestic product, Ashwani Kumar, union minister for state planning cautioned that Himachal would need…
CAG asks Himachal to prune unproductive expenditure
byShimla: Containing runaway expenditure and improving collection of non-tax revenue could help the state in its path of fiscal correction and reduce dependence upon…