| Date | Title | Description |
| 06.12.2021 | Nagaland firing: Govt announces Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia, CM to visit Mon | The Nagaland government on Sunday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of the 13 people killed in firing by security forces in Mon district where Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio will make a visit on December 6.
The state gove... |
| 11.11.2021 | Govt receives Rs 566 crore as dividend tranches from 3 CPSEs | The government has received Rs 566 crore as dividend tranches from three CPSEs, a top official said on Thursday.
"GoI has respectively received Rs 483 crore, Rs 63 crore and Rs 20 crore from SAIL, Manganese Ore India Ltd, and MSTC as d... |
| 18.10.2021 | Govt receives around Rs 814 cr from 5 CPSEs as dividend this fiscal | The government has received nearly Rs 814 crore as dividend tranches from five CPSEs, including PFC, HUDCO and OIL, this fiscal year, DIPAM secretary said on Monday.
"Dividend tranches of about Rs 296 crore and Rs 233 crore have been r... |
| 11.10.2021 | Govt receives over Rs 2,593 cr dividend from NTPC, PGCIL this fiscal | The government has received nearly Rs 2,600 crore as dividend from NTPC and PGCIL this fiscal year, DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Monday.
"Government of India has respectively received about Rs 1,560 crore from NTPC and Rs... |
| 05.10.2021 | Govt receives over Rs 2,800 cr dividend from CIL, ONGC this fiscal | The government has received over Rs 2,800 crore as dividend from Coal India and ONGC this fiscal year (FY), DIPAM secretary said on Tuesday.
"Government of India has respectively received about Rs 1426 cr from Coal India Ltd and Rs 140... |
| 18.08.2021 | Govt announces RoDTEP rates for exporters; outlay Rs 12,454 cr in FY22 | The government on Tuesday announced the much-awaited guidelines and tax refund rates for the export boosting scheme Remission of Duties and Taxes on Export Products (RoDTEP) for 8,555 export items.
The outlay for the scheme is Rs 12,454 cro... |
| 19.05.2021 | K'taka govt announces Rs 1,250 cr relief package for those hit by lockdown | As Karnataka is battling the
second wave of pandemic, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday announced over Rs 1,250 crore relief package for those whose livelihood has been affected by COVID-19 induced lockdown.
The Chief Minister als... |
| 20.04.2021 | Govt launches $125 mn seed fund focused on startups | The government has launched a Rs 945 crore (about $125 million) Startup India Seed Fund Scheme, media reports said.
The scheme, which will be implemented from April 1, was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in January.
The idea behin... |
| 21.12.2020 | Tripura govt announces Rs 5-lakh health insurance cover for journalists | The Tripura government has said
media personnel in the state will be provided health insurance cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per year.
Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb made the announcement of the Ayushman Tripura Scheme during the first state co... |
| 11.11.2020 | Govt expands Rs 1.45 trn PLI scheme to 10 key sectors, industry hails move | The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 1.45 trillion production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for ten more sectors to attract investments, boost domestic manufacturing, enable companies to become part of the global supply chain and generate... |
| 27.03.2020 | Govt raises Rs 11,500 cr from strategic sale of THDC, NEEPCO to NTPC | The government has raised Rs 11,500 crore through strategic sale of two state-run power companies, THDC and NEEPCO, to NTPC.
The government has sold 74.49 per cent stake in THDC for Rs 7,500 crore and 100 per cent in NEEPCO for Rs 4,000 cro... |
| 10.01.2020 | Govt raises authorised capital of Indian Overseas Bank to Rs 25,000 cr | -->
The Centre after consultation with the Reserve Bank of India has increased the authorised capital of the bank from Rs 15,000 crore to Rs Rs 25,000 crore. |
| 14.10.2019 | Govt mulls raising Rs 1 lakh default threshold for invoking IBC: Srinivas | -->
It is not a very happy situation. There is a feedback...threshold approach has to be looked at, Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas.(Photo: File) |
| 20.02.2019 | Govt gets ₹28,000-cr interim dividend from RBI | The RBI on Monday announced an interim dividend of ₹28,000 crore for the Centre. The dividend amount has always been a contentious issue between the central bank and the government, with the later demanding that the RBI part with a greater ... |
| 24.01.2018 | Govt gets ₹22,557 cr from Coal India stake sale | The Government’s disinvestment drive got a major boost on Friday with the stake sale in Coal India being oversubscribed by 1.069 times. The offer-for-sale (OFS) through stock exchanges fetched ₹22,557 crore.
“It is not only the biggest issu... |
| 18.01.2018 | Maharashtra govt announces public cloud policy, to create worth $2 Bn business | To give a major boost to the cloud computing industry, Maharashtra government has come up with a public cloud policy and mandated its departments to shift their data storage onto the third-party server.
The move is expected to create the bu... |
| 15.01.2018 | Govt raises ₹2,100 cr as SUUTI sells 1.62% stake in L&T | SBI major buyer, NSE data reveals
The government on Friday raised ₹2,100 crore by selling stake in Larsen & Toubro (L&T) held through Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India (SU-UTI), according to exchanges' data.
In a disc... |
| 06.04.2017 | Govt receives Rs 2,638 cr from buyback of CIL shares | The government has garnered about Rs 2,638 crore from buyback of shares of state-run Coal India Ltd, Parliament was informed on Thursday.
CIL has bought back "7,88,42,816 shares from Government of India out of the total offer of 10,89,... |
| 06.04.2017 | Govt receives Rs 2,638 crore from buyback of CIL shares | -->
Coal India which accounts for over 80 per cent of domestic coal production is eyeing a billion tonne output by 2020. |
| 13.12.2016 | Govt gets ready to dole out $50m in smart cities grants | The federal government is preparing to issue its first round of multi-million dollar grants as part of a $50 million R&D program aimed at kickstarting smart cities innovation.
Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation, An... |
| 01.03.2016 | Govt receives proposals worth Rs 1,20,000 cr for electronics manufacturing | The government has received proposals worth Rs 1,20,294 crore for electronics manufacturing till the end of Feburary this year.
The ministry for communications and IT had received proposals for Rs 11,800 crore till June 2014. "Due to t... |
| 19.08.2015 | Govt launches new $305M VC fund under SIDBI | Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today launched two funds by Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), a fund of funds with total corpus of Rs 12,000 crore.
The funds are Rs 2,000-crore India Aspiration Fund (IAF) and SIDBI Mak... |
| 16.01.2015 | Govt launches $32M VC fund to back scheduled caste entrepreneurs | The government has floated a Rs 200 crore ($32 million) venture capital fund to back entrepreneurs from the scheduled castes (SC), a social group representing people from socially backward strata in the country. This comes nearly a year aft... |
| 16.12.2014 | Govt extends software depreciation to reap $420m | The federal government is planning to reap $420 million in extra revenue by slowing down the rate at which Australian businesses can claim the depreciation of their software assets.
The new tax treatment measure, unveiled in today’s mid-yea... |
| 02.04.2013 | Govt gets Rs 1,516.17 cr from SAIL stake sale | The government has garnered Rs 1,516.17 crore from selling its 5.82 per cent stake through the offer for sale (OFS) route in Steel Authority of India (SAIL) on March 22.
In an exchange filing today, the state-owned steel maker said that fol... |
| 08.07.2009 | Govt to release $4 billion in stimulus funds for broadband | If you want some stimulus money from the federal government, now’s the time to get in line.
The National Telecommunications Infrastructure Administration (NTIA) and the Rural Utilities Service have issued their rules for those seeking funds... |