-PTI Industry leaders met Finance Minister nirmala sitharaman in New Delhi for three hours. Businesses on Thursday asked the government for a stimulus package of over Rs 1 trillion to restart investments and revive the economy. Industry leaders, who met Finance Minister nirmala sitharaman in New Delhi for three hours, said the government will soon take action to boost economic growth. "The economy requires a critical intervention by introducing a stimulus package. We have...

-Livemint.com Four out of 10 youth who received vocational training are out of the labour force, and a significant chunk of those in the workforce remain unemployed Reiterating the government’s commitment to the 'Skill India' initiative in her maiden budget speech, India’s finance minister, nirmala sitharaman claimed that the government is enabling millions to take up industry-relevant skill training, boosting their job prospects. An analysis of the unit-level data from the Periodic Labour...

-TheWire.in The Centre says the method will improve crop productivity and reduce input costs, but it remains unclear which scientific studies – if any – these conclusions are derived from. New Delhi: During her budget speech in July, finance minister nirmala sitharaman responded to widespread farmers’ distress by saying that they would be encouraged to adopt a ‘zero budget’ technique that would take India’s agriculture sector ‘back to basics’. Zero-budget natural farming...

-The Telegraph nirmala sitharaman’s budget spells out the colossal failure that the draft NEP is fated to be In her budget speech on July 5, the finance minister, nirmala sitharaman, reiterated the government’s plan of bringing in a new National Education Policy, thereby initiating “major changes in both school and higher education”. Her announcement comes close on the heels of a draft NEP published by the ministry of human resource development in...

-The Hindu The Upper House offers relief for home buyers New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed an amended version of the three-year-old Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). The amendments seek to end ambiguity and streamline the resolution process further. It also gives home buyers the status of a creditor giving them a say in the resolution in case a housing project goes bust. Replying to the debate on the Insolvency and...