-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Developers may have to pay 11.2 per cent interest to buyers for delay in handing over apartments and homes, according to draft rules unveiled by the government, a step seen as bringing relief to homebuyers reeling under the impact of delayed projects and mounting loan liabilities. The rules also say projects without a completion certificate will have to register with the Real Estate Regulatory Authority, to...
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Brexit effect: Indian lady’s finger may go missing from British platter -Jayashree Bhosale
-The Economic Times PUNE: Indian bhindi is an increasingly popular 'exotic' vegetable in multi culti Britain. It is also a vegetable whose exports from India have consistently grown brining good returns to farmers. However, exporters now fear a decline in demand for Indian vegetables like baby corn, chillies etc from non-Indians in UK, as the local food is likely to become expensive due to exchange rate related issues after Brexit. Traders and...
More »India hopeful of long-term pulses supply from Mozambique
-PTI New Delhi: Under pressure to control pulses prices, the Centre is hopeful of clinching a long-term deal with Mozambique for assured supply of lentils after the two countries had positive talks last week. Indian delegations last week visited pulses growing nations, Mozambique and Myanmar, to explore government-to- government arrangement for assured supply of lentils, especially tur, on a long term basis. "The delegation is back with long term solution in sight. The...
More »Infant mortality rate: Target set by Millennium Development Goals not met -Samarth Bansal
-The Hindu Unlike previous years, data for only 23 states and UTs has been released in the report. Information for other states will be released later. Sample Registration System (SRS) Bulletin 2014, published by the Registrar General of India and was released earlier this month shows that none of the ten big states (for which data is available) have been able to reduce the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) as per the target...
More »FDI in food trade sans infra creation ‘rider’ irks Food Processing Ministry -Aditi Nigam
-The Hindu Business Line ‘Astonished’ RSS-backed farmers’ body seeks immediate roll-back New Delhi: The Centre’s nod for 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in trading of food products with “no riders”, has not only raised the hackles of the Food Processing Ministry, which has been pushing for 15 per cent mandatory investment in creation of back-end infrastructure to reduce wastage and create jobs, but has also irked farmers organisations, such as...
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