-The Hindu Business Line TN, Kerala, M.P. ranked on top, according to data The Ministry of Commerce and Industry data show that 230 out of the 373 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in India are operational and have provided employment to as many as 20 lakh people. In Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Punjab and Chandigarh all approved SEZs are operational while among four States which have more than 50 approved SEZs, Tamil Nadu tops the chart...
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Pain points for the MSME sector -B Yerram Raju
-The Hindu Business Line The RBI has its task cut out as it sets about addressing the sector’s credit and viability concerns A debate on MSMEs has come alive due to the Centre’s insistence on a regulatory reprieve for the beleaguered sector post GST and post demonetisation. The RBI at its last Board meeting that Urjit Patel chaired, promised to set up a Committee on the MSME sector by the end of...
More »Govt to issue price, demand forecasts for crops -TV Jayan
-The Hindu Business Line First nation-wide, agri market intelligence system — to help farmers get better price — will become operational from next kharif The government will give out price and demand forecasts for various major foodgrains and price-sensitive horticulture crops such as onions from the forthcoming kharif season helping farmers take informed decision on growing different crops, a senior official of the Agriculture Ministry said. “We will be making pre-seasonal as well...
More »RTI activists living dangerously in Bihar -Amarnath Tewary
-The Hindu 2018 alone has seen the death of five petitioners Patna: While the recent brazen murders of businessmen and a bank official in Bihar has caught media attention, the State is equally dangerous for Right to Information (RTI) activists, with five of them been killed in 2018 alone. The latest victim was Bhola Sah. Mr. Sah, who was supervising the construction of his house in Banarjhop village in Banka district, was asked...
More »Leh makes short work of a mountain of waste -Peerzada Ashiq
-The Hindu Rubbish generated in the tourist hotspot has gone up drastically following the release of ‘3 Idiots’ Srinagar: Authorities in tourist hotspot Leh have put 65 tonnes of waste to productive use after the ecologically sensitive region’s garbage output went up drastically following the release of 3 Idiots on Christmas day nine years ago, drawing tourists in hordes. “The 65,000 kg of waste was first collected from the Choglamsar, Nubra, Nimo and...
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