Centre fixes kharif rice acquisition target at 485 lakh tonnes for 2024-25
The Centre has fixed kharif rice procurement target at 485 lakh tonnes for the 2024-25 marketing year starting October and asked states to focus on increasing purchases of coarse cereals.In the current 2023-24 marketing year (October-September), the government procured 463 lakh tonnes of kharif rice. Paddy is grown in both kharif...
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Vistara to operate its last flight under brand name on Nov 11
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CAG signs MoU with General Court of Audit, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Rupee rises seven paise against US dollar
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Mahindra Group, Sentrycs sign MoU to explore development of anti-drone solutions
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Sensex, Nifty hit all-time high during early trade
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All-India house price index moderates to 3.3 pc in Q1 FY25: RBI Data
The all-India House Price Index (HPI) moderated to 3.3 per cent in the June quarter of 2024-25 from 5.1 per cent in the year-ago period, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday. The RBI releases HPI-based on transaction-level data received from the registration authorities in 10...
Supporting, buying goods from each other to help Indian firms protect against disruptions: Goyal
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday urged domestic companies to support and buy goods from each other as it would benefit them in the long run and provide protection against any disruptions like the Pandemic. He also suggested India inc to explore business opportunities in the recently approved 12...
Sensex, Nifty hit fresh all-time high levels in early trade
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty hit their new all-time high levels during early trade on Friday, amid the ongoing bullish rally in domestic stocks, tracking firm trends in Asian markets and fresh foreign fund inflows. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 502.42 points to hit a fresh all-time high of 82,637.03...
Ambani announces Jio AI Cloud Welcome offer; up to 100 GB free cloud storage for Jio users
Stepping up the company's AI and cloud play, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Thursday announced that Jio users will get up to 100 GB of free cloud storage to securely store and access their photos, videos, documents, digital content and data. Addressing the 47th AGM of RIL, Ambani said the...
Industry came forward for rules on small, medium REITs: Sebi Chief
Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch on Thursday said there has been a positive response to small and medium REITs (real estate investment trusts) and industry players came forward for regulations on such entities. Recently, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) implemented regulations for small and medium real estate investment...
Paytm shares jump 5 pc on receiving govt's nod for investment in Paytm Payments Services
Shares of fintech firm One97 Communications -- the owner of Paytm brand -- jumped 5 per cent on Thursday morning after the company received the government's approval for downstream investment in wholly-owned subsidiary Paytm Payments Services Ltd. The stock climbed 5 per cent to Rs 565 on the BSE. At the NSE,...
UPI transaction volume expected to rise to 439 bn by FY29: PwC India report
The total transaction volume on UPI is expected to increase to 439 billion by 2028-29 from about 131 billion in the last financial year and account for 91 per cent of overall retail digital payments, said a PwC India Report. The report titled ‘The Indian Payments Handbook -- 2024-29’ also...
