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03 Feb

EVs should become cheaper than traditional vehicles within three years

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NITI Aayog CEO Mr Amitabh Kant today said that electric vehicles should become much cheaper than combustion vehicles in three years. Mr Kant further said that the price of battery packs of EVs is expected to fall to $76 per kilowatt hour (or unit) in three years, down from the present day $156/unit. At that point, he said, even the upfront cost of electrical vehicles will become cheaper than combustion vehicles, with the total cost of ownership already competitive. Mr Kant was speaking at the Mobility Talk Corporate Conclave at the World Sustainable Development Summit 2020, TERI’s annual flagship event…

01 Feb

Deduction Of Rs 1.5 Lakh On Home Loan Interest Extended Till March 2021

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Aiming to boost the affordable housing demand, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday proposed to extend the date of availing an additional Rs 1.5 lakh tax deduction on home loan interest by one more year till March 2021.The additional deduction of Rs 1.5 lakh over and above Rs 2 lakh was introduced in the last year's budget. This was allowed for those buying homes for the first time and of up to Rs 45 lakh and made applicable for home loans sanctioned till March this year.The finance minister also announced that builders will get tax holiday on affordable housing projects…

01 Feb

Budget 2020: Insurance Cover For Bank Depositors To Be Raised To Rs 5 Lakh

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to increase the insurance cover for bank depositors to Rs 5 lakh from the existing Rs 1 lakh. The existing Reserve Bank of India rules stipulate that in case of a bank failure, each depositor is insured up to a maximum of Rs 1 lakh for both principal and interest amount. The cover of Rs 1 lakh is irrespective of the deposit held by the customer in the savings or fixed deposit account and has been in force since 1993, when the cover was raised from Rs 30,000 to Rs 1 lakh.

01 Feb

Non-Resident Indians Allowed To Invest In Government Securities

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To increase participation of non-resident Indians, some categories of government securities will be opened fully for non-resident investors, apart from being available to domestic investors as well.Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the Union Budget on Saturday that NRIs will be allowed to invest in certain categories of GSecs.One of the Budget proposals is that the limit for foreign portfolio investment (FPI) in corporate bonds, currently at 9 per cent of outstanding stock, will be increased to 15 per cent of the outstanding stock of corporate bonds. This will in turn open avenues for foreign investments in the debt market.

31 Jan

Economic Survey Predicts Pick-Up In Growth To 6-6.5% In 2020-21: 10 Things To Know

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The government's Economic Survey 2020 pegged the gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 5 per cent in the current financial year, which it said would pick up to 6-6.5 per cent in financial year ending March 2021. That marked a sharp downward revision from the estimate of 7 per cent growth for the current financial year in last year's Economic Survey. Prepared by Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian and his team, the Economic Survey 2019-20 comes a day ahead of the presentation of the first full-year Union Budget of the Modi 2.0 administration. The government may need to relax its…

31 Jan

Government Revises GDP Growth For 2018-19 To 6.1% From 6.8%

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The government on Friday revised the country's economic growth for financial year 2018-19 to 6.1 per cent from 6.8 per cent estimated earlier mainly due to deceleration in mining, manufacturing and farm sectors."Real GDP or GDP at constant (2011-12) prices for the years 2018-19 and 2017-18 stand at Rs 139.81 lakh crore and Rs 131.75 lakh crore, respectively, showing growth of 6.1 per cent during 2018-19 and 7.0 per cent during 2017-18," the National Statistical Office said in revised national account data released on Friday.Under the first revision released in January 2019, real GDP or GDP at constant (2011-12) prices…

31 Jan

Economic Survey Hints At Relaxing Fiscal Deficit Target To Revive Growth

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The Economic Survey 2019-20 warns against a widening fiscal deficit, stating that the government may need to relax its target for the current financial year to revive growth. The Economic Survey, tabled in parliament a day before the Budget, however pegs economic growth at 5 per cent in the current financial year - lower than its estimate of 7 per cent last year - and then projects it to pick up to 6-6.5 per cent in the next financial year. In 2019, the government targeted to contain the fiscal deficit at Rs. 7.04 lakh crore - or 3.3 per cent…

31 Jan

An awareness campaign on safe insulin injection practices

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Insulin therapy is often a crucial part of diabetes management. Type 2 diabetes patients ultimately require insulin therapy in the course of the disease for effective glycemic control and injection technique remains crucial in the process. To enhance awareness on safe insulin injection practices, a multi-city educational campaign was organised by BD-India with leading endocrinologists onInsulin Injection Day. Insulin Injection Day commemorates the 98th anniversary of first successful insulin administration on 11th January 1922, at Toronto General Hospital, Canada. At the conference, Prof. Debasish Maji President, Calcutta Diabetes & Endocrine Foundation & Past President, Endocrine Society of India said, “The success of insulin injection therapy and the…

31 Jan

Aditya School of Sports collaborates with Rainbow A.C.

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Aditya Group formally associated itself with RAINBOW AC which shall now be known as ASOS Rainbow A.C. The sixty-four year’s old football club, NBP Rainbow AC, officially collaborates with Aditya School of Sports with a new identity- ASOS Rainbow A.C. Speaking on the occasion, the Chairman of Aditya Group, Mr. Anirban Aditya said, “We are extremely proud to collaborate with this outstanding sporting unit and welcome all to Aditya Sansar.” The formal association announced at the Calcutta Sports Journalists Association Tent was also attended by Ankit Aditya, former International footballer Debjit Ghos and officials of RAINBOW AC Aditya Group has always focused on…

30 Jan

Common Facility Center to enhance the productivity of small gem and Jewellery units

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Ground-breaking ceremony of Common Facility Centre (CFC) at Bow Bazar in Kolkata was held today in the presence of Smt. Rupa Dutta (Economic Advisor, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India), Shri Senthil Nathan (Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India), Shri Pramod Agrawal, Chairman, GJEPC; Shri Prakash Pincha, Regional Chairman, Kolkata, GJEPC, along with others. GJEPC is setting up a Common Facility Center at Bow Bazar with a view to enhance the productivity and quality of products, especially the small gem and Jewellery units set in Bow Bazar and its surrounding areas. GJEPC with the support of the Ministry of Commerce and…