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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Hannover: Joint Statement during the visit of Prime Minister of India to Germany We, the Prime Minister of India and the Federal Chancellor of Germany, met in Hannover and Berlin to exchange views on upgrading and further strengthening our Strategic Partnership. We view each other’s development as mutually reinforcing …
Read More »India to build 50 million houses by 2022
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Hannover: Text of PM’s address at the Joint Inauguration of the Indo-German Business Summit in Hannover Friends, I am really happy to be here in the Hannover fair. It is an added pleasure to talk to you that too in the presence of Chancellor Merkel. Myself and Chancellor Merkel …
Read More »India is open and ready to embrace the world
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Hannover: Prime Minister’s remarks at the Inaugural Session of Hannover Messe: It is truly a great privilege for me to be here at the Inauguration of the world’s largest industrial fair. It is a special honour to do so in the company of Chancellor Merkel, a great leader and …
Read More »India’s first IFSC to compete with Dubai, Singapore, Tokyo & Hong Kong
GANDHINAGAR: India’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at GIFT City became operational. IFSC is being developed as a global alternative to existing financial centres such as Dubai, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Shanghai, La Defense, Paris, Hong Kong and London Dockyard. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unveiled rules and regulations for this global …
Read More »US to offer smart transport solutions for Allahabad, Ajmer and Visakhapatnam
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]New Delhi: The US Department of Transportation has agreed to offer sustainable transport solutions for the cities of Allahabad, Ajmer and Visakhapatnam. Bilateral cooperation in the field of transportation was discussed during a meeting between the visiting US Secretary of Transportation Shri Anthony Foxx and Minister of Urban Development …
Read More »The biggest capital of the poor is their integrity
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Launch of the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency) Yojana New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today said that supporting the small entrepreneurs of India is the biggest way to help the Indian economy grow and prosper. He was speaking at the launch of …
Read More »Evolve foolproof cyber-security mechanism
Mumbai: The Governor of Maharashtra Ch Vidyasagar Rao asked financial institutions and business organizations to view to challenge posed by cyber criminals seriously and called for evolving ecosystems to protect the economic integrity of Corporates, Multinational Corporations and business organizations. Cautioning that cyber criminals, backed in some cases by hostile …
Read More »Real Estate Regulatory Authority to be set up in India
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval to amendments to the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2013 pending in the Rajya Sabha, and approved amendments proposed in the Bill. The recommendations of the Standing Committee of Parliament on …
Read More »RBI Estimates GDP growth at 7.8% in FY’16, up from 7.5% in FY’15
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Mumbai: RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan today kept policy rate unchanged. The repo rate will continue to be at 7.5 per cent and the cash reserve ratio will remain at 4 per cent. Monetary and Liquidity Measures On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic …
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