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EPFO retains 8.25% interest rate for FY26

New Delhi, March 3 -- The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Monday recommended an 8.25% interest rate for 2025-26 on deposits of nearly 70 million salaried Indians, holding the widely w... Read More


Quiet race to build ships, end China monopoly

India, March 2 -- Barely days after this year's Union budget announced a Rs.10,000-crore plan to build shipping containers, Union ministers Sarbananda Sonowal and Ashwini Vaishnaw oversaw the signing ... Read More


Centre temporarily suspends cereal-fortification scheme

New Delhi, March 1 -- The Centre has decided to temporarily suspend the supply of iron-fortified rice to nationwide beneficiaries under the public distribution system and nutrition schemes, such as sc... Read More


Govt eases scholarship rules for children of unorganised workers

New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- The government has eased norms to allow children of eligible unorganised workers to avail of both welfare-based and merit-based scholarships and rules are being amended to give e... Read More


Govt eases scholarship rules for children of unorganised workers

New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- The government has eased norms to allow children of eligible unorganised workers to avail of both welfare-based and merit-based scholarships and rules are being amended to give e... Read More


India will safeguard farmers' interests; 'no concessions' on US soy, dairy: Piyush Goyal

India, Feb. 8 -- India will not open up its markets for US soyabean, corn, meat and dairy, the biggest American commodities whose imports could hurt the country's farmers, while deepening exchanges in... Read More


Fish caught off high seas to be duty free

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced several sops to bolster India's seafood industry and marine shipments, including waiver of duties on imported inputs, policies aimed ... Read More


high-value crops get huge push, Rs.1.30cr allocated

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The government will strengthen high-value crop ecosystem, focusing on production of coconut, cashew and sandalwood, along with a new multilingual artificial intelligence (AI) tool... Read More


High-value crops, AI in focus in agri budget

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The government will strengthen high-value crop ecosystems, focusing on produce such as coconut, cashew and sandalwood, along with a new multilingual artificial intelligence (AI) t... Read More


Safety, STEM key for more women at work

New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- Women's participation in paid work is rising but science education, workplace safety, on-site childcare and affordable transport will improve both quality and quantity of such pa... Read More