The Income Tax Department will now process and send refunds in a short time of 7-10 days as its latest technology upgrade of electronic and Aadhaar-based ITR verification has begun on a successful note. The department received 2.06 crore returns on its e-filing portal as on September 7, 2015 (last ...

Government is looking to provide LED bulbs at Rs 44, which is much lower than current retail price of around Rs 300, under its DELP scheme to discourage use of inefficient incandescent bulbs, said Power Minister Piyush Goyal. Lighting sector accounts for about 20 per cent of the total energy consumption in India. Prime Minister Narendra ...

India and Thailand vowed to deepen their bilateral defense relationship. India has been attempting to further boost cooperation with Southeast Asian states as part of its “Act East Policy,” a variation on the “Look East Policy” first formulated under Narasimha Rao in 1991. Both sides also agreed that cooperation should ...