New Delhi: Retail price of 9 watt LED bulbs under the government’s UJALA programme has dropped to as low as Rs 65 per unit to encourage consumers to opt for these energy efficient lights. “The aggregation of demand and bulk procurement has resulted in reduction of 88 per cent in ...

New Delhi: In a bid to boost housing sector, the central government is mulling a new housing scheme that may use money from the demonetisation drive, reports ET NOW exclusively. According to sources, the government is already in discussion with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the scheme. The new ...

NEW DELHI:  With the ban on 500 and 1,000-rupee notes now more than two weeks old, the government has proposed new rules to tax black money that is being unearthed. The bill was submitted on Monday for parliament’s review by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as the government is being attacked ...

With the need of renewable sources of energy, Delhi had shown its potential that they have solar electricity producing capability. The high cost and low potential for wind or hydro power, Delhi must focus on rooftop solar as its primary source of renewable energy. Delhi had already installed 7 MW ...

National Mission on Food Processing (NMFP) has launched this scheme for mobility of cooling van. The scheme is to provide financial assistance to standalone reefer vehicles and mobile pre-cooling vans (reefer unit and refer cabinet permanently mounted on the vehicle) for carrying & transporting both Horticultural & Non-Horticultural products. Objective: ...

New Delhi: Banks will be accepting the first installments of tax payments under the  Income Disclosure Scheme 2016 with creating any hassle for the declarant or seek any source of funds. IDS 2016 was announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Union Budget 2016, as a one-time opportunity (open from ...

Lucknow: Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday launched “Samajwadi Namak”, fortified with iron and iodine, for the poor from his official residence in Lucknow. The salt will be available at subsidised rates for about 46.2 lakh beneficiaries in 10 districts. The scheme would benefit Antyodaya, BPL as well as 60 ...

MUMBAI: Securities markets regulator SEBI has eased the regulations governing investment in angel funds, thus enabling more fund infusion in start-ups. Considering the recommendations of the NR Narayana Murthy Committee at its board meeting held on Wednesday, SEBI decided to increase the upper limit of number of angel investors in a ...

The “Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana” (KVPY) is a program started by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India to encourage students who are studying Basic Sciences to take up research career in Science. Objective  To identify students with talent and aptitude for research.  Help them realize their ...

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government plans to introduce a family health insurance scheme in the state from January 1. A family can avail of the scheme by paying Rs 100 premium per head. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said that Andhra Pradesh will be the first state to implement such a ...