The farm equipment-to-aerospace conglomerate said it would take the responsibility for the inoculation of its employees rather than have the government subsidise them

The ministry informed that almost all the DISCOMS have issued online processes for this purpose and residential consumers willing to set up a rooftop solar plant under MNRE scheme can apply online and get rooftop solar plants installed by listed vendors

According to Icra's vice president and head (financial sector ratings) Manushree Saggar, the tepidness in infrastructure credit in first half of 2020-21 was primarily due to the sequential degrowth (10 per cent) in banking sector credit to the infrastructure segment

In November 2020, the total overdue amount, which was not cleared even after 45 days of grace period offered by generators, stood at Rs 1,29,868 crore as against Rs 93,215 crore in the year-ago period

Although the government has taken the decision to liquidate the overdue receivables from state-owned discoms as part of a rescue package, Coal India has given its nod to allowing private thermal power plants to get coal on 90-180 days credit

The new electricity rules also mandate discoms to provide new connections within seven days in metros, 15 days in small towns, and 30 days in rural areas

Around 500 mines in the country are currently not operational due to various disputes, and restarting them would help achieve the target of India becoming a $5 trillion economy, Anil Agarwal said

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued refunds of over Rs 1,45,619 crore to more than 89.29 lakh taxpayers between April 1 and December 8.

India's national agriculture policy is 20 years old and its response to farm crisis continues to be ad hoc, primarily focused on letting private players provide infrastructure and better remuneration to farmers who have consistently failed to deliver

Tamil Nadu  is followed by Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, with their state discoms being sanctioned loans of Rs 20,940 crore and Rs 14,310 crore, respectively

In May, the Centre had announced a Rs 20 lakh crore 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' stimulus to help the nation tide over the economic crisis induced by coronavirus

Discoms in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Haryana and Tamil Nadu account for the major portion of dues to power gencos

The losses were primarily as a result of delayed receipts on certain system integration contracts, certain historically low margin contracts, slow-down of distribution businesses, and finance costs, HCL Infosystems said in a regulatory filing

The company's total income during July-September 2020 rose to Rs 8,822.10 crore, from Rs 7,659.30 crore in the year-ago period

States have budgeted their consolidated gross fiscal deficit (GFD) at 2.8 per cent of GDP in 2020-21; however, the coronavirus pandemic may alter budget estimates significantly, says RBI report

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With foreign trade pattern changing drastically over the last few months in the wake of global supply disruptions and demand slump among other key factors, lower imports have resulted in fewer containers coming back to India

Tata Motors was the largest spender on R&D in FY20 with investment of Rs 3,100 crore, which amounts to 7.10 per cent of its total revenue

Discoms in Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, J&K and Telangana account for 81 per cent of the total overdue to gencos