\"Debt waivers create a moral hazard from a credit repaymentperspective and we cannot have omnibus waivers,\" chairman Harsh Kumar Bhanwala said,a week after the UP government announced a Rs 36,000-crore farm loan waiverpackage.

A brokerage even predicts that the rupee could even touch 60 levels to a dollar in the coming months, on the back of strong foreign fund inflows and an improved economic climate. Currently, the rupee is hovering at 66/USD.

Adityanath ordered the probe after he was informed by some officials that Rs 1,513 crore was allocated for the project and 95 per cent of it has been spent so far but less than 60 per cent of the work has been completed.

The decision was taken at a review meeting of the Sugarcane Development department chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The state government suspects a scam of Rs 1,100 crore in the sale of the mills.

Soon after assuming charge, Adityanath had given a stern message to officials that those who were not prepared to work 18-20 hours a day were free to make way.

Disagreeing with farm loan waivers, Reserve Bank of India governor Urjit Patel during the first bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2017-18 on Thursday said such waivers undermines honest credit culture, impact credit discipline.

In its first bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2017-18, RBI governor Urjit Patel said farm loan waiver undermines honest credit culture, impacts credit discipline.

Sending a stern message to those who look for city postings, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that the MBBS graduates should give their services in village Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Community Health Centres(CHCs) for at least two years.

A satire piece published in Pakistani newspaper 'Dawn' takes a dig at the frenzy over beef in India, saying the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will select two cows in the Indian cricket team.

Much of the money allocated to the project, a flagship initiative for the Modi government, remains unspent, say officials from the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), a government body overseeing the project.

The government has marginally exceeded the tax collection target for 2016-17 by mopping up Rs 17.10 lakh crore, registering the highest growth in the past six years.

While the company did not disclose the details of the meeting, sources said the board today met to discuss the proposal for sale of the company, among other issues.

The decision was taken at the first Cabinet meeting of the newly formed Uttar Pradesh government. The move will cost around Rs 30,729 crore to the exchequer.

Uttar Pradesh's new Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is holding his first cabinet meeting today after forming the government last month following the Bharatiya Janata Party's thumping victory in the state elections.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said \"misconceptions\" have been created about him due to his saffron-clad look and promised to win hearts of \"all sections\" by spreading a new idiom of happiness and prosperity.

11 meat shops have been shut in Raipur, capital of  Chhattisgarh. One shop has been closed in Indore, according to a report in The Times of India. In Jaipur, around 4,000 illegal shops face closure as the civic corporation announced its crackdown on such shops and slaughterhouses from April.

Gone is the fiery anti-Muslim rhetoric and promotion of Hindu supremacy for which the saffron-robed 44-year-old is known, and in its place is a message of social inclusion more akin to Modi's language since sweeping to power in 2014.

However, since the beginning CM Yogi made it clear that only the illegal slaughterhouses will be targeted but meat sellers complaint they are being raided by the police despite having licences. Another reason for shutting down is that meat shops are also in short of supply due to the latest order.

Soon after taking over as UP Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath directed police officials to prepare an action plan for closure of all slaughter houses in the state. He also ordered a blanket ban on smuggling of cows.

Lucknow's legendary Tunday Kababi was shut on Wednesday citing lack of buffalo meat after new chief minister Yogi Adityanath launched a crackdown on slaughterhouses.