New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) India has remained the fastest-growing major economy, averaging over 7 per cent GDP growth between 2014 and 2025 (excluding the Covid years) and in a global environment marked by protectionism, sustaining 7–8 per cent growth requires a sharp focus on domestic growth drivers, the Parliament was informed on Tuesday.”To this end, the Government remains committed to a strategy centred on deregulation, infrastructure investment and MSME development; enhancing female labour f…

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has taken up 76 investment-related fraud cases during the five-year period from April 2020 to March 2025, in which the culprits were ordered to disgorge Rs 949. 43 crore as illicit gains, the Parliament was informed on Tuesday.The highest disgorgement amount was levied in FY 2021-2022 at Rs 359.96 crore, while a sum of Rs 180.48 crore was ordered to be disgorged during 2024-25, data tabled by the Minister of State for Fina…

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The E-Commerce Export Hubs (ECEHs) initiative aims to provide dedicated zones that will reduce the cost and time associated with logistics and simplify regulatory processes, the government said on Tuesday.These hubs will boost cross-border e-commerce exports from India and simplify re-imports for e-commerce returns or rejects. Five ECEH pilot projects have been proposed for implementation, said Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada in a written reply t…

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) A total of Rs 77,871.44 crore in undisclosed income was detected in three financial years (2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25) via tax evasion surveys from the Income Tax Department, the Parliament was informed on Tuesday.For FY 2022-23, the Department conducted 1,245 surveys to detect Rs 9,805.04 crore worth of undisclosed income, which surged considerably to Rs 37,622.23 crore via 737 surveys, Minister of State for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary, said in a written reply to a quest…

Amaravati, Aug 5 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Human Resources Development and Information Technology Minister, Nara Lokesh, said on Tuesday that the state is witnessing a strong economic revival. Lokesh, who is the son of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, made the claim on social media platform X.In July 2025, the state clocked Rs 3,803 crore in GST collections — the highest ever since the GST regime began in 2017, and a 14 per cent year-on-year growth, he said.”This is also the highest GST growth …

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the M.S. Swaminathan Centenary International Conference, which will be held in New Delhi from August 7 to 9. Themed “Evergreen Revolution – The Pathway to Bio happiness”, the conference will honour Prof. Swaminathan’s lifelong contributions to sustainable and equitable development.The Prime Minister will inaugurate the event to mark the birth centenary of Professor M.S. Swaminathan and release a commemorative coin and sta…

Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he is going to further raise tariffs on India in the next 24 hours, after announcing 25 per cent tariffs from August 7.In an interview with CNBC, Trump said he will raise tariffs on India, revising the earlier settled rate of 25 per cent.”India has the highest tariffs. We do very little business with India. We settled on 25 per cent, but I think I am going to raise that substantially within the next 24 hours,” the US Preside…

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) India’s e-Visa facility is presently available to nationals of 172 countries for entry through 32 designated international airports and six major seaports, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar, in a written reply, said that E-Visa is presently available under 13 sub-categories, i.e. e-Tourist Visa, e-Business Visa, e-Medical Visa, e-Medical Attendant Visa, e-Conference Visa, e-Ayush Visa, e-Ayush Att…

Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly’s Privileges Committee will meet on August 6 to discuss the issue of a brawl between supporters of legislators Jitendra Awhad and Gopichand Padalkar in the premises of Vidhan Bhavan during the monsoon session of the state legislature held in July. According to the sources, the Privileges Committee will deliberate on the scuffle issue on Wednesday after the Assembly Speaker, Rahul Narwekar, on July 18 announced in he lower house to hand …

Hyderabad, Aug 5 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Tuesday demanded that the Election Commission of India bring back ballot papers to conduct elections in view of the doubts people have about Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and called for the withdrawal of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. A delegation of BRS leaders led by the party’s working president, K. T. Rama Rao, made the demand during a meeting with the Election Commission in New Delhi.The…