Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 (IANS) The Union Finance Ministry has approved special assistance of Rs 360 crore to Kerala under the Compliance Reduction & Deregulation (Phase-I) component of the Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) scheme, endorsing the state’s structured push to ease regulatory burdens and improve its investment climate.The amount will be released in a single instalment, marking a significant recognition of Kerala’s reform-led governance model aimed a…
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Chennai, Feb 15 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government is expected to release its second Economic Survey on Monday (February 16, 2026), a day ahead of the presentation of the interim Budget for 2026–27 in the State Assembly. The document, prepared by the State Planning Commission with substantial inputs from the Finance Department, is anticipated to provide a comprehensive assessment of the State’s economic performance and policy direction.Sources indicate that the latest edition of the Survey wil…
Jaipur, Feb 9 (IANS) Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) President and Nagaur Lok Sabha MP, Hanuman Beniwal, on Monday, raised a query in the Lok Sabha regarding GST reforms on personal life insurance and health insurance policies. He said that despite the Union government reducing GST to zero on these insurance products, insurance companies in Rajasthan and several other states have increased base premiums by 8 to 12 per cent.Nagaur MP Beniwal asked the Union government on what concrete action pla…
Kolkata, Jan 10 (IANS) The Regional office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Kolkata, on Saturday, sent a detailed report to its headquarters in New Delhi on the sequence of events on January 8 in relation to the simultaneous raid and search operations by the central agency officials at the Kolkata office of the India Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of I-PAC co-founder Pratik Jain.Now, after examining the report sent by ED’s Kolkata regional office, the same will be f…