India’s GST collections in November cross Rs 1.3 lakh crore, second highest ever
NEW DELHI: India’s gross GST revenue collected in the month of November 2021 is Rs 1,31,526 crore of which CGST is Rs 23,978 crore, SGST is Rs 31,127 crore, IGST is Rs 66,815 crore (including Rs 32,165 crore collected on import of goods) and Cess is Rs 9,606 crore (including Rs 653 crore collected on […]
Number of farmers’ suicide fall to 5,579 in 2020
NEW DELHI: The number of farmers who committed suicide dropped to 5,579 in 2020 as compared to 5,957 in the previous year, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed Parliament on Tuesday, citing the latest NCRB report. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), which functions under Ministry of Home Affairs, has not given “separate reasons” for […]
India’s GDP growth at 8.4 per cent in July-September
NEW DELHI: India’s economic growth slowed to 8.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2021-22, mainly due to waning low base effect, official data showed on Tuesday. The GDP growth in April-June quarter this fiscal stood at 20.1 per cent. The Indian economy had contracted by 24.4 per cent in April-June last year. The […]
Sanjeev Kaushal is new Haryana chief secretary
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Tuesday appointed senior IAS officer Sanjeev Kaushal as the state’s new chief secretary. Kaushal replaces Vijai Vardhan, who retired on September 30, a government order said. He will be the 35th chief secretary of Haryana since it was carved out as a separate state in 1966. The 1986-batch IAS officer […]
Infrastructure industries expand at 7.5 per cent in October
NEW DELHI: The production of eight infrastructure sectors rose by 7.5 per cent in October on healthy performance by the segments of coal, natural gas, refinery products and cement, official data released on Tuesday showed. The output of eight core sectors of coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity had […]