Bus, health unions to strike against budget

Cross-border river cruise will widen trade channels too

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off the Ganga Vilas cruise from Varanasi to Dibrugarh via Bangladesh on January 13, it will not only add an attraction to the country?s tourism circuit, but will be a game-changer for cross-border trade as well. It costs 10 times less to move cargo a kilometre by river than by roads and highways, using about a fifth of the fuel road transport does. This also means substantial reduction in carbon emissions. In 2020, a foundational protocol on inland water

14 Jan, 2023

PMGKAY off the table, Govt looks at a rethink on wheat export ban

Following the discontinuation of the free foodgrains scheme after December, the government is learnt to be engaged in inter-ministerial consultations to assess the position of stocks in the central pool as it explores lifting the May 2022 ban on wheat exports. The measures, a senior official said, are being taken in a calibrated way taking into account the supply of stocks in the market and the required distribution under the National Food Security Act (NFSA). A new factor is that the overall

14 Jan, 2023

?World looks at India to stabilise supply chain?: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Aspirational Block Programme on the lines of a similar exercise aimed at developing backward districts, and asserted that India is focussing on the four pillars of infrastructure, investment, innovation and inclusion to be a developed country. Chairing the second national conference of state chief secretaries on its third and last day, Modi said: ?In order to build a developed India, the country is focussing on four pillars of infrastructure, investment

14 Jan, 2023