Nigam Prusty And Krishna N Das

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Adani to help Modi fulfill India's port dreams
Rediff.com28 Jul 2016

Modi government expects cargo traffic at its ports to jump by two-thirds by 2021 as...

India wants private sector to explore for diamonds, gold
Rediff.com20 Jun 2016

Government will start to auction the rights to up to 70 diamond and gold exploration...

Modi's promise of electricity for all to face big hurdles
Rediff.com3 May 2016

Labour unions, with a history of hostility towards management, are pushing back on Coal...

India to monitor mines via satellite after finding illegal limestone extraction
Rediff.com2 May 2016

Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in the south, and Rajasthan and Gujarat in the west, are...

After 40 years, India set to re-open commercial coal mining to private firms
Rediff.com8 Jan 2016

India plans to double coal production by 2020

India clears Japanese plan to build high-speed rail network
Rediff.com10 Dec 2015

The decision ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit beginning on Friday...

Congress threatens GST over government's Gandhi 'vendetta'
Rediff.com8 Dec 2015

The government wants to introduce a nationwide goods and services tax to revive its...

Drought-hit farmers are given sops to grow water-intensive crops!
Rediff.com27 Nov 2015

'It is quite natural for our farmers to go for rice and cane when both power and water...

Indian ministries at odds over gold import duty
Rediff.com3 Nov 2015

India will also launch a sovereign gold bond to lower physical demand.

Attacks on India's beef industry hit buffalo meat trade
Rediff.com27 Oct 2015

Rising tensions over eating beef in Hindu-majority India are starting to hit the...

Drought dents India gold demand; prices still appealing
Rediff.com11 Sep 2015

Nearly two-thirds of India's gold demand comes from rural areas where jewellery is a...

India to sell small oil, gas fields to private companies
Rediff.com2 Sep 2015

The fields have reserves of about 89 million tonnes

Government makes fresh attempt to pass GST bill
Rediff.com25 Aug 2015

Modi's reform agenda suffered a major setback earlier this month when lawmakers in the...

Narendra Modi backtracks on pro-business land bill
Rediff.com4 Aug 2015

This is another blow to Modi's ambitious economic reform agenda that has been stalled...

Nestle India targets growth in other businesses after Maggi scare
Rediff.com1 Aug 2015

Nestle India Ltd will focus on growing its dairy, coffee and confectionary businesses,...

India seeks $4 billion spending boost, almost half for state banks
Rediff.com31 Jul 2015

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley sought parliament's approval on Friday to increase the...

Is it end of the line for South Asia's ship graveyards?
Rediff.com17 Jul 2015

With a plunge in steel prices, ship owners are getting about $3.6 million less for the...

Coal turnaround to ease power cuts this summer
Rediff.com16 Apr 2015

India is expected to cut imports by a fifth in the fiscal year.

Divine help! Modi eyes temple gold to tide over trade imbalance
Rediff.com10 Apr 2015

Key to Modi's plan will be the interest rates offered for gold deposits.

India to issue land reform order to get around political deadlock
Rediff.com30 Mar 2015

India will issue a new decree this week for land purchases that has stirred disquiet...