Punjab farmers could lose out on a big opportunity for getting higher than the MSP for this year’s wheat crop if the government does not waive the market development fee (MDF) and rural development fee (RDF) imposed on private traders buying wheat.
LEAVING aside the politics of the current contestations over Chandigarh by Punjab and Haryana — with the local Municipal Corporation throwing its own tiny hat into the controversy — it’s time to reflect more seriously on the paucity of quality cities in the country.
Delhi sizzles in severe heatwave, records hottest day of year so far on Business Standard. Barring two, all automatic weather stations in the city recorded maximum temperatures above 42 degrees Celsius, IMD data showed
Pakistan's PM Imran Khan lauded India's foreign policy and said that no country could question the stand taken by New Delhi in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
With an aim to encourage large-scale adoption of electric vehicles in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led government in the national capital is planning to provide e-two-wheelers to its employees on easy monthly instalments, said officials on Friday.
Delhi on Friday recorded 146 fresh COVID-19 cases and one death due to the viral disease, while the positivity rate stood at 1.39 per cent, according to health department data.
India’s gross tax collections soared to a record high of Rs 27.07 lakh crore in the fiscal year ended March 31, led by impressive growth in corporate tax and customs, taking the tax-to-GDP ratio to an over two-decade high of 11.7 per cent, Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj said on Friday.
