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Plastic waste as school fees: A school in Assam adopts a novel idea
- The Akshar Forum School in Guwahati is giving admission on a condition that the students will have to collect and submit 200 plastic waste items every month.
- Guwahati in Assam produces nearly 3,700 kg of plastic garbage on a daily basis.
- The school students recycle waste products to form ecological bricks.
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Petronet LNG shares advance over 4% on cut in custom duty
The shares of the company opened at Rs 376.95 and touched a high and low of Rs 389.75 and Rs 371.10…
Excise duty in cigarette hiked. Tobacco farmers in india are struggling to make ends meet
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No bleeding on Dalal Street! LTGC holding period reduced to 2 years for real estate
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Budget 2017: A huge push to Job Creation in India
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India changes its income tax slab for people earning up to Rs 5 lakh. Here are income tax structures of China, UK, US, Brazil and Germany
Now, 5% tax will be levied on people earning under bracket Rs 2.5 lakh-Rs 5 lakh. Presently, it is …
Sensex zooms 300 points, Nifty regains 8,600, post Budget 2017 announcement
Post the announcements, the S&P BSE Sensex surged over 300 points, led by gains in ITC, ICICI B…
Big housing boost: Affordable houses get infrastructure status in Budget 2017
Heeding to the long-time demand from the housing industry, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has grante…
From boosting co-operative banks to digital payments: Here’s how banking sector in #Budget2017 looks like
The
banking sector had a lot of expectation from this budget and it seems to be
partially appeased …
Railways will continue to make losses, Budget 2017 does nothing for it
For the first time in the history of the country since 1924, the practice of having a separate rail…
After the Infra push in Budget, cement, metal & mining stocks rise
While announcing the Union Budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, announced a record allocation of …
Relief for the common man! Income tax for people earning Rs 2.5 lakh-Rs 5 lakh reduced to 5%
Also, the FM has levied a surcharge of 10% on people earning an income between Rs 50 lakh and Rs 1 …
FM disappoints manufacturers in India, neglects the manufacturing growth in the country
According to the IMF, India is expected to be one of the fastest growing economies of 2017. India h…
Farmers and the rural sector take the spotlight in FM Arun Jaitely's budget
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's 2017 Budget speech put the much-awaited spotlight on the farm…
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley makes biggest announcements for Education Sector in India
While highlighting Modi government's "Transform, Energize and Clean India" mission for Budget 2017-…
Union Budget 2017: Here are the highlights so far
Monetary policy to be expansionary in major economies More steps will be taken to benefit farmers a…
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Shifting homes may be easier next time if Jaitley focuses on these things in Budget 2017
While there are a few
options for corporate companies to help you out, but many a times, there pric…
Here’s what the wellness industry expects from Jaitley’s Budget 2017
The Government should introduce schemes to increase health insurance coverage
What should Indian startups hope for in Budget 2017
The Budget 2017 promises to be of great interest to the startup ecosystem in India, notably the f…
Here are 15 major highlights of the Economic Survey; FY18 GDP growth in range of 6.75%-7.5%
It is presented a day before the Budget, which is largely prepared on basis on this annual document…
BREAKING NEWS: Economic Survey tabled, FY18 GDP growth in range of 6.75%-7.5%
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5 Major government initiatives to empower the manufacturing sector in India
The growing bawl for a manufacturing push and the
government's efforts to charm global investors to…
Planning on buying jewellery? You’ll have to take your PAN/Aadhar card along
Currently, only purchases above Rs 2 lakh require know-your-customer-compliance in the gold market.
Markets will plunge if government tinkers with LTCG tax in Budget 2017. Here’s how
If the experts are to be believed, the benchmark equity indices are trading near key resistance lev…
Govt committed towards economic equality, opened over 26 crore accounts for poor: President Pranab Mukherjee on Day 1 of Budget Session
He said the government was taking giant strides in helping the downtrodden and needy. “Financial in…