New Delhi: Foreign investors have pulled out so far this month a staggering $1 billion or Rs 6,850 crore from the Indian stock market in the wake of sell-offs globally.    This is against the total inflow of over Rs 13,780 crore by foreign portfolio...

“As of 12-1-2018, 4,543 claims have been paid under PMJDY for life cover of Rs 30,000 and the claim amount paid is Rs 13.62 crore.Under the PMJDY, government received 3,324 claim applications under the RuPay card-linked accidental insurance cover, and Rs 23.40 crore were paid to 2,340 eligible claimants 

Gujarat is followed by Haryana, which registered a drop of 35 points, Rajasthan (32 points), Uttarakhand (27 points), Maharashtra (18 points), Himachal Pradesh (14 points), Chhattisgarh (drop of 12 points), and Karnataka (11 points), the ‘Healthy States, Progressive India’ report states. 

The US tops the list with 37.98 points, followed by United Kingdom (37.97) and Sweden (37.03). The annual report notes that India in July 2017 issued ‘Guidelines on the Examination of Computer-Related Inventions’ which significantly improved the patentability environment for technological innovations

Department’s number of effective tax payer base has increased from 6.47 crore at the beginning of April 2014 to 8.27 crore at the end of March 2017.

Listing Bharatmala and Sagarmala as important initiatives for highways and shipping sectors respectively, the Survey said under Sagarmala ports master plans have been finalised under which 131 port capacity expansion projects with project cost of Rs 85,346 crore have been identified for implementation over next 20 years.