The Patna Model of Taxation that won a UN award this year and is being adopted in other Commonwealth countries today fetched $30,000 for the cash-strapped Bihar government. State Chief Minister Rabri

The Assam Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, has said that his State can simply not achieve the 6.2 per cent growth rate, projected by the Planning Commission, unless the Centre made up for the shortfall

The United States has unveiled a plan to abolish all tariffs on manufactured goods by 2015, urging other countries in the World Trade Organisation to do the same. Presented as the culmination of 50

President APJ Abdul Kalam has commended Punjab and Haryana for their financial stability and economic progress and ranked them as the second best states in the country after

The government is in talks with the World Bank for financing a host of infrastructure projects aggregating $2 billion annually over the next five

For the first time in Sonitpur district, Assam, the administration has chalked out a detailed programme under the title

India asked the rich countries to reduce trade barriers and provide greater market access to enable developing countries strengthen their trading activities. In his address to the Development

The Maharashtra Government has sought Rs 1,373 crores and two lakh tonnes of food grains from the Centre as drought relief. Talking to presspersons, the Chief Minister, Sushilkumar Shinde said he had

The National Development Council (NDC) today adopted the Tenth Five-Year Plan (2002-07) document with the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, calling for "unity of purpose" by both the Centre

In the golden jubilee meeting of the National Development Council (NDC), the State chief ministers cutting across political affiliations laid out a litany of woes, demanding debt waiver,