Centre may hike customs duty on finished steel by 10%
The Centre is considering a customs duty hike of between 5% and 10% on most grades of finished steel, especially those way below the World Trade Organisation (WTO) bound rate.

DoT to issue international gateway licences
The Department of Telecommunications will issue two licences for international gateways to two private parties by March this year. Such licences will be issued to private sector based within the country except Jammu & Kashmir, Nasscom president Dewang Mehta said on Thursday.

Industrial growth rate pegged at 3.1% in November
Industrial growth continued to be unimpressive at 3.1% in November as per quick estimates of the Index for Industrial Production (IIP) which were released on Thursday by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO).

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