Why UP Expects 1.3 Billion Tourists This Year

This would be a 100 per cent jump over 2024, when the state had logged tourist inflow of 650 million. IMAGE: Tourists click selfies at the Taj Mahal. Photograph: ANI Photo   Uttar Pradesh is......

ED searches Soros' funding agency, investment arm in Bengaluru

TThe Enforcement Directorate conducted searches in Bengaluru on Tuesday as part of its probe into alleged violation of foreign exchange regulations by US billionaire George Soros-founded 'private......

'No Speed Bumps In The Relationship'

'For the Indian economy to maintain a growth rate of 7 to 8 per cent, it needs large foreign direct investment coming in, and that's mainly coming from the US.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

US Congressmen back India's right to respond to terrorism

A group of US Congressmen on Wednesday expressed unequivocal and bipartisan condemnation for the Pahalgam terror attack and extended support for India's right to respond to terrorism in the spirit......

Foreign direct investment in India jumps to $13.6 bn

Foreign direct investment in India has increased by about 35 per cent to $13.6 billion during the first half of 2013 with merger and acquisitions accounting for the bulk of inflows, says an......

Foreign direct investment by Indian firms falls

Overseas direct investment by Indian companies fell by 72 per cent to $2.05 billion in January 2015, showed the data released by the Reserve Bank on Friday. Indian companies had invested $7.34......

Foreign direct investment guidelines are overdue but restrictive

  A formal policy framework was certainly needed but it is unlikely to be welcomed in its current form. The policy announced on Tuesday to allow 100 per cent foreign direct investment in......

Govt reforms unable to stem fall in foreign direct investment

Most sectors in the economy drew less of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2012-13 than a year earlier. However, the automobile sector saw a 60 per cent surge in inflow. Tourism saw a three-fold......