Economy - general
Wholesale price inflation falls further to a 9-month low of 4.68%
14 Mar 2014
The decline in wholesale price inflation is not going to make an impact on RBI’s monetary policy stance as the consumer price inflation is still at 8 per cent levels, with core inflation showing a firm trend
India’s industrial production barely grew at 0.1% in January
12 Mar 2014
Cumulative growth of industrial production during the first 10 months of the fiscal (April-January 2013-14) over the corresponding period of the previous year stood at 0.0 per cent
US pressures India to further cut Iranian oil imports
12 Mar 2014
India finds itself obliged to cut its oil imports from Iran by two-thirds from the first quarter of the financial year that begins in April, in keeping with the nuclear deal easing sanctions on Teheran
Switzerland says India can get only 'lawful' info on black money
10 Mar 2014
Switzerland says it is exchanging information with Indian authorities on all lawful requests, but cannot help on enquiries based on stolen banking data
Customs tightens baggage rules for gold
07 Mar 2014
India’s factory output showed strong growth in February: HSBC
03 Mar 2014
India's manufacturing sector expanded in February at the strongest pace in 12 months, driven largely by growth in new business orders and an improved macroeconomic situation, HSBC’s latest PMI shows
India has more billionaires than France or Germany
03 Mar 2014
The combined wealth of Indian billionaires is estimated at $390 billion; and the country is behind only the US, China, Russia and the UK, and ahead of Germany, Switzerland or France in the number of billionaires