Economy - general
Factory output growth comes to near standstill in May
03 Jun 2013
Years of reckless spending, a long struggle containing inflation, high interest rates, policy paralysis and fragile global demand have put India back in a rut of slow growth, say economists
Wheat procurement crosses 250 lakh tonnes
31 May 2013
Core sector output growth slows to 2.3% in April
31 May 2013
Fiscal deficit down at 4.9% as revenues rise
31 May 2013
India’s GDP growth falls to decade’s low of 5% in 2012-13
31 May 2013
This is the second-lowest growth rate in a decade since the Indian economy recorded a grown rate of 4 per cent in the 2002-03 fiscal
Rupee hits a 10-month low of 56.37 against dollar
29 May 2013
Analysts expect the Indian currency to depreciate further to lows around 58 to a dollar despite strong investment inflows
India, Japan must unite to rid high seas of piracy: PM
29 May 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on a visit to Japan, has made a strong pitch for cooperation between India and Japan in patrolling the Indian and Pacific Oceans to ensure freedom of navigation and eliminate the menace of piracy
Economists peg India’s Q4 GDP growth rate at 4.8%
27 May 2013
The fourth quarter GDP reading could push India’s annual GDP growth rate down to a decade’s low of around five per cent
Manmohan Singh looks for investments, nuclear deal from Japan
27 May 2013
India and Japan have complementary economic circumstances with India badly in need of investments and Japan, with its saturated economy, is looking for markets and new investment avenues
Chidambaram allays fears of cheap money policy in US
23 May 2013
The finance minister, however, failed to explain how other countries succeed in maintaining very low or even zero levels of inflation despite quantitative easing