Economy - general

RBI lukewarm to rate cut demand

02 May 2013

RBI lukewarm to rate cut demand

02 May 2013

India's core sector rebounds with 2.9 % growth in March

30 Apr 2013

The growth was mainly on account of buoyancy in the production of cement and steel and a marginal increase in electricity generation

Chidambaram hopes for debate on Finance Bill in Rajya Sabha

30 Apr 2013

India would need $500 bn in private investments for 8% growth in 12th Plan: Montek

29 Apr 2013

27 firms under taxman’s lens over transfer pricing: Chidambaram

27 Apr 2013

GST rollout stuck on compensation issue: Sushil Modi

27 Apr 2013

Restaurants in Mumbai to close on Monday to protest "irrational" service tax

27 Apr 2013

Sharma assures southern states of support to textile and plantation sectors

26 Apr 2013

HRD ministry proposes bidding process for PPP model schools

26 Apr 2013

Jaipal Reddy promises good monsoon; farmers hope and pray

26 Apr 2013

Investment-hungry India pleads with S&P for rating upgrade

26 Apr 2013

Chances of GST rollout before UPA term ends: Chidambaram

24 Apr 2013

CAD more worrisome than fiscal deficit: Chidambaram

24 Apr 2013

Finance minister P Chidambaram today vowed that the government would limit the fiscal deficit for 2013-14 to below 4.8 per cent of the GDP

Gujarat massacre: court to take up Jafri plea against SIT today

24 Apr 2013

A protest petition filed by Zakia Jafri, widow of 2002 Gujarat riots victim Ehsan Jafri, is likely to be taken up by an Ahmedabad court today.

Industrial demand for water to surge 57% in parched India

23 Apr 2013

Indian economy seen growing at 6.4% in 2013-14

23 Apr 2013

While growth and, more particularly industrial growth, has slowed, the decline appears to have bottomed out, the report released by C Rangarajan, chairman of the prime minister’s economic advisory council, said

Dharavi: life, industry coexist amid strange conditions

22 Apr 2013

One’s first impression of Dharavi, in Mumbai, is that this is what Apocalypse might look like, with its stench, filthy lanes, and makeshift housing. Yet there is a thriving cottage industry and life goes on amid the squalor, says tourist Paige Noon recounting her Dharavi experience

Share of exports in GDP rises despite widening current account deficit

22 Apr 2013

FDI in services down 3.5% in April-January 2012-13

20 Apr 2013

India tops global inward remittances list at $69 bn in in 2012: World Bank

20 Apr 2013

India has emerged the largest recipient of overseas remittances in the world, followed by China  the Philippines, Mexico and Nigeria and Egypt

Capital crime: Delhi shames nation again with rape of 5-year-old

19 Apr 2013

Consumer price inflation for agricultural and rural labourers shows divergent trend

19 Apr 2013

EPFO setting up online facility for PF transfers, withdrawals

19 Apr 2013

India’s FY’13 trade deficit hits $191 billion

19 Apr 2013