Economy - general

Taxation of portfolio investments by FIIs referred to GAAR panel

30 Jul 2012

North India hit by worst blackout in 10 years

30 Jul 2012

RBI cuts India’s FY’13 GDP growth to 6.5 per cent

30 Jul 2012

The outlook on inflation continues to be marked by a number of upside risks in the near term, despite the significant slowdown in growth, RBI said

PM sets up panel to review taxation of development centres and IT sector

30 Jul 2012

The committee, which is in addition to the GAAR panel, headed by Dr Parthasarathy Shome, will also address concerns on GAAR provisions

Situation better than in 2009: agriculture secretary Ashish Bahuguna

30 Jul 2012

Deficient rains cause for serious concern: Pawar

30 Jul 2012

PM announces Rs300-core relief package for Assam riot victims

28 Jul 2012

Demand for central intervention in Assam

27 Jul 2012

Anand Sharma links market opening to free movement of labour

26 Jul 2012

India among markets highly exposed to euro zone crisis: report

25 Jul 2012

Assam sectarian strife leaves 32 dead, thousand homeless

25 Jul 2012

Assam cut off from rest of India as sectarian strife rages

24 Jul 2012

I-Tax department offers `home visit’ to help people file returns

24 Jul 2012

Government admits monsoons below normal

24 Jul 2012

Food minister KV Thomas admitted today that the situation was a cause for worry and the government will have to initiate measures to check hoarding as deficient rainfall would lead to crop failure.

Inter-ministerial panel to look into direct selling and multi-level marketing

24 Jul 2012

Assocham warns of impact on bottom lines in the absence of 'good signals'

23 Jul 2012

Rural India becoming the epicentre of growth: HUL chief

23 Jul 2012

Hindustan Unilever chairman Harish Manwani says if agricultural growth picked up to 4 per cent as projected by the Planning Commission, the cascading impact of rural prosperity could boost our GDP by an extra 2 per cent

GAAR guidelines to be finalised by 30 September

23 Jul 2012

Government ropes in CII and WIPO to set up India Intellectual Property Foundation at Nagpur

21 Jul 2012

Centre links Pay Commission arrears of college teachers to hike in superannuation age

20 Jul 2012

Ratan Tata defends PM, slams media, opposition on Twitter

19 Jul 2012

Fully supporting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Tata group chairman Ratan Tata said that the PM had led the country with great personal dignity and integrity

Indirect tax collection up 13.8 per cent in April-June quarter

18 Jul 2012

Food Security Bill provides for support to two-thirds of population: K V Thomas

18 Jul 2012

Consumer price inflation eases to 10.02 per cent in June

18 Jul 2012

Private sector to lead India’s economic revival: Crisil

17 Jul 2012

Unlike during the 2008 crisis, the public sector in the country is unable to act as the engine of growth due to the government’s own fiscal constraints