Economy - general

Rail fares, freight exempted from service tax till end-September

02 Jul 2012

Services to cost 12 per cent more from tomorrow

30 Jun 2012

India’s current account deficit widens to a record high of 4.5 per cent of GDP

30 Jun 2012

Goof up on IIP data again

30 Jun 2012

India’s net overseas liabilities up at $244.8 billion in January-March 2012

29 Jun 2012

India’s external debt zooms to $345.8 billion

29 Jun 2012

India’s foreign exchange reserves provided cover for 85.1 per cent of the external debt stock at the end of March 2012, against 99.6 per cent as at end-March 2011

Markets not to hit PSU stake sale plan: Department of Disinvestment

29 Jun 2012

GAAR may spare P-Notes, Mauritius funds and Vodafone, but after PM’s nod

29 Jun 2012

While non-resident investors in FIIs will be out of the tax net, FIIs themselves may not escape tax liability if the draft rules are implemented from 1 April 2013

Core sector growth moves up to 4.6 per cent in May

29 Jun 2012

Growth to rebound from October: Basu

29 Jun 2012

Unincorporated units in India employ about 108 million: survey

28 Jun 2012

SME exporters enjoy higher operating margins than domestic peers

28 Jun 2012

Raghuram Rajan likely to be next chief economic advisor: report

27 Jun 2012

Moody’s maintains ‘stable’ outlook on India’s rating

25 Jun 2012

The impact of lower growth and still-high inflation will deteriorate credit metrics in the near term, but not to the extent that they will become incompatible with India's current rating, the agency said

RBI ups ECB limit to $10 bn, allows FIIs to invest up to $20 bn in G-Secs

25 Jun 2012

RBI has also expanded the non-resident investor base for G-Secs, to allow sovereign wealth funds, multilateral agencies, endowment funds, insurance funds, pension funds and foreign central banks to register with SEBI

Pranab Mukherjee offers fresh boost to economy before he steps down

23 Jun 2012

Mukherjee is expected to demit office on Monday or Tuesday after the Prime Minister returns to India and it is not clear as to whether the RBI or the finance ministry would announce the proposed measures

Even Naveen Jindal loves his share of daily LPG subsidies

23 Jun 2012

Naveen Jindal, well-known industrialist, billionaire and the richest parliamentarian in India, consumes subsidized LPG at the rate of more than a cylinder a day. Why is it so difficult for the rich to just give up these subsidy peanuts and purchase LPG from private retailers at market prices? By Shivshanker Verma

Rupee plummets to 57.32 Vs $ as oil firms pursue dollar window

22 Jun 2012

Falling rupee, stock markets hurting issuers of FCCBs: S&P

21 Jun 2012

`India: Incredible Investment Destination'

21 Jun 2012

India’s real GDP grew 60 per cent in five years while foreign direct investment in the country zoomed 414 per cent to $46.8 billion in 2011-12, according to a finance ministry fact book

Rupee tumbles to a record low of 56.57 against dollar

21 Jun 2012

Finance minister unveils expanded negative list for service tax

20 Jun 2012

Service tax collections have increased by 40 per cent in the first two months of the current financial year and is targeted to touch Rs1,24,000 crore for the full fiscal

Consumer price inflation rates for agricultural and rural workers move in opposite directions

20 Jun 2012

India in tune with global tax compliance rules: OECD

20 Jun 2012

Advance tax collections fall below target

19 Jun 2012