Economy - general
Services to cost 12 per cent more from tomorrow
30 Jun 2012
Goof up on IIP data again
30 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
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
Growth to rebound from October: Basu
29 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
`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
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