Economy - general
Is India really at the bottom of the heap?
18 Jun 2012
By universal consensus, India is the worst performer among the emerging economies and is led by the most inefficient and self-serving political leaders. But are we really that bad? How do we compare against the other big emerging economies – China, Brazil, Russia, South Africa and Indonesia? By Shivshanker Verma
Fitch revises India's outlook to negative
18 Jun 2012
The negative outlook also reflects India's limited progress on fiscal consolidation and, in particular, on reducing the central government deficit
RBI leaves CRR, repo rate unchanged; disappoints market
18 Jun 2012
Indian bond prices and stocks dropped while the rupee weakened against the dollar after the RBI's unexpected decision to hold rates steady
RBI leaves CRR, repo rate unchanged; disappoints market
18 Jun 2012
Indian bond prices and stocks dropped while the rupee weakened against the dollar after the RBI's unexpected decision to hold rates steady
Pranab confident RBI will fix policy ‘suitably’
16 Jun 2012
Advance tax collection in Q1 is up by 10 %
16 Jun 2012
Not possible to control inflation without sacrificing growth
15 Jun 2012
Analysts say growth continues to remain on the back burner for the central bank
India’s foreign trade shrinks in May
14 Jun 2012
The country registered a trade deficit of $16.22 billion for May and a cumulative trade deficit of $29.67 billion for the first two months of the fiscal
Congress rejects TMC-SP names for President
14 Jun 2012
The Congress party's response followed a meeeting of senior party leaders Pranab Mukherjee, defence minister A K Antony and home minister P Chidambaram with UPA chairperson and Congress party president Sonia Gandhi
India unattractive investment destination: Goldman
14 Jun 2012
An important component of Goldman Sachs underweight view on India stemmed from "risk of significant capital flight"
High oil prices holding up global economic growth: Reddy
13 Jun 2012
India’s annual oil import bill jumped to $140 billion from $100 billion over the last two financial years, which pushed down the country’s growth rate to 6.9 per cent from over 8 per cent in the previous financial year
India, US kick off Obama-Singh knowledge initiative
13 Jun 2012
Each of the eight projects will receive an award of approximately $250,000 that can be utilised over the three-year grant period