Economy - general
Monsoon to arrive in 48 hours: weather department
04 Jun 2012
The onset of the rains may meet the schedule of the Met department; but there are strong fears that the monsoon will be weak
Cut in RBI rates likely this month
04 Jun 2012
There is leeway to cut interest rates because of declining production and lower crude prices, the central bank’s deputy governor Subir Gokarn says
Cut in RBI rates likely this month
04 Jun 2012
There is leeway to cut interest rates because of declining production and lower crude prices, the central bank’s deputy governor Subir Gokarn says
CBI gains five-day window to grill Jagan
02 Jun 2012
Bihar emerges as India’s ‘tiger economy’
02 Jun 2012
Bihar, once written off as a basket case, has seen tremendous improvement both on the economic and law and order fronts since 2005
India starts fiscal with a $13.5-bn trade deficit in April
01 Jun 2012
Crude oil, which accounts for a major part of India’s imports, rose nearly 7 per cent to $13.91 billion in April 2012
PM sets up monitoring system for large projects
01 Jun 2012
India, Bahrain sign tax information pact
31 May 2012
India’s GDP growth slowed to 6.5 per cent in 2011-12
31 May 2012
Per capita net national income (NNI) in real terms is estimated to have reached Rs37,851 in 2011-12, from Rs35,993 crore in 2010-11
Bandh over petrol price hike disrupts life nationwide
31 May 2012
Mumbai and Delhi – both ruled by the Congress and its allies – were relatively less affected, although there were transport problems with autorickshaws off the road
Rupee falls below 56 against dollar again
30 May 2012
Whose fuel-price hike is it anyway?
28 May 2012
A rise in price of petrol by itself will have a negative impact on the economy and the environment unless it is followed by an immediate hike in diesel prices as well, writes Anjor Bhaskar
Direct tax collections must increase, says Pranab
28 May 2012
Direct tax collections are not enough and the government is targeting revenue worth 12 per cent of GDP, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee says
Talking ourselves into a depression
27 May 2012
Reading a newspaper or watching television these days will make us believe that the Indian economy is already in a depression and our collective economic future is irredeemably doomed, if we are not dead already. The truth, as always, is more nuanced. By Vivek Sharma