Economy - general
Germany seeks urgent UNSC meet on Syria as India starts presidency
01 Aug 2011
Germany has requested that the UN Security Council meet Monday to discuss the worsening situation in Syria, even as India takes over rotating presidency of the Council after a gap of 19 years.
India to push for ceasefire in Libya at the UNSC
30 Jul 2011
Core sector production grows 5.2 per cent in June
29 Jul 2011
Core sector performance was helped by a 12.5 per cent growth in steel production and an 8.2 per cent growth in electricity generation.
Food price inflation falls to a 20-month low of 7.33 per cent
28 Jul 2011
Non-food inflation, however, rose to 16.05 per cent during the week ended 16 July 2011, from 15.50 per cent in the previous week.
New land acquisition bill to protect tribal rights
27 Jul 2011
Landowners will have to be compensated around six times the registered price or stamp value of their land and receive an inflation-linked annuity of Rs2,000 per month for 20 years
Persistent inflation warrants tight-money policy
26 Jul 2011
RBI hikes key policy rates by 50 bps
26 Jul 2011
RBI said its monetary policy aimed at reining in demand pressures that have remained strong in the first half of the current fiscal.
K V Kamath, K Morparia on CAG's new audit advisory board
23 Jul 2011
Extending an advisory role to eminent personalities from outside the government, CAG Vinod Rai has constituted a new audit advisory board to improve the focus of public audit