Economy - general

Health outlay up by Rs2700 crore

26 Feb 2010

Mukherjee allocates Rs1,73,552 crore for infrastructure development

26 Feb 2010

NREGA, rural uplift schemes get surprisingly small hikes

26 Feb 2010

States' fiscal position deteriorated in 2008-09: RBI study

25 Feb 2010

Food price inflation eases to 17.58 per cent

25 Feb 2010

Core sector grows 9.4 per cent in January

25 Feb 2010

Economic Survey 2009-10: Food management policies poor

25 Feb 2010

Economic Survey 2009-10: Absorbing capital inflows a challenge

25 Feb 2010

Economic survey 2009-10: Export incentives may be re-distributed in April, says Scindia

25 Feb 2010

Economic Survey 2009-10: Ports below par

25 Feb 2010

Economic Survey 2009-10: Ports below par

25 Feb 2010

Economic Survey 2009-10: Channel savings into infrastructure

25 Feb 2010

Economic survey 2009-10: Recovery assured, but spending must be reformed

25 Feb 2010

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today tabled a cautious but optimistic Economic Survey 2009-10 in Parliament, which predicted 7.2 per cent growth for the current fiscal and a full recovery to 9 per cent growth in 2011-12

Export incentives may be re-distributed in April: Scindia

25 Feb 2010

Opposition forces both houses to adjourn over price rise

24 Feb 2010

Both houses of Parliament were adjourned for the day this morning as the opposition was adamant in demanding a discussion on the price rise of food items

Government to push divestment plans despite poor market

23 Feb 2010

Sharma calls for retaining stimulus to labour-intensive sectors

23 Feb 2010

India to aim at 9 per cent growth in 2011-12: President Patil

22 Feb 2010

For achieving a higher rate of growth, the President said the government would work towards creating an environment that encourages investments, especially in micro, small, and medium enterprises

Letter to the finance minister, from a salaried taxpayer

22 Feb 2010

Though they are the most loyal of tax payers, the government still discriminates against the salaried class. They are not allowed to cut their taxes, when other tax payers are allowed to do so freely. It is time to level the playing field .  By Vivek Sharma

Budget can put in force the divestment of public sector units

22 Feb 2010

We can expect the budget to start the process back to fiscal consolidation, says D R Dogra, MD and CEO, CARE

PM's advisory body for gradual stimulus rollback in budget

20 Feb 2010

Sharma assures support to fisheries on par with agriculture

20 Feb 2010

CPI for agricultural and rural labourers up 0.36 percentage points in January

19 Feb 2010

Survey upbeat on GDP growth, but inflation a worry

19 Feb 2010

The prime minister's economic advisory council expects GDP to grow by more than the 7.2 per cent projected by the Central Statistical Organisation during the current fiscal

Food price inflation nudges closer to 18 per cent

18 Feb 2010