Economy - general
Consumer price inflation falls to a 2-year low of 3.63% in November
13 Dec 2016
The cooling of inflation was brought about by a sharp drop in vegetable prices and in part by a cash crunch resulting from the government’s move to demonetise high-value currency notes
Chennai limps back day after Cyclone Vardah left 6 dead
13 Dec 2016
The first 'very severe cyclonic storm' to hit the city and the first cyclone in city since 1994, Vardah left 6 people, including 4 women and a 3-year-old child dead in Chennai and another person in Kanchipuram and left 2,810 trees uprooted
Govt to print plastic currency to foil counterfeiting; scraps all Rs500 notes
09 Dec 2016
The government is working on the introduction of plastic currency notes in its bid to stop counterfeiting of banknotes, even as the abrupt demonetisation failed to drive out bad money from the economy
Govt to print plastic currency to foil counterfeiting; scraps all Rs500 notes
09 Dec 2016
The government is working on the introduction of plastic currency notes in its bid to stop counterfeiting of banknotes, even as the abrupt demonetisation failed to drive out bad money from the economy
Illicit income of Rs2,000 cr uncovered post demonetisation
07 Dec 2016
The investigative agencies have stepped up action after many cases came to light of people illegally converting old notes into new currency or gold
India’s service sector index hits a 1-1/2-yr low of 46.7 in Nov
05 Dec 2016
The overnight withdrawal of 86 per cent of the money in circulation in India's cash-driven economy saw the service sector suffer as consumers curbed discretionary spending
Ministry vows crackdown on money laundering
03 Dec 2016
Bengaluru raids yield Rs5.7 crore in new notes, luxury goods
03 Dec 2016
The seizures from two top state government engineers and two contractors in Bengaluru are the biggest haul of new cash since Rs500 and Rs1,000 notes were demonetised on 8 November in a move to choke tax evaders
Business will grow, but paper currency will shrink: Jaitley
02 Dec 2016
Finance minister Arun Jaitley today said the country was at the cusp of change and the battle between the taxman and the people who try to beat the system will continue