Economy - general
Australian farm registry reveals
08 Sep 2016
GST, banking reforms and infrastructure will drive growth: Jaitley
07 Sep 2016
State-owned banks control 70 per cent of assets in the financial system and the lion`s share of India`s Rs800,000 crore bad loans and any move at privatisation will only choke fund flows to corporates
India evacuates 40,000 in massive tsunami drill
07 Sep 2016
India's GDP grows at 7.1% in Q1 of FY17, the slowest in 5 quarters
01 Sep 2016
At 7.1 per cent growth in India’s GDP for the April-June 2016-17 quarter falls from 7.9 per cent in the preceding three months and is the slowest in five quarters
Mamata wins again as SC quashes Singur land acquisition
31 Aug 2016
The Supreme Court directed Bengal government to return the land in 12 weeks and also held that farmers who got compensation are not liable to return it because they were deprived of their livelihood for the last ten years
Mamata wins again as SC quashes Singur land acquisition
31 Aug 2016
The Supreme Court directed Bengal government to return the land in 12 weeks and also held that farmers who got compensation are not liable to return it because they were deprived of their livelihood for the last ten years
States ask industry to pass on GST benefits to consumers
31 Aug 2016
A revenue neutral low-tax regime while saving industry of the burden of several state and central levies should benefit the consumer as well
NIA probing money trail of Kashmir violence
20 Aug 2016
NIA probing money trail of Kashmir violence
20 Aug 2016
Moody’s keeps India’s growth forecast pegged at 7.5%
18 Aug 2016
While the outlook for India remains unchanged and China’s has been revised slightly upwards for 2016, Moody’s warns of uncertainty due to policy changes following the US presidential election
Govt’s focus is on deliverance, says PM Narendra Modi
16 Aug 2016
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day address, his government's mission is to "reform, perform and transform", while staying away from poulism
Railway Budget to be merged with Union Budget from next year
13 Aug 2016
The government has decided to end the practice of having a separate Railway budget that was started in 1924, agreeing with a call by the NITI Ayog that it should be merged with the general budget as it had lost its relevance
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi meets PM, Sushma
13 Aug 2016
The three-day India visit of Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi comes amid somewhat strained ties over China blocking India’s membership of the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group and a border ‘transgression’ by Chinese troops
India’s trade deficit narrows to $7.75 bn in July
13 Aug 2016
The narrower deficit has been facilitated by a near halving of gold imports to $1.08 billion and a 28-per cent fall in the value of oil imports to $6.82 billion in July this year