Economy - general

Consumer price inflation hits a 16-month high of 5.69% in January

12 Feb 2016

JNU student activists idolising Afzal Guru held for anti-national debate

12 Feb 2016

India’s industrial production down 1.3% in Dec as GDP rises 7.3% in Q3

12 Feb 2016

EPFO to offer online PF withdrawal facility by August: report

12 Feb 2016

Smart cards for 40 cr unorganised workers in offing

11 Feb 2016

India ranked second-lowest in IP protection

11 Feb 2016

Import duty on used cooking oil may go

11 Feb 2016

Banks, MFIs urged to give easy loans for building toilets

10 Feb 2016

Mumbai all set for `Make in India’ show

09 Feb 2016

India’s GDP seen growing at 7.6% this fiscal

08 Feb 2016

With GDP growth for the October-December quarter at 7.3 per cent, a tad lower than 7.4 per cent in the preceding quarter, it is highly unlikely that the economy ends the year with a growth rate of 7.6 per cent

SC vacates interim order of Madras high court on issue of patta to forest dwellers

04 Feb 2016

Supreme Court clears way for ‘Make in India’ event at Girgaum Chowpatty

03 Feb 2016

Finance minister heads new tax policy reform panel

03 Feb 2016

January sees fastest services growth in 18 months

03 Feb 2016

The Nikkei/Markit Services Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 54.3 in January from 53.6 in December, the seventh straight month above the 50-level that distinguishes growth from contraction

Panel suggests 100 amendments to Companies Act 2013

02 Feb 2016

Income tax department takes steps for faster tax refunds

02 Feb 2016

Income tax department takes steps for faster tax refunds

02 Feb 2016

India to issue Zika guidelines by Thursday

02 Feb 2016

India said today it is readying travel guidelines for pregnant women passengers coming from and going to Zika-affected countries as the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international emergency over the mosquito-borne virus

RBI keeps rates unchanged, eye on Budget

02 Feb 2016

In its first bi-monthly policy statement of the year, RBI governor Raghuram Rajan kept the key repo and other rates unchanged, saying there was enough liquidity in the market and any loosening would depend on steps taken in the Union Budget

RBI keeps rates unchanged, eye on Budget

02 Feb 2016

In its first bi-monthly policy statement of the year, RBI governor Raghuram Rajan kept the key repo and other rates unchanged, saying there was enough liquidity in the market and any loosening would depend on steps taken in the Union Budget

Core sector expands 0.9% in December, reverses November fall

01 Feb 2016

Core sector output growth, which showed a volatile trend since April this year, recorded cumulative growth of 1.9 per cent in April-December this fiscal

India’s fiscal deficit hits 88% of full-year target in December

30 Jan 2016

Jaitley can afford to let deficit widen: Survey

30 Jan 2016

Most of the 30 economists surveyed by Reuters felt that finance minister Arun Jaitley could let his borrowing targets slip in the next Budget, while they also felt that better infrastructure was more important than tax reforms

Raghuram Rajan cautions govt on deficit-driven growth

30 Jan 2016

Reserve Bank governor Raghuram Rajan has warned against generating economic growth through debt, as a deviation from fiscal consolidation will hurt economic stability

India’s 2014-15 GDP growth rate pegged lower at 7.2%

30 Jan 2016

GDP growth rate for 2013-14 declined even more at 6.6 per cent against 6.9 per cent estimated earlier as per the first revised estimate of national income for 2014-15