Economy - general
Economic Survey 2013-14 focuses on external vulnerabilities
09 Jul 2014
India’s balance-of-payments position improved dramatically in 2013-14 with current account deficit (CAD) at $32.4 billion, down from $88.2 billion in 2012-13
`Office on wheels’ for business travellers
08 Jul 2014
Trains to have automatic doors
08 Jul 2014
Railways need Rs50,000 core a year to fund ongoing projects
08 Jul 2014
The railways needabout Rs5,00,000 crore,or around Rs50,000 crore per year over the next 10 years, to execute its ongoing projects alone
Gowda promises a more dynamic Indian Railways
08 Jul 2014
Indian Railways, union railway minister Sadananda Gowda said, will play a role in building a dynamic India, aiming to make the country the largest freight transport network in the world
Railway Budget highlights
08 Jul 2014
Here are the highlights of the railway minister's Railway Budget speech being delivered in the Lok Sabha
Foreign investors pump $20 bn into India in January-June 2014
07 Jul 2014
The inflows are expected to surge if the budget to be presented in Parliament on 10 July turns out to be positive for foreign investors
Govt looking at innovative ways of tackling subsidy burden: oil minister
07 Jul 2014
The government is looking at new reform measures for containing fuel subsidy without giving consumers a price shock
Return of Iraq stranded gathers pace; 2,200 await evacuation
07 Jul 2014
About 2,200 Indians in a conflict-free zone in southern Iraq have expressed a desire to return home, and they will be in India in the next 36 to 48 hours
Nearly 30% of Indians lived in poverty in 2011-12: Rangarajan panel
07 Jul 2014
The Rangarajan Committee was set up to clear the ambiguity over the number of poor in the country
Oil ministry says no move to hike LPG, kerosene prices
05 Jul 2014
The ministry of petroleum and natural gas has refuted reports that it is planning to raise the price of kerosene and domestic LPG
Assocham seeks tax sops, infra status for port projects
05 Jul 2014
Assocham has sought tax incentives, market-linked tariff rates and grant of infrastructure status to the port industry in the upcoming budge
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