Economy - general
CBDT extends deadline for filing ITR-V forms for 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 till March-end
26 Feb 2014
‘Garibi hatao’ meaningless without better service delivery: McKinsey
21 Feb 2014
India must improve the delivery of basic services like water, sanitation, and of course healthcare if it is to raise its millions of poor to a reasonable standard of living, says a new report from McKinsey Global Institute
‘Garibi hatao’ meaningless without better service delivery: McKinsey
21 Feb 2014
India must improve the delivery of basic services like water, sanitation, and of course healthcare if it is to raise its millions of poor to a reasonable standard of living, says a new report from McKinsey Global Institute
Mr Chidambaram’s fiscal chimera
21 Feb 2014
History would remember Chidambaram’s landmark reforms such as the rationalisation of direct taxes, but his record would also be marked by an easy readiness to resort to accounting gimmicks. Look closely, his interim budget would make even the most creative of corporate CFOs proud. Nevertheless, this illusion would make us all feel good until it pops. By Shivshanker Verma
Interim budget: Sops to big business, nothing for SMEs say critics
18 Feb 2014
Indian industry, from large conglomerates to small firms, is far from impressed with finance minister P Chidambaram's interim budget, which puts off most key decisions to the next government.
FM delivers on fiscal consolidation
17 Feb 2014
The focus of the budget has rightly been on resuscitating growth while adhering to fiscal prudence, says Assocham president and Yes Bank co founder, Rana Kapoor
Interim budget: Govt borrowing to exceed FY’15 Plan spending by Rs42,000 cr
17 Feb 2014
Chidambaram expects current account deficit to be contained at $45 billion and the fiscal deficit at 4.6 per cent of GDP
WPI inflation falls to 8-month low of 5.05% in January
14 Feb 2014
The decline in the wholesale price index has been due mainly to the steep fall in the prices of vegetable and some food grains
Industrial production down 0.6% in December
13 Feb 2014
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