Economy - general
India’s external debt hit 20.6 % of GDP in first 9 months of FY’13
28 Mar 2013
The country’s external debt rose $30.8 billion to $376.3 billion at end-December 2012, from $345.5 billion at end-March 2012, an increase of 8.9 per cent in the first 9 months of fiscal 2012-13
Govt easing debt investment rules for foreign funds: Chidambaram
23 Mar 2013
India is expected to require an estimated $75 billion of foreign capital in the next two years to fund the current-account deficit
India has 17.3 million slum dwellings: census
21 Mar 2013
Delhi, Maharashtra present contrasting state budgets
21 Mar 2013
While Delhi has cut taxes on several items in its ‘tax free’ budget, Maharashtra has proposed no cuts and instead imposed fresh taxation of Rs1,150 crore
RBI again eases repo by 0.25 %; warns further cuts unlikely soon
19 Mar 2013
The Reserve Bank of India today cut its benchmark repurchase or repo rate 25 basis points or 0.25 per cent, making it the second rate cut in the last quarter of this financial year
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