Economy - general
India can bounce back to 8 % growth “in coming years”: Montek
07 Mar 2013
Deputy chairman of the Planning Commission and the country's leading economic strategist, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, stressed that the pace of poverty reduction in the country was within the target set by the government
PM promises action against farm loan waiver ‘cheats’
06 Mar 2013
Yet another CAG revelation sees government on the defensive in Parliament - this time the auditor's indictment of the government's 2008 agriculture loan-waiver scheme
India’s 10 richest could cover fiscal deficit: Forbes
06 Mar 2013
The total net worth of India's 55 billionaires could cover the country’s fiscal deficit twice over, according to Forbes magazine’s annual study of the world’s billionaires
Chidambaram promises more measures to spur growth
04 Mar 2013
The government proposes to undertake a number of administrative measures in tax revenue generation covering customs, excise and service tax, andinsurance and banking
Opposition rocks Parliament over petrol price hike
04 Mar 2013
The opposition was united in demanding a rollback of the recent price hikes in oil-based fuels, particularly the hike in petrol prices over the weekend
Manufacturing sector PMI higher than expected
01 Mar 2013
India's GDP growth slowed to 4.5 per cent in Q3-FY’13
28 Feb 2013
This is a far cry from the 6.1-6.7 per cent growth the Economic Survey 2012-13 has projected for the 2013-14 financial year
Modified GAAR to come into effect from 2016
28 Feb 2013
Economic Survey roots for a market economy
27 Feb 2013
The Indian economy is expected to grow at a higher rate of 6.1 per cent to 6.7 per cent in the 2013-14 fiscal with growth bottoming out at around 5 per cent in the current financial year
Chidambaram on budget eve
27 Feb 2013
To de-stress himself from the hectic budget preparation exercise, P Chidambaram holds a party for close friends at his residence on the eve of budget day. Away from the media, he opens up and talks about what he could really do if he had his way. By Vivek Sharma
Curbing Inflation can fuel genuine growth in economy
26 Feb 2013
Finance minister P Chidambaram should take a leaf from the average housewife’s book and see that curbing inflation is more important for India’s economy than pursuing industrial growth, suggests Tulsi Tawari, author of Creation of Wealth Vs Transfer of Wealth
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