Economy - general
Direct tax collections must increase, says Pranab
28 May 2012
Direct tax collections are not enough and the government is targeting revenue worth 12 per cent of GDP, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee says
Talking ourselves into a depression
27 May 2012
Reading a newspaper or watching television these days will make us believe that the Indian economy is already in a depression and our collective economic future is irredeemably doomed, if we are not dead already. The truth, as always, is more nuanced. By Vivek Sharma
International banks lower India’s GDP estimates for 2012-13
26 May 2012
Goldman Sachs and Bank of America-Merrill Lynch join the rising number of global institutions to express their pessimism over India economic prospects
Rupee gains on dollar sales by exporters, RBI
25 May 2012
Rangarajan heads new panel to review poverty estimates
24 May 2012
The group will review Planning Commission’s estimates that people with consumption expenditure of more than Rs28.65 per day in cities and Rs22.42 in rural areas are not poor
Rupee hits another record low of 56.22 a dollar
23 May 2012
UPA II: Good, but could put more, says PM’s report card
22 May 2012
He also offered to address the menace of corruption through both legislative and administrative measures
GST will make India’s goods and services competitive: FM
22 May 2012
The introduction of GST is expected to lead to a 1-1.5 per cent increase in GDP growth while easing the burden on the producer and the consumer and helping state to grow revenue
Rupee hits a new low of 55.42 against dollar
22 May 2012
Strong dollar demand from importers after the US currency strengthened in overseas markets helped the US currency to firm up further
Rupee plummets to 55 a dollar
21 May 2012
Neither the Reserve Bank nor the finance ministry moved to help the rupee in its hour of need, traders complain
Consumer price inflation for agricultural and rural labourers up about 100 basis points in April
21 May 2012
Tighter controls proposed in black money paper
21 May 2012
The white paper on black money tabled in Parliament spreads the blame for money-laundering across sectors from bullion and real estate to financial markets and NGOs
Pranab to table white paper on black money today
21 May 2012
India likely to grow by 8-9 % for next 20 years: Montek
18 May 2012
India has the potential to sustain a GDP growth of 8-9 per cent for the next two decades, Montek Singh Ahluwalia told the United Nations on Thursday
Rupee hits fresh low amid euro turmoil, policy paralysis
18 May 2012
The Indian currency hit a new low of Rs54.75 a dollar in afternoon trading today, hammered by the Eurozone crisis and a perceived slowdown in the country's economic reforms
Rupee slumps further to 54.60 a dollar
17 May 2012
House panel for minimal govt role in land acquisition
17 May 2012
Reversing the government’s plan to facilitate land acquisition for industrial projects, the revamped bill, to be tabled in Parliament today, proposes that land cannot be acquired by the state for any profit-making enterprise
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