Economy - general
PSUs ready to invest; seek government backing
12 Sep 2012
State-run core sector companies are reportedly sitting on a combined cash pile of Rs1,80,000 crore
Industrial production growth slogs at 0.1 per cent in July
12 Sep 2012
Industrial production in the country grew at a slow pace of 0.1 per cent in July 2012 on the back of a 0.2 per cent contraction in manufacturing output
Chidambaram to seek faster PSU investments
12 Sep 2012
Finance minister P Chidambaram will today meet the heads of nine blue chip public sector undertakings, which are sitting on a cash pile of Rs1.8 lakh crore, to speed up their investment plans
MNREGA work completion rate poor in Karnataka
07 Sep 2012
Five Indian companies make the cut to Forbes innovative list
07 Sep 2012
Five Indian companies — L&T, Hindustan Unilever and Infosys, TCS and Sun Pharma — rank among Forbes magazine's list of "The World's Most Innovative Companies" topped by four US companies.
Government rejects BJP demand to cancel allocation of 142 coal blocks
03 Sep 2012
A Parliament panel report, meanwhile, pointed to the paradox of private parties failing to develop coal blocks allotted to them, whereas state-run CIL is looking overseas to acquire coal assets
India’s GDP growth hits a decade low of 5.5 per cent
31 Aug 2012
Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council chairman C Rangarajan, however, feel that the situation would improve over the course of the fiscal
CBI launches raids over NHRM embezzlement
30 Aug 2012
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