Economy - general
Commerce ministry plans to revamp SEZ scheme
24 Jan 2012
RBI cuts CRR by 0.5%; leaves other rates unchanged
24 Jan 2012
The new CRR rate will be effective from 28 January 2012 and is expected to infuse Rs32,000 crore into the system, easing the tight liquidity in the markets
NREGA rates must match minimum state wages: SC
24 Jan 2012
Senior counsel Anil Diwan, appearing for a group of labourers, argued that the centre’s failure to pay the minimum wages would amount to exploitation of its own citizens
RBI unlikely to raise key interest rates
23 Jan 2012
India’s growth rate to reach 9.5% next year: E&Y
23 Jan 2012
Food price inflation stays negative for third week
19 Jan 2012
The decline in the wolesale price inflation rate is expected to help the Reserve Bank of India ease its monetary policy stance
I-T department to probe high-value transactions
18 Jan 2012
Government hikes import tax on gold, silver
18 Jan 2012
India’s GDP to grow at 7.7 per cent in 2012, 7.9 per cent in 2013: UN report
17 Jan 2012
The Indian economy, which grew at 7.3 per cent in the first half of this fiscal, grew at an even slower rate of 6.9 per cent in the third quarter of the fiscal.
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