Economy - general
Budget 2012-13: Pushing infrastructure to pull industry
16 Mar 2012
Infrastructure investment during the 12th Plan will go up to Rs50,00,000 crore, with half of this coming from private sector
Disinvestment target at Rs30,000 crore
16 Mar 2012
Companies can access cheaper foreign funds
16 Mar 2012
Measures proposed to curb black money
16 Mar 2012
Corporate tax payments flat in Q4; govt to miss target
16 Mar 2012
Mumbai, which accounts for 35-40 per cent of the all-India direct tax collections, will not be able to meet the basic target of Rs2.04 lakh crore advance tax collection
Budget 2012-13 aims to ease subsidy burden
16 Mar 2012
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee proposed to reduce government's subsidy burden and get the economy out of the political gridlock towards economic reforms for reviving growth (more Budget reports)
Inflation dipping but take care, warns economic survey
16 Mar 2012
The government’s annual pre-budget exercise calls for better data collection and more inclusive banking
Steady growth in employment since July 2009
15 Mar 2012
Emphasis on sustainable growth
15 Mar 2012
Economic survey pegs FY’12 GDP growth at 6.9 per cent
15 Mar 2012
According to the Economic Survey, the Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.6 per cent in 2012-13 and by 8.6 per cent in 2013-14
Survey bats for FDI in multi brand retail
15 Mar 2012
RBI leaves policy rates unchanged on Budget eve
15 Mar 2012
Having cut the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 0.75 percentage points last week, the Reserve Bank of India kept its policy rates unchanged in its mid-quarter monetary policy review on Thursday
RBI leaves policy rates unchanged on Budget eve
15 Mar 2012
Having cut the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 0.75 percentage points last week, the Reserve Bank of India kept its policy rates unchanged in its mid-quarter monetary policy review on Thursday
FDI in India up 31 per cent in 2011
12 Mar 2012
Industrial output growth bounces back to 6.8 per cent in January
12 Mar 2012
Manufacturing output grew at 8.5 per cent and electricity generation at 3.2 per cent during January 2012
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