Economy - general
CAG to audit rural development expenditure
27 Oct 2011
Combined wealth of 100 richest Indians drops
27 Oct 2011
India's food price inflation shoots up to 11.43 per cent
27 Oct 2011
With the RBI signaling a pause in its anti-inflation monetary measures, any reversal of the rising trend in food prices will depend on improvement in supplies
RBI hikes repo rate by 0.25%; deregulates savings account interest
25 Oct 2011
RBI today raised interest rates for the 13th time since March 2010 and said it is likely to put a hold on further increases as it expects high inflation to ease beginning December
India's economic growth to fall below trend rate in 2011-12: RBI
24 Oct 2011
There has been a significant decline in corporate investment in new projects since the second half of 2010-11 and RBI expects the pipeline of investment to shrink, putting growth in 2012-13 at risk.
India capable of sustaining high growth: PM
22 Oct 2011
The 9 per cent GDP growth projected in the approach paper to the 12th Plan may not be feasible since the economy is currently slowing down amidst the global gloom, the PM said today
Cut subsidies, raise tax mop-up to fund priority sector projects: Ahluwalia
22 Oct 2011
Ahluwalia called for better targeting of subsidies like that given on petroleum and fertiliser even as he found the draft food security programme "absolutely feasible".
Rupee hits a 30-month low below 50 a dollar
21 Oct 2011
The sudden shift in the rupee-dollar rate, which had held on to levels of Rs44 for a long period since its consolidation in 2009, is surprising to most analysts.
Government's spending curbs to push down India's GDP growth further
21 Oct 2011
The move has been prompted both by a slowing of tax collections and drying up of the market for funds.
Food price inflation crosses two-digit mark at 10.60 per cent
20 Oct 2011
The spike, caused by higher prices of vegetables and other staples, has posed fresh problems for the government and the Reserve Bank of India.
High crude oil, commodity prices slow down Indian economy: Pranab
19 Oct 2011
Rising inflation caused by soaring global commodity prices and high crude oil prices have slowed down the Indian economy, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said in New Delhi today.
India, China have second-highest prevalence of fraud: survey
19 Oct 2011
India has moved up to shares the second spot with China in a disreputable list of rankings of nations with high prevalence of fraud, says the Global Fraud Report by risk consultancy firm, Kroll.
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