Economy - general
BPL definition divides Planning Commission?
23 Sep 2011
Jairam Ramesh blasts ‘BPL’ definition
23 Sep 2011
The commission has agreed to reconsider its controversial definition of ‘below poverty line’ (BPL) criteria for receiving state benefits, following a missive from rural development minister Jairam Ramesh.
Pranab proposes a US investment enclave in India
22 Sep 2011
A US investment enclave within one of the mega industrial zones on the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor could help ramp up manufacturing capacity in emerging high technology sectors.
Switzerland to share secret bank account details with India: envoy
22 Sep 2011
Switzerland is willing to share the details of the secret bank accounts held there by Indians if the Indian government approaches it through the framework of the revised double taxation avoidance treaty.
IMF cuts global economic growth forecast to 4 per cent
21 Sep 2011
The IMF report pegs India's economic growth at 7.8 per cent in 2011 and 7.5 per cent in 2012, against 8.2 per cent and 7.8 per cent, respectively, forecast earlier.
Lokayukta police raid Yeddyurappa's son-in-law's
20 Sep 2011
RBI hikes rates by 0.25%; home, auto loans to cost more
16 Sep 2011
Some experts feel that while RBI's hard-nosed stand on rate hikes has hardly managed to control inflation, industrial growth and corporate profits have definitely been hit
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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