Economy - general
Maharashtra government crackdown on oil mafia
28 Jan 2011
Reddy rules out diesel price decontrol for now
27 Jan 2011
Survey predicts job surge in 2011
27 Jan 2011
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Food price inflation refuses to ease, edges up to 15.57 per cent
27 Jan 2011
Inflation rate for the 'non-food articles' group more than doubled to 47.23 per cent during the week ended 15 January 2010 from 17.60 per cent during the previous week, provisional estimates showed.
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India world’s most over-regulated economy: survey
27 Jan 2011
India was rated worst in terms of over-regulation, scoring 9.16 points out of 10, followed by China with 9.04 points, Japan in third position with 3.28 points
Money laundering a major issue for India: IMF
27 Jan 2011
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India to grow at 8.4 per cent in 2011: IMF
27 Jan 2011
The IMF has forecast the Indian economy to grow at the second-fastest rate among emerging markets, behind China’s 9.6 per cent
Green laws blocking FDI flow, says RBI
25 Jan 2011
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RBI hikes key rates by 0.25 per cent
25 Jan 2011
Hoping to put the brakes on soaring inflation, the Reserve Bank of India today hiked its key interest rates (repo and reverse repo) by expected 0.25 percentage point each
Rising crude prices to dent oil PSUs' profits
24 Jan 2011
IT sector growth back again: Infosys CEO
24 Jan 2011
NAC won’t bow to government on food bill
22 Jan 2011
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GoM on corruption convenes first meeting
21 Jan 2011
The GoM, headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, has incorporated most of these points in its terms of reference and wants to come out with tough norms against corruption
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