Economy - general
Cut taxes on crude, Deora tells Pranab
19 Jan 2011
Petroleum minister Murli Deora today sought the abolition of customs duty on crude oil and a cut in excise duty on diesel to avoid fuel price hikes due to spiralling crude prices
SC calls black money abroad a 'national plunder'
19 Jan 2011
Karnataka cabinet unites to back CM against governor
19 Jan 2011
The Karnataka cabinet has unanimously asked the state governor to avoid sanctioning the prosecution of chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and home minister R Ashoka in connection with alleged land scams involving the duo
Ramesh lashes out at corporate complicity in scams
19 Jan 2011
Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh has made a not-so-veiled attack on bribe-givers in the corporate world, saying that he could “control the demand for corruption, but someone has to control the supply of corruption too"
Cabinet wars: Sharma opposes interest hike
19 Jan 2011
Vegetable prices: hard luck, reiterates Pawar
19 Jan 2011
India lost $125 billion in illegal outflows between 2000 and 2008: study
18 Jan 2011
The proliferation of high net worth individuals drove illicit flows in the absence of an improvement in public and corporate governance
End graft, 14 eminent citizens tell government
18 Jan 2011
Thomas as CVC: Centre tells SC to back off
18 Jan 2011
CMIE sees 9.7-% growth in 2H'11
17 Jan 2011
Driven by a robust growth in the first two quarters, the finance ministry had in December revised upward its growth projection for the full fiscal to over 9 per cent
‘Open up retail, allow food exports’: Robert Zoellick
15 Jan 2011
Zoellick also said banning exports of commodities to calm prices is not a sound economic policy, as it sends the wrong signal to domestic farmers and creates uncertainty in the international markets, creating price volatility
Games scam accused win bail as CBI bungles again
14 Jan 2011
India’s growth could take a hit this year: study
14 Jan 2011
PM’s panel again rebuffs Sonia on food security
14 Jan 2011
The Rangarajan committee has concluded that the NAC’s recommendations on the food security bill are unviable
Government announces ‘feeble, toothless’ plan to combat inflation
14 Jan 2011
The prime minister and his senior colleagues seem to have concluded that they are helpless to control food prices
Wheat product exports to be banned: report
13 Jan 2011
Food inflation dips, but still remains high
13 Jan 2011
The drop comes after five straight weeks of rise the in food inflation rate, based on wholesale prices
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