India has been drained of over Rs20 lakh crore between 1948 and 2008 at current prices through outflows related to tax avoidance by wealthy individuals and companies, and corruption

HC stays right to information disclosure order on IAS officer

18 Nov 2010

Indirect tax collection in Apr-Oct up 42 per cent

17 Nov 2010

India's April-October indirect tax mop-up zooms over 42 per cent to Rs1,80,261 crore

16 Nov 2010

India's real GDP in current fiscal likely to grow at over 8.5 per cent: RBI poll

16 Nov 2010

Imports plummet in October even as exports surge

16 Nov 2010

Net-savvy village paanwalla stumbles upon Rs1-cr NREGS fraud

16 Nov 2010

India's FY11 trade deficit expected to touch $135 billion

15 Nov 2010

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