Economy - general
Inflation rate climbs to 8.56 per cent in January
15 Feb 2010
Inflation has risen 8.90 per cent so far this year, on the back of zooming food prices, against 1.51 per cent in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.
India's industrial production vaults 16.8 per cent in December
12 Feb 2010
December witnessed an 82.2 per cent jump in the automobile sector output, a 44.6 per cent rise in capital goods production and a 29.0 per cent rise in chemicals production
FIPB allowed to approve FDI up to Rs1,200 crore
11 Feb 2010
Food price inflation nears 18 per cent
11 Feb 2010
Deora starts building consensus on fuel price hike
10 Feb 2010
Petroleum minister Murli Deora today started consultations with political parties for an increase in fuel prices ahead of presenting the proposal to the union cabinet
India's per capita income seen at Rs33,540
08 Feb 2010
The Central Statistical Organisation expects the country's gross domestic product to grow at 7.2 per cent in the current financial year against 6.7 per cent in the previous fiscal.
Pawar comes in for sharp criticism at CWC meet
06 Feb 2010
PM assures worst over on food price front
06 Feb 2010
Prime minister Manmohan Singh today sought to assure the nation over spriralling food prices, saying that the worst was over as far as food inflation was concerned and the prices would soon stabilise.
Student suicides worry Mumbai educators
05 Feb 2010
Academic pressure is leading to a growing number of adolescent suicides in India, with 25 students have taken their lives in Mumbai and surrounding areas this year, report Mallika Kapur, CNN’s Mumbai-based international correspondent and Harmeet Shah Singh, CNN New Delhi bureau
RBI survey puts India's 2009-10 real GDP growth at 6.9 per cent
05 Feb 2010
The RBI has raised its real GDP growth forecast from 6 to 6.9 per cent, based on better than expected industrial performance
India's FY'10 software services exports to touch $50 billion
04 Feb 2010
The Indian IT industry has emerged stronger from the global economic meltdown, says industry body Nascom
World Bank projects Indian economy to grow 8 per cent in 2011-12
02 Feb 2010
The bank says India had weathered the global crisis relatively well due to the government’s quick response in easing monetary policy and counter-cyclical fiscal policy measures that supported domestic demand
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