Economy - general
India's technical textiles market to grow to Rs66,414 crore by 2012
12 Aug 2009
The technical textiles segment in the country is expected to attract Rs5,000 crore investments and create 3 lakh new jobs by 2012.
About 45 per cent of India’s land degraded and useless: Ramesh
12 Aug 2009
Amid a rotten monsoon comes an official report that most of India’s land is not only deforested but also unfit for cultivation
Indians most confident of economic recovery
12 Aug 2009
New direct taxes code to be unveiled tomorrow: FM
11 Aug 2009
Centre hikes direct tax collection target to Rs4,00,000 crore.
Survey of India lets SatNav use its maps
11 Aug 2009
Goldman Sachs ups Indian GDP forecast for next fiscal
11 Aug 2009
Global investment banking firm Goldman Sachs Group Inc has raised India's GDP growth forecast to 7.8 per cent for fiscal for 2010-2011 from the earlier 6.6 per cent
Centre reviews guidelines as swine flue toll mounts to 7
10 Aug 2009
The government today approved testing swine flue (Influenza A H1N1) cases by private diagnostic laboratories even as the pandemic claimed a seventh victim today.
PM wants a `new deal' for urban street vendors
10 Aug 2009
Prime minister Manmohan Singh today asked state governments to restructure master planning laws and city/local area plans to address the requirements of space for street vending as an important urban activity.
Survey puts April-June job losses at 131,000
10 Aug 2009
PM vows action against hoarding, black-marketing
08 Aug 2009
The prime minister today told state governments to initiate stringent ation against black marketing and hoarding to curb the price rise on essential commodities.
Go rural, minister advises businesses
07 Aug 2009
Indians callous to basic injustices: Amartya Sen
06 Aug 2009
Monsoon remains shaky as ‘trough’ vanishes
03 Aug 2009
India's exports down 27.7 per cent in June
03 Aug 2009
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