Economy - general

Taxing bankers profligacy

12 Nov 2009

Getting the bad boys to pay for future mistakes has a delicious quality of retribution in advance. It has an air of making the banks put aside something for a rainy day, writes CNN's London correspondent Richard Quest, in his exclusive column for domain-b.

RBI wants a gradual exit from stimulus policies

11 Nov 2009

The design of exit strategy from the stimulus programme, especially its timing, will largely depend on the respective macroeconomic and financial market conditions of individual countries.

Import of sensitive items up over 30 per cent in April-August 2009-10

11 Nov 2009

GST to cover almost all goods and services: Pranab

10 Nov 2009

Under the proposed GST regime, both central and state levies will be fully neutralised in the case of exports through simple and harmonised procedures.

Use domestic savings effectively to boost growth, business chiefs tell government

10 Nov 2009

NMDC gives 221 per cent dividend to government for 2008-09

10 Nov 2009

India wants to wind down stimulus measures

09 Nov 2009

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today hinted at India withdrawing the economic stimulus measures extended to various industries hit by the global slump, saying it is hurting the country's fiscal stability.

Support for exports to continue: Sharma

09 Nov 2009

SEZ exports in H1 double despite adverse conditions

06 Nov 2009

Direct tax collection up nearly 4 per cent in April-October

05 Nov 2009

Technology imports to take the automatic route

05 Nov 2009

Government hikes support prices for rabi crops

05 Nov 2009

New tax rates will leave more money in the hands of taxpayer: Mukherjee

05 Nov 2009

Government to list all profit-making PSEs

05 Nov 2009

Inflation rate rockets to 8.67 per cent on revised WPI base

05 Nov 2009

Inflation, based on the revised wholesale price index with base October 2008 as the base period, stood at 8.94 per cent (provisional) for the week ended 24 October 2009 compared with 8.67 per cent for the previous week

Financial sector reforms must go ahead: Montek

05 Nov 2009

Ahluwalia’s statements come just a day after finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said insurance and pension reforms would not be possible without a consensus among the ruling parties

India aims to be world's food factory

04 Nov 2009

The government aims to double the country's contribution to the world agri-produce business from 1.5 per cent to 3.0 per cent by the 2015

India's poultry industry to grow to Rs60,000-crore by 2010

04 Nov 2009

Government may resort to direct rice imports

04 Nov 2009

The worst monsoon in 37 years has shrunk the summer-sown rice output, raising prospects of higher food prices and further dependence on imports for the main food crop.

Government may resort to direct rice imports

04 Nov 2009

The worst monsoon in 37 years has shrunk the summer-sown rice output, raising prospects of higher food prices and further dependence on imports for the main food crop.

Stimulus, fiscal consolidation to go together: FM

03 Nov 2009

The government's fiscal stimulus will run its full course even as finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said he expects to achieve fiscal consolidation in the medium term

India's September exports down 13.8 per cent at $13.61 billion

03 Nov 2009

India's trade deficit declined 38.59 per cent to an estimated $46.73 billion in April-September 2009 compared with the deficit level of $76.10 billion during April-September 2008

Consumer price inflation rate dips marginally to 11.64 per cent

30 Oct 2009

Full economic recovery depends on global factors: Pranab

30 Oct 2009

Though India has weathered the global financial crisis better than most others, a meaningful recovery depends on how quickly key economies turn the corner, says finance minister Pranab Mukherjee