Economy - general

Inflation rate eases to -1.54 per cent

30 Jul 2009

Resilient Indian IT-BPO sees modest growth; better times ahead: Nasscom

30 Jul 2009

FDI inflow down 42 per cent this year, says Scindia

30 Jul 2009

Pranab remains upbeat on growth, but with fingers crossed

30 Jul 2009

Pension allowable only on completion of 20 years in service: CAT

29 Jul 2009

Government approves Rs13,597-crore revival package for agricultural coops

28 Jul 2009

RBI leaves key rates unchanged; focus still on price stability

28 Jul 2009

RBI has kept the Bank Rate unchanged at 6.0 per cent and the cash reserve ratio for banks at 5.0 per cent while it retained the repo and reverse repo rates at 4.75 per cent and 3.25 per cent, respectively.

FM announces tax sops and home loan interest subsidy to boost spending

27 Jul 2009

Finance minister Pranab Mukerjee today announced a slew of changes to the Finance Bill 2009, including certain tax measures and a 1 per cent state subsidy on home loans up to Rs10 lakh for homes costing less than Rs20 lakh.

SC turns down PIL on EVM use

27 Jul 2009

Jaswant Singh calls for formation of ministry of economic development

25 Jul 2009

BJP leader Jaswant Singh has called for merging the ministries for railways, finance and the Planning Commission under a new entity called ministry of economic development

India's engineering exports down 22 per cent in May

24 Jul 2009

Core sector growth shoots up to 6.5 per cent in June

23 Jul 2009

The growth rate of the six core sector industries stood higher at 6.5 per cent in June 2009 against 5.1 per cent in June 2008

Inflation rate a tad higher at -1.17 per cent

23 Jul 2009

WPI inflation is clawing its way out of the negative zone to -1.17 per ent (provisional) for the week ended 11 July from -121 per cent in the previous week

India's net direct tax collections rise 3.65 per cent in Q1 2009-10

22 Jul 2009

High manufacturing growth expected in July-September quarter

21 Jul 2009

Eight out of the 10 segments of the manufacturing sector would report high growth in the July-September 2009 quarter

India's net overseas debt falls $13.2 billion to $65.3 billion in Q4

21 Jul 2009

India grants record 98,881 patents in three years

20 Jul 2009

CPI for agricultural workers up 11.52 per cent in June

20 Jul 2009

Drought likely if monsoon fails to pick up now

By By Jagdeep Worah | 20 Jul 2009

All fingers are crossed that the late July rains make up for the shortfall so far. If not, a drought looms over the horizon. Jagdeep Worah reports