Economy - general
India to make unusual 9% cut in gas prices from 1 April
27 Mar 2015
Meant to reflect falling global prices, the move to cut LNG prices would benefit power producers and domestic consumers, but may hurt upstream producers like ONGC
ADB sees India growing faster than China at 7.8% in 2016-17
24 Mar 2015
ADB expects India's growth to improve from 7.4 per cent in the current fiscal to 7.8 per cent in 2015-16 and further to 8.2 per cent in 2016-17
Black money: India offers cash to HSBC whistleblower for details
24 Mar 2015
India has offered a “cash reward” to a former HSBC bank employee-turned-whistleblower Hervé Falciani in exchange for information about Indians holding illegal accounts in various tax havens, including in Swiss banks
Govt moves bill to deal with black money stashed abroad
20 Mar 2015
The government today introduced a comprehensive new legislation on black money in the Lok Sabha, that would specifically deal with black money stashed abroad.
Don’t insist on Aadhar for extending benefits, SC tells Centre
17 Mar 2015
The Supreme Court yesterday directed the Centre and states to stick to its earlier order and not insist on Aadhar card for granting social security benefits to citizens
India better positioned to absorb financial shocks: IMF’s Lagarde
16 Mar 2015
India is one of the most dynamic economies in the world, and better positioned to cope with external financial shocks than most emerging market economies, IMF head Christine Lagarde said on Monday
Banks’ bad loans top Rs3,00,611 cr: Jayant Sinha
14 Mar 2015
Coal, spectrum auctions already past Rs3 lakh crore
10 Mar 2015
The ongoing auctions of coal blocks and radio spectrum have together already added over Rs3 lakh core to the government’s kitty as of Monday; the auction for both the resources continues
One-rupee note may be back in your pockets soon
05 Mar 2015
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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