Government
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
Indo-Swiss tax treaty talks pushed forward
31 Oct 2009
New EGoM to look at K-G gas supply details
21 Oct 2009
With RIL limiting gas output from its Krishna-Godavari Basin block due to lack of government-identified customers, an empowered group of ministers headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will examine the issue
Kirit Parekh heads panel on fuel pricing
03 Sep 2009
The four-member panel is expected to suggest reforms in the pricing of petroleum fuels in about three months.
Andhra Pradesh CM, YSR Reddy, perishes in chopper crash
03 Sep 2009
It is confirmed that Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, missing since yesterday morning on a helicopter flight, has died in a crash.
Northern India's groundwater reserves vanishing
13 Aug 2009
American hydrologists now say that groundwater beneath northern India has been receding by as much as one foot per year over the past decade, and that consequences of this depletion include a collapse of agricultural output and severe shortages of potable water.
Rangarajan back as PM's top adviser
11 Aug 2009
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