Government policies
Govt grants `Maharatna’ status to BHEL and GAIL
05 Feb 2013
Govt cheated on Lokpal bill: Hazare
01 Feb 2013
Hazare has threatened to return to Ramlila Maidan if the government fails to make amends and bring in a strong Lokpal bill
Locally manufactured PCs, laptops, and tablets to get 50% price preference in govt procurement
31 Jan 2013
Government launches G2B eBiz portal
28 Jan 2013
Aadhar number made mandatory for new PF accounts
25 Jan 2013
The trouble with the EPFO’s apparently progressive move is that the number of Aadhar enrollment centers is utterly inadequate compared to the population
FIPB clears IKEA's store-cum-cafeteria FDI proposal
21 Jan 2013
The Swedish retailer’s proposal to invest around $2 billion in store chains in India will now be placed before the cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) for final approval
Government hikes import duty on gold to 6 per cent
21 Jan 2013
The government will also link gold exchange traded fund (ETF) with gold deposit scheme so as to release physical gold at least in part into the market
Moily rules out roll-back of diesel price hike
19 Jan 2013
Govt loosens grip on diesel prices; ups LPG cap
17 Jan 2013
State-controlled oil retailers have been authorised to make price correction on diesel from time to time, depending on market conditions, although in small doses
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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
02 Apr 2023
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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