Economy - general
Manmohan Singh looks for investments, nuclear deal from Japan
27 May 2013
India and Japan have complementary economic circumstances with India badly in need of investments and Japan, with its saturated economy, is looking for markets and new investment avenues
Chidambaram allays fears of cheap money policy in US
23 May 2013
The finance minister, however, failed to explain how other countries succeed in maintaining very low or even zero levels of inflation despite quantitative easing
India looking to float infrastructure ‘feeder fund’: Chidambaram
17 May 2013
India and the UK also agreed on the need for increasing foreign direct investment in India’s insurance sector, without losing focus on international financial reforms agenda
Wholesale price inflation tumbles to 4.89% in April
14 May 2013
For the first time in three years inflation declined to below the Reserve Bank's comfort zone of 5 per cent, raising hopes of a monetary easing by the central bank in mid-June
Consumer price inflation falls to 9.39 % in April
13 May 2013
Although retail inflation has been steadily declining from 10.91 per cent in February to 10.39 per cent in March and further to 9.39 per cent in April 2013, the levels are still high for RBI to switch to an easy money policy
Signs of revival as IIP grows at 2.5 % in March
10 May 2013
A general slackness in growth, however, was still evident as intermediate goods and consumer durable industries registered negative growth during March 2013
Indian varsities trail Asian peers, IITs emerge country's best
09 May 2013
Not a single Indian university has made it to the list of top-200 in medicine, law, economics or education
CAG blasts government, FCI for shockingly poor food management
By By Jagdeep Worah | 08 May 2013
The country's top audit watchdog has highlighted FCI's increasingly inadequate storage capacity that has led to rotting of foodgrains when millions go hungry everyday