Economy - general
Budget: "Rope in private sector to bring back growth’
05 Mar 2012
Harsh Pati Singhania, managing director of JK Paper Ltd and a former president of FICCI, expounds on his expectations from the upcoming union budget for 2012-13
States not averse to widening of service tax net
05 Mar 2012
Panel moots Rs3-lakh IT exemption
03 Mar 2012
If the proposals are accepted, an income of up to Rs6.2 lakh would escape the tax net if properly deployed in various instruments, including housing loans
Brahmaputra river dries up in Arunachal
01 Mar 2012
Economic growth slows to 6.1 per cent in Q3
29 Feb 2012
For the Indian economy to grow at 7 per cent or more, GDP in the fourth quarter should expand by over 7.3 per cent
Core sector growth slows to 0.5 per cent in January
28 Feb 2012
Pulled down by a slackening output of crude oil, steel, natural gas and petroleum refinery products, core sector industrial production grew at 0.5 per cent
Mamata calls on people to foil strike
28 Feb 2012
Bandh hits Bengal, Kerala hardest; Mumbai unmoved
28 Feb 2012
The 24-hour countrywide strike called by 11 major trades unions, has had a mixed response, with West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura being the worst affected
CBI conducts sweeping raids in NRHM scam
25 Feb 2012
Parliament panel backs Rs3 lakh I-T exemption limit
24 Feb 2012
The committee wants the government to raise the income tax exemption limit to give relief to fixed income groups in view of the near double-digit inflation