Economy - general
Hands off agricultural land, centre tells states
18 Nov 2009
Jolted by farmer agitations over the acquisition of their land, the union government has asked the states not to allow industries on farm land
After 20 years, India mulls importing rice
18 Nov 2009
Around 1,000 German firms waiting to enter India
17 Nov 2009
Monthly inflation rises to 1.34 per cent in October
14 Nov 2009
High food prices pushed the annual rate of inflation based on the new monthly WPI to 1.34 per cent (provisional) for October 2009, compared with 0.50 per cent for the previous month
Government to sell 5 per cent equity in NTPC
13 Nov 2009
The government expects to mop up around Rs8,100 crore through sale of a five per cent stake in the country's largest power producer.
India's industrial production up 9.1 per cent in September
12 Nov 2009
Cumulative growth of industrial production for the first six months of the current fiscal (April-September 2009-10) stood at 6.5 per cent compared to the corresponding period of the pervious year
Inflation rate zooms to 9.16 per cent
12 Nov 2009
Based on the revised wholesale price index, inflation stood at 9.16 per cent (provisional) for the week ended 31 October 2009
Taxing bankers profligacy
12 Nov 2009
Getting the bad boys to pay for future mistakes has a delicious quality of retribution in advance. It has an air of making the banks put aside something for a rainy day, writes CNN's London correspondent Richard Quest, in his exclusive column for domain-b.
RBI wants a gradual exit from stimulus policies
11 Nov 2009
The design of exit strategy from the stimulus programme, especially its timing, will largely depend on the respective macroeconomic and financial market conditions of individual countries.
GST to cover almost all goods and services: Pranab
10 Nov 2009
Under the proposed GST regime, both central and state levies will be fully neutralised in the case of exports through simple and harmonised procedures.
India wants to wind down stimulus measures
09 Nov 2009
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today hinted at India withdrawing the economic stimulus measures extended to various industries hit by the global slump, saying it is hurting the country's fiscal stability.