Economy - general
Unseasonal rains wash out Modi’s rural appeal
30 Mar 2015
Unseasonal rains wash out Modi’s rural appeal
30 Mar 2015
India to make unusual 9% cut in gas prices from 1 April
27 Mar 2015
Meant to reflect falling global prices, the move to cut LNG prices would benefit power producers and domestic consumers, but may hurt upstream producers like ONGC
ADB sees India growing faster than China at 7.8% in 2016-17
24 Mar 2015
ADB expects India's growth to improve from 7.4 per cent in the current fiscal to 7.8 per cent in 2015-16 and further to 8.2 per cent in 2016-17
Black money: India offers cash to HSBC whistleblower for details
24 Mar 2015
India has offered a “cash reward” to a former HSBC bank employee-turned-whistleblower Hervé Falciani in exchange for information about Indians holding illegal accounts in various tax havens, including in Swiss banks
Govt moves bill to deal with black money stashed abroad
20 Mar 2015
The government today introduced a comprehensive new legislation on black money in the Lok Sabha, that would specifically deal with black money stashed abroad.
Don’t insist on Aadhar for extending benefits, SC tells Centre
17 Mar 2015
The Supreme Court yesterday directed the Centre and states to stick to its earlier order and not insist on Aadhar card for granting social security benefits to citizens
India better positioned to absorb financial shocks: IMF’s Lagarde
16 Mar 2015
India is one of the most dynamic economies in the world, and better positioned to cope with external financial shocks than most emerging market economies, IMF head Christine Lagarde said on Monday
Banks’ bad loans top Rs3,00,611 cr: Jayant Sinha
14 Mar 2015
Coal, spectrum auctions already past Rs3 lakh crore
10 Mar 2015
The ongoing auctions of coal blocks and radio spectrum have together already added over Rs3 lakh core to the government’s kitty as of Monday; the auction for both the resources continues