Economy - general

Indian slump due to poor infra, business investment: IMF

26 Mar 2014

A slump in infrastructure and corporate investment has been the single largest contributor to India's recent growth slowdown, a working paper released by the IMF says

Aadhar ID available to anyone for a price, says Cobrapost

25 Mar 2014

Under 30s account for 25% of bank loans: Cibil

24 Mar 2014

The number of young borrowers in the country has grown significantly with the spread of banking facilities and an increase in job availability

Bharatiya Mahila Bank expanding with 3 new branches in North East

24 Mar 2014

Consumer price inflation for agricultural and rural labourers down at 8.14% and 8.27% in February

21 Mar 2014

Govt, RBI yet to agree on inflation targets: Rajan

21 Mar 2014

Corporate India improving credit profile, says S&P

20 Mar 2014

Retrospective tax on Vodafone was a mistake: Pitroda

20 Mar 2014

Sam Pitroda, the prime minister’s technology advisor, on Wednesday admitted that the UPA government did “mess up” and took some wrong decisions, including the one to impose a retrospective tax on Vodafone

Deficit-prone government asks banks to remit TDS by March-end

19 Mar 2014

Focus on lowering debt expected to improve credit profiles of Indian companies: S&P

19 Mar 2014

84.6% contestants lost security deposits in 2009 general elections

15 Mar 2014

Wholesale price inflation falls further to a 9-month low of 4.68%

14 Mar 2014

The decline in wholesale price inflation is not going to make an impact on RBI’s monetary policy stance as the consumer price inflation is still at 8 per cent levels, with core inflation showing a firm trend

India’s consumer price inflation seen at a 25-month low of 8.1% in February

12 Mar 2014

India’s industrial production barely grew at 0.1% in January

12 Mar 2014

Cumulative growth of industrial production during the first 10 months of the fiscal (April-January 2013-14) over the corresponding period of the previous year stood at 0.0 per cent

BJP blasts Aadhar scheme, vows review if in power

12 Mar 2014

US pressures India to further cut Iranian oil imports

12 Mar 2014

India finds itself obliged to cut its oil imports from Iran by two-thirds from the first quarter of the financial year that begins in April, in keeping with the nuclear deal easing sanctions on Teheran

Naxalites strike again, leave 16 dead in Chhatisgarh

11 Mar 2014

India’s trade deficit narrows to $128 bn in April-February 2013-14

11 Mar 2014

Switzerland says India can get only 'lawful' info on black money

10 Mar 2014

Switzerland says it is exchanging information with Indian authorities on all lawful requests, but cannot help on enquiries based on stolen banking data