Economy - general

‘Garibi hatao’ meaningless without better service delivery: McKinsey

21 Feb 2014

India must improve the delivery of basic services like water, sanitation, and of course healthcare if it is to raise its millions of poor to a reasonable standard of living, says a new report from McKinsey Global Institute

‘Garibi hatao’ meaningless without better service delivery: McKinsey

21 Feb 2014

Mr Chidambaram’s fiscal chimera

21 Feb 2014

History would remember Chidambaram’s landmark reforms such as the rationalisation of direct taxes, but his record would also be marked by an easy readiness to resort to accounting gimmicks. Look closely, his interim budget would make even the most creative of corporate CFOs proud. Nevertheless, this illusion would make us all feel good until it pops. By Shivshanker Verma

IMF sees 5.4% growth for India in 2014-15; inflation a worry

21 Feb 2014

SC sets up single-point contact for sexual harassment complaints

20 Feb 2014

Parliament passes legislation to protect street vendors

20 Feb 2014

Interim Budget: Chidambaram proposes non-statutory agency to manage govt debt

18 Feb 2014

Interim budget: Sops to big business, nothing for SMEs say critics

18 Feb 2014

Indian industry, from large conglomerates to small firms, is far from impressed with finance minister P Chidambaram's interim budget, which puts off most key decisions to the next government.

FM delivers on fiscal consolidation

17 Feb 2014

The focus of the budget has rightly been on resuscitating growth while adhering to fiscal prudence, says Assocham president and Yes Bank co founder, Rana Kapoor

Interim budget: Tata Motors, GM to pass on duty cuts to customers

17 Feb 2014

Interim budget:" Chidambaram outlines 10 steps for economic consolidation

17 Feb 2014

Interim budget: Direct tax rates unchanged; excise duty cut

17 Feb 2014

Interim Budget: Service tax relief for storage and handling of rice, cord blood banks

17 Feb 2014

Interim Budget: Defence allocation raised by 10% to Rs2,24,000 crore

17 Feb 2014

Interim budget: Cars, scooters to be cheaper as excise duty cut by 4-6 % till 30 June

17 Feb 2014

Interim budget: Govt borrowing to exceed FY’15 Plan spending by Rs42,000 cr

17 Feb 2014

Chidambaram expects current account deficit to be contained at $45 billion and the fiscal deficit at 4.6 per cent of GDP

WPI inflation falls to 8-month low of 5.05% in January

14 Feb 2014

The decline in the wholesale price index has been due mainly to the steep fall in the prices of vegetable and some food grains

Consumer price inflation hits a 2-year low of 8.79% in January

13 Feb 2014

Industrial production down 0.6% in December

13 Feb 2014

Commerce ministry weighing import duty parity for SEZs and FTA countries

13 Feb 2014

1.95 lakh tonnes of grain down the drain since 2005: FCI

13 Feb 2014

Relief for common man as two-day bank strike ends

12 Feb 2014

The two-day bank strike affected the clearing of cheques worth Rs7,40,000 crore , and hit government and foreign exchange transactions and money market operations