Economy - general

Rupee up 41 per cent against dollar in morning trade

26 Jul 2013

Tight liquidity raises corporate sector's vulnerability: Crisil

25 Jul 2013

US VP Joe Biden wants greater trade access to India

24 Jul 2013

US Vice President Joe Biden today said in Mumbai that the business environment in India had to improve to increase Indo-US bilateral trade

Consumers confidence in India waning: Neilsen

24 Jul 2013

India slipped to number 3 in the global consumer confidence ranking, in the second quarter of the current year amidst rising prices, the weakening of the rupee and the overall sluggishness of the economy

Nearly 22% of Indians live in poverty: Plan panel

24 Jul 2013

The number of people below poverty line in India in 2011-12 stood at 270 million according to estimates based on the Tendulkar Poverty Line, as compared to 407 million in 2004-05

RBI squeezes banks’ liquidity further to prop up rupee

24 Jul 2013

Reducing CAD may take years: Rangarajan

23 Jul 2013

FDI sourcing norms being eased; DIPP circulates new draft

23 Jul 2013

FIIs lap up $3.96 bn of government of India bonds

23 Jul 2013

The auction conducted on the NSE and BSE today, received bids for a total of over $4.3 billion against the offer of bonds worth $3.96 billion.

More FDI? Are you joking, says Ficci-Ernst &Young report

23 Jul 2013

RBI issues fresh gold import norms to curb trade deficit

23 Jul 2013

RBI increases efforts to track ‘chit fund’ schemes

23 Jul 2013

Govt says all options open

22 Jul 2013

Consumer price inflation for agricultural and rural labourers up at 12.85% and 12.65% in June

22 Jul 2013

Govt weighs NRI bond option to stem rupee slide: report

22 Jul 2013

The idea is to get NRIs to convert their foreign currency holdings to rupees so that they derive the gains of a weak rupee and the government gets the necessary dollars

Food Bill will push up deficit to 5% of GDP this year: survey

22 Jul 2013

Chhapra mid-day meal tragedy: Forensic report confirms presence of poison

20 Jul 2013

Amarnath yatra cancelled as Ramban firing toll rises to 6

19 Jul 2013

Reuters poll prunes India’s GDP growth outlook further

19 Jul 2013

Government policies aim to end India’s economic woes: PM

19 Jul 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today defended his government's economic policies, saying these were aimed at bringing under control economic slowdown and the volatility in foreign exchange markets

Finance ministry sets up interactive forum to address taxation issues

18 Jul 2013

After 23 deaths, Bihar plans quality checks on midday meals

18 Jul 2013

SC quashes unified test for medical courses; 1 judge dissents

18 Jul 2013

Macquarie slashes India’s growth outlook to 5.3%

18 Jul 2013

Government mulls issue of sovereign bonds to prop up rupee

17 Jul 2013

With $20-25 billion annual flows of volatile portfolio investments, it is doubtful if the rupee bonds would garner enough dollars to arrest the rupee fall