Economy - general
Indian bureaucracy the worst in Asia, finds study
11 Jan 2012
The report said India's inefficient bureaucracy was largely responsible for most of the biggest complaints that business executive have about the country
Government borrowing hits 89 per cent of year’s target at Rs366,000 crore
11 Jan 2012
With the economy growing at a slow pace of 6.9 per cent in the second quarter of the current fiscal, overall GDP growth for the 2011-12 fiscal could slip below 7 per cent
Nearly 42 per cent children in India are malnourished: report
10 Jan 2012
The survey, jointly conducted by Citizen’s Alliance Against Malnutrition, the Nandi Foundation, Mahindra & Mahindra and other partners, covered more than 73,000 households in 112 districts across nine states.
States give in-principle nod to GST
10 Jan 2012
Food price inflation turns negative, declines 3.36 per cent
05 Jan 2012
The decline in the wholesale price-based inflation rate was aided by lower prices of vegetables following an increase in supplies of seasonal vegetables
PM calls for doubling of R&D spending
03 Jan 2012
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today called for a doubling of spending on research and development from 1 per cent of GDP at present as countries like China had overtaken India in sciences
Cyclonic storm Thane leaves 34 dead in Tamil Nadu
31 Dec 2011
The cyclone has weakened with the depression over north Tamil Nadu moving westwards forming a well-marked low pressure area over north Kerala and its neighbourhood
India’s external debt rises to $326.6 bn at end-September
30 Dec 2011
India’s foreign exchange reserves could cover just 95.4 per cent to the total external debt stock at end-September 2011 against 99.5 per cent at end-March 2011
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