Economy - general
Combined wealth of 100 richest Indians drops
27 Oct 2011
India's food price inflation shoots up to 11.43 per cent
27 Oct 2011
With the RBI signaling a pause in its anti-inflation monetary measures, any reversal of the rising trend in food prices will depend on improvement in supplies
RBI hikes repo rate by 0.25%; deregulates savings account interest
25 Oct 2011
RBI today raised interest rates for the 13th time since March 2010 and said it is likely to put a hold on further increases as it expects high inflation to ease beginning December
RBI hikes repo rate by 0.25%; deregulates savings account interest
25 Oct 2011
RBI today raised interest rates for the 13th time since March 2010 and said it is likely to put a hold on further increases as it expects high inflation to ease beginning December
India's economic growth to fall below trend rate in 2011-12: RBI
24 Oct 2011
There has been a significant decline in corporate investment in new projects since the second half of 2010-11 and RBI expects the pipeline of investment to shrink, putting growth in 2012-13 at risk.
India capable of sustaining high growth: PM
22 Oct 2011
The 9 per cent GDP growth projected in the approach paper to the 12th Plan may not be feasible since the economy is currently slowing down amidst the global gloom, the PM said today
Cut subsidies, raise tax mop-up to fund priority sector projects: Ahluwalia
22 Oct 2011
Ahluwalia called for better targeting of subsidies like that given on petroleum and fertiliser even as he found the draft food security programme "absolutely feasible".
Rupee hits a 30-month low below 50 a dollar
21 Oct 2011
The sudden shift in the rupee-dollar rate, which had held on to levels of Rs44 for a long period since its consolidation in 2009, is surprising to most analysts.
Government's spending curbs to push down India's GDP growth further
21 Oct 2011
The move has been prompted both by a slowing of tax collections and drying up of the market for funds.
Food price inflation crosses two-digit mark at 10.60 per cent
20 Oct 2011
The spike, caused by higher prices of vegetables and other staples, has posed fresh problems for the government and the Reserve Bank of India.
High crude oil, commodity prices slow down Indian economy: Pranab
19 Oct 2011
Rising inflation caused by soaring global commodity prices and high crude oil prices have slowed down the Indian economy, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said in New Delhi today.
India, China have second-highest prevalence of fraud: survey
19 Oct 2011
India has moved up to shares the second spot with China in a disreputable list of rankings of nations with high prevalence of fraud, says the Global Fraud Report by risk consultancy firm, Kroll.
India to remain on 8.5 per to 9 per cent growth trajectory: Mukherjee
17 Oct 2011
India would remain firmly on a growth path of 8.5 per cent to 9 per cent in the medium to long- run, the finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee, said today.
Agitation fatigue forces Telangana leaders to scale down month-long protests
17 Oct 2011
While normal life continued to be affected in most parts of Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh on Monday, there were signs that agitation fatigue was setting in and normalcy could soon be restored
NAC member Aruna Roy criticises PM’s call for review of RTI
17 Oct 2011
The fear of exposure of scams has led to recent attempte to enfeeble the RTI act, says activist Aruna Roy
130 trains cancelled due to Telangana rail roko
15 Oct 2011
North-south railway services were disrupted on Saturday as Indian Railways cancelled more than 130 passenger trains passing through the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh, following the launch of a three-day ‘rail roko’ agitation
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