Economy - general
Core sector output grows 6.8 per cent in February
29 Mar 2011
Despite the slight dip from the January figure, core sector production growth in India continued to remain firm.
Pranab calls for fiscal consolidation, hints at spending curbs
28 Mar 2011
No country can go on borrowing indefinitely, particularly from external sources, Mukherjee said, adding that it could take India back to the nineties and late eighties
Gujarat leads GDP growth, South India slumps: McKinsey
26 Mar 2011
Real GDP growth in Gujarat stood at 11.3 per cent as against 11 per cent in Haryana, 9.6 per cent in Bihar, 8.5 per cent in Karnataka, 8.1 per cent in Kerala and 7.4 per cent each in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu during 2005-10
MoEF opens discussions for local carbon trading scheme
25 Mar 2011
Emissions Trading Schemes allow the regulator to set a cap on the aggregate level of pollution permitted, and then allow a self -regulating system to ensure that pollution does not exceed this cap
Nasscom seeks sops for small, medium IT firms
25 Mar 2011
India's food price inflation back in double digit at 10.05 per cent
24 Mar 2011
Build-up of inflation for the `food articles' group so far during the current financial year was, however, lower at 9.25 per cent
New ED pill melts in the mouth
23 Mar 2011
FM drops proposal for `misery tax' on healthcare
22 Mar 2011
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today announced the withdrawal of the proposed 5 per cent service tax on healthcare and also offered tax relief to garment manufacturers
APMC Act may be revised to curb cartelisation
22 Mar 2011
CMIE projects India's FY'12 real GDP growth at 8.8 per cent
21 Mar 2011
The Indian economy is expected to close the current financial year with an average 9.2 per cent growth, CMIE said in its projection
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