Economy - general
India to ratify UN convention against corruption
21 Feb 2011
The government has set up a group of ministers to consider all measures, including legislative and administrative, to tackle corruption and improve transparency in governance
‘Hawala kingpin’ Hasan Ali may go to jail
21 Feb 2011
India seeks G-20 consensus on financial policy initiatives
19 Feb 2011
'There is no policy mould that could be used to shape country-specific policies in a manner that one size would fit all'
Transparency, not capital controls needed: Pranab
18 Feb 2011
India is in a peculiar situation where the economy needs foreign capital to bridge its widening current account deficit while unaccounted money continues to flow out of the country
India set to open up retail sector as US pressure mounts
18 Feb 2011
India, which has been holding back on opening up multi-brand retail sector to foreign investors, is now under increased pressure from the US to be allowed into the $450-billion sector
CWG scam: CBI raids premises of five more officials
18 Feb 2011
Nearly Rs600 crore of contracts relating to the overlays project are under the scanner of the agency, the income tax department and the Enforcement Directorate
Reddy rules out hike in oil prices
17 Feb 2011
EPFO decides against stock market investment
16 Feb 2011
EPFO drops stock market investment plans
16 Feb 2011
Wholesale price inflation rate falls to 8.23 per cent in January
14 Feb 2011
A general fall in food prices is expected to further bring down inflation rate during February and possibly in March, the end of the current fiscal
India's industrial production grew at a slow 1.6 per cent in December
11 Feb 2011
The decline in industrial production has been due mainly to negative growth in the production of capital goods and consumer non-durables
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