Economy - general
CVC defends his appointment in Supreme Court
01 Feb 2011
Rising exports, declining imports fail to dent India's trade deficit
01 Feb 2011
India's exports rose 36.4 per cent year-on-year to $22.50 billion during December 2010 even as its imports grew by a negative 11.1 per cent to $28.25 billion during the month
India's GDP grew at 8 per cent in 2009-10: CSO
31 Jan 2011
At current prices, India's per capita net national income is estimated to have crossed the $1,000 mark at Rs46,492 in the 2009-10 financial year.
India's core sector growth gathers pace
31 Jan 2011
Core sector industrial production grew at 5.3 per cent (provisional) in December 2010 against 4.7 per cent during the corresponding period of the previous year and 2.3 per cent in November 2010.
Protests over Sen verdict across India; world joins in
31 Jan 2011
A coalition of 55 civil society groups from the US, Britain and Canada are coming together to demand the immediate release of Sen, even as protest agitations were launched in cities across the country to demand the immediate release of medical practitioner and tribal rights activist Dr Binayak Sen
Maharashtra government crackdown on oil mafia
28 Jan 2011
Reddy rules out diesel price decontrol for now
27 Jan 2011
Survey predicts job surge in 2011
27 Jan 2011
Food price inflation refuses to ease, edges up to 15.57 per cent
27 Jan 2011
Inflation rate for the 'non-food articles' group more than doubled to 47.23 per cent during the week ended 15 January 2010 from 17.60 per cent during the previous week, provisional estimates showed.
India world’s most over-regulated economy: survey
27 Jan 2011
India was rated worst in terms of over-regulation, scoring 9.16 points out of 10, followed by China with 9.04 points, Japan in third position with 3.28 points
Money laundering a major issue for India: IMF
27 Jan 2011
India to grow at 8.4 per cent in 2011: IMF
27 Jan 2011
The IMF has forecast the Indian economy to grow at the second-fastest rate among emerging markets, behind China’s 9.6 per cent
Green laws blocking FDI flow, says RBI
25 Jan 2011
RBI hikes key rates by 0.25 per cent
25 Jan 2011
Hoping to put the brakes on soaring inflation, the Reserve Bank of India today hiked its key interest rates (repo and reverse repo) by expected 0.25 percentage point each
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