Economy - general

Heads roll over IPL imbroglio

20 Apr 2010

Heads have begun to roll in the Indian Premier League imbroglio well before the various agencies probing the financing of the various franchises have completed their investigations

RBI hikes Repo, CRR rates by 25 bps; keeps Bank Rate unchanged

20 Apr 2010

In a bid to curb near double-digit inflation, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has hiked key interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point.

100 million more Indians slide below the poverty line

19 Apr 2010

IPL: Hit for a six!

19 Apr 2010

The government has made its aggressive intent on the IPL scandal clear with finance minister Pranab Mukherjee promising a thorough probe into the financing of the league.

RBI may hike key rates, say analysts

19 Apr 2010

Bank credit growth slackened in December 2009: RBI report

19 Apr 2010

Inflation should start falling now, says top economist Basu

17 Apr 2010

RBI chief meets Pranab ahead of policy review

17 Apr 2010

Taxmen widen IPL probe; visit Mohali, Jaipur offices

17 Apr 2010

Monetary policy: at the cross roads

16 Apr 2010

It’s going to be a defining moment for RBI to manage growth and inflation tussle simultaneously particularly since signs of higher inflation at such an early stage of the uptrend in the business cycle, is serious. By Vikram Kotak, chief investment officer, Birla Sun Life Insurance

India builds strategic oil reserve facilities for Rs3,000 crore

16 Apr 2010

The strategic oil reserve facilities, the first of their kind in the country, will be built at three locations in east and west coast of southern India as they would be easily accessible to refineries

Government makes social spending mandatory for central units

15 Apr 2010

Food price inflation rate slows to 17.22 per cent

15 Apr 2010

Inflation rate edges up to 9.90 per cent in March

15 Apr 2010

The WPI-based inflation rate stood at 1.20 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year

Govt to levy Rs2,500 per-tonne duty on cotton exports

15 Apr 2010

CII seeks RBI help to check rupee rise

14 Apr 2010

Third Font, Left to force countrywide shutdown over fuel, fertiliser price hike

14 Apr 2010

ICAI plans to set up e-tax centres

14 Apr 2010

Rabi wheat procurement crosses 5.7 million tonnes

13 Apr 2010

High growth here to stay: Rangarajan

13 Apr 2010

ADB sees 8.2 per cent growth for India; but sounds inflation alert

13 Apr 2010

India can emerge superpower by 2039: World Bank ex-director

13 Apr 2010

India can emerge as the world's second largest economy by 2039 if it continues to grow at the rate of 8-9 per cent annually, says economist Harinder Kohli, former senior advisor and director of the World Bank