Economy - general

West Bengal assembly passes bill to upgrade status of Presidecy College to university

20 Mar 2010

Dearness allowance for central employees hiked 8 per cent

20 Mar 2010

Capitation fees: new bill makes it a criminal offence

20 Mar 2010

A new bill recommends a maximum of three years imprisonment and a fine of Rs50 lakh for charging a capitation fee for admission to educational institutions

RBI hikes repo, reverse repo rates by 25 bps

20 Mar 2010

Concerned over rising inflation RBI yesterday hiked its short-term lending and borrowing rates by 25 basis points each to 5.0 per cent and 3.5 per cent

Bank recapitalisation to start in April-May

19 Mar 2010

Government will pump Rs9,000 crore fresh capital into state-run banks in the next two months as part of the Rs16,500 crore capital infusion proposed by the finance minister in the 2010-11 budget.

EGoM clears draft of Food Security Bill aimed to deliver on key poll promise

19 Mar 2010

Karnataka legislature clears Azim Premji Unversity Bill

19 Mar 2010

S&P revises India outlook from Negative to Stable

18 Mar 2010

Food price inflation eases further to 16.30 per cent

18 Mar 2010

RBI should do a policy balancing: Ahluwalia

17 Mar 2010

The Planning Commission seems to be moving away from the Reserve Bank's views on the need for tighter monetary controls over fears of stunting growth

Rupee hits a 2-month high as Fed holds rate

17 Mar 2010

Government agencies in India procure 24.28 million tonnes of rice

17 Mar 2010

Mukherjee says 10 per cent growth possible for FY2010-11

17 Mar 2010

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has cutioned that high inflation along with heavy borrowings would pose significant challenges to growth

New bill to allow foreign universities enter India

15 Mar 2010

WPI inflation rate nears double digit; hits 9.89 per cent in February

15 Mar 2010

Government to rake in Rs200 crore tax from IPL

15 Mar 2010

Many top Indian businesses, including India’s top business group Reliance, Deccan Chronicle, and Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher are sponsoring the teams.

Rangarajan calls for release of additional food stocks through PDS

13 Mar 2010

Mukherjee declines opposition plea for roll back of fuel price hikes

13 Mar 2010

Direct tax mop-up accounts for 55 per cent of India's tax collection

12 Mar 2010

India, Russia to boost banking ties

12 Mar 2010

India's industrial production grew 16.7 per cent in January

12 Mar 2010

Food price inflation eases to 17.81 per cent, fuel prices up

11 Mar 2010

Share of MSME sector in India's GDP rises to 7.20 per cent

10 Mar 2010

India ranked 6th most corrupt in Asia-Pacific region

10 Mar 2010

The Political and Economic Risk Consultancy has ranked India as the 6th most corrupt country in the Asia-Pacific region with a score of 7.18 out of the worst-possible 10 in its annual survey of 14 countries

UPA vs. the Yadavs: From no confidence to lack of confidence

10 Mar 2010

The bravado of Mulayam Singh Yadav and Lalu Prasad Yadav went missing today as the Bharatiya Janata Party snubbed its overtures to participate in a no-confidence motion against the ruling UPA formation.