Economy - general
Direct tax collection falls Rs6,000 crore short of revised target
21 May 2009
Though higher than last year's collections, this year's dierect tax collections are short of target due the economic slowdown
Inflation rate edges up to 0.61 per cent
21 May 2009
Railway earnings rise 3.43 per cent in April; fiscal 2009 revenue up 11.06 per cent at Rs80,338 crore
20 May 2009
Rupee at a 5-month high of 47.88/89 vs dollar
18 May 2009
Criminals, ‘crorepatis’ to rule India
18 May 2009
150 new MPs with criminal records and 300 MPs with declared assets of over Rs1 crore grace the new Lok Sabha
Plan panel members put in papers
18 May 2009
In keeping with the convention, all the Planning Commission members, including deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, today submitted their resignation
India ranks a low 23rd in global intellectual property index
15 May 2009
India has been ranked 23rd in terms of protection and enforcement of intellectual property practices
Inflation rate climbs down to 0.48 per cent
14 May 2009
WPI inflation fell to 0.48 per cent (provisional) for the week ended 2 May 2009 compared to 0.70 per cent (provisional) for the previous week
Government likely to levy cess on natural gas
13 May 2009
India's industrial production down 2.3 per cent in March
12 May 2009
The index of industrial production in the country shrank 2.3 per cent in March 2009, compared to a growth of 5.5 per cent in the same month last year.
Declining trend in GDP growth reversed: RBI
11 May 2009
The Reserve Bank of India estimates GDP growth for 2008-09 at 6.5 to 6.7 per cent.
CII sees ‘green shoots’ of industrial recovery
11 May 2009
India’s forex kitty shrinks by $1.39 billion
09 May 2009
Indian economy to grow at 7-7.5 per cent: Kirit Parikh
08 May 2009
India continues to be in the high growth trajectory and is expected to post a 7-7.5 per cent GDP growth in 2009-10, Planning Commission member Kirit Parikh said today
Inflation rate edges up to 0.7 per cent
08 May 2009
For the third week in a row WPI inflation has moved up fractionally, touching 0.7 per cent (provisional) for the week ended 25 April 2009
Indian economy likely to rebound by year-end: IMF
06 May 2009
India's strong growth in recent years owed much to favourable credit conditions, and has sufferred due to the financial shock to its external financial linkages
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