Economy - general
Go rural, minister advises businesses
07 Aug 2009
Go rural, minister advises businesses
07 Aug 2009
Indians callous to basic injustices: Amartya Sen
06 Aug 2009
Monsoon remains shaky as ‘trough’ vanishes
03 Aug 2009
India's exports down 27.7 per cent in June
03 Aug 2009
Average daily wages under NREGA rises to Rs84
30 Jul 2009
Inflation rate eases to -1.54 per cent
30 Jul 2009
RBI leaves key rates unchanged; focus still on price stability
28 Jul 2009
RBI has kept the Bank Rate unchanged at 6.0 per cent and the cash reserve ratio for banks at 5.0 per cent while it retained the repo and reverse repo rates at 4.75 per cent and 3.25 per cent, respectively.
FM announces tax sops and home loan interest subsidy to boost spending
27 Jul 2009
Finance minister Pranab Mukerjee today announced a slew of changes to the Finance Bill 2009, including certain tax measures and a 1 per cent state subsidy on home loans up to Rs10 lakh for homes costing less than Rs20 lakh.
SC turns down PIL on EVM use
27 Jul 2009
Jaswant Singh calls for formation of ministry of economic development
25 Jul 2009
BJP leader Jaswant Singh has called for merging the ministries for railways, finance and the Planning Commission under a new entity called ministry of economic development
Core sector growth shoots up to 6.5 per cent in June
23 Jul 2009
The growth rate of the six core sector industries stood higher at 6.5 per cent in June 2009 against 5.1 per cent in June 2008
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