Economy - general

India sends largest number of scientists, engineers to US

15 Jan 2016

A report by a US think-tank says the number of scientists and engineers born in India and working in the US has grown by 85 per cent between 2003 and 2013, and they are also likely to have higher academic qualifications than their American counterparts

Factory output down 3.2%, consumer inflation up 5.61%

13 Jan 2016

Industrial output contracted by a surprising 3.2 per cent in November, mainly due to a fall in manufacturing, while consumer inflation was up by 3.61 per cent in December on the back of rising food prices

FinMin looks at another hike in petrol and diesel duty, higher PSU dividend: report

09 Jan 2016

India’s consumer sentiment falls to record low in Dec

09 Jan 2016

The continued decline in consumer sentiment serves as a warning that all is not well in the Indian economy, The Deutsche Borse report suggests, and questions the strength of the official GDP data

Bank unions to strike work on Friday to protest SBI’s policies

07 Jan 2016

Kejriwal scraps quotas in Delhi’s private schools

07 Jan 2016

Jaitly, CII concur on need for demand creation

06 Jan 2016

Jaitly, CII concur on need for demand creation

06 Jan 2016

Top business leaders to help Modi’s start-up action plan

06 Jan 2016

Consumer price inflation for agricultural, rural workers up 4% in November 2015

05 Jan 2016

India’s April –September external debt up 1.7% at $483 billion

31 Dec 2015

Core sector growth turns negative, falls to -1.3% in November

31 Dec 2015

India needs 1.5% faster growth to sustain pay hikes: Jaitley

31 Dec 2015

I-T department `names and shames’ 18 owing Rs1,150 cr in third defaulter list

31 Dec 2015

World Bank likely to revise India's FY16 GDP growth forecast

26 Dec 2015

Over Rs16,000-cr black money uncovered since March '14

23 Dec 2015

India left empty-handed at Nairobi WTO meet: experts

22 Dec 2015

India’s GDP growth seen falling to 7-7.5% amidst farm sector woes

18 Dec 2015

The credit for fostering growth goes to the government as private investment has been lacklustre given the low demand conditions which in turn has led to surplus capacity in several sectors, says finance minister Arun Jaitley

Congress seeks JPC probe into Jaitley’s DDCA ‘misdeeds’

17 Dec 2015

India ranked 97th in Forbes ease of business list

17 Dec 2015

India ranked behind Kazakhstan and Ghana in Forbes Best Countries of 2015 list, which was topped by Denmark. India scored poorly on metrics like trade and monetary freedom, corruption, and infrastructure

Consumer price inflation hits 5.41% in November; whole sale inflation still negative

14 Dec 2015

Rupee falls below 67-a dollar ahead of US Fed rate move

14 Dec 2015

Industrial output growth hits a five-year high of 9.8%

11 Dec 2015

Although the October IIP figures were bolstered by a favourable statistical base, double-digit growth in the manufacturing sector points to a strengthening of industrial recovery, say analysts

Climate change could negate India’s economic progress, push 45 mn into poverty: report

09 Dec 2015

India has potential to grow at 8%: Lord Meghnad Desai

09 Dec 2015

A growth rate of 7-7.5 per cent is a default rate, but the real challenge is to get 9-10 per cent, which India is capable of but requires hard work, he said