Economy - general

Government to import additional 5,000 tonnes of tur dal

12 Sep 2015

India’s industrial production expands 4.2% in July

11 Sep 2015

Investors’ meet fetches Tamil Nadu Rs2,42,160 cr of investments

11 Sep 2015

Indirect tax collections up 36.5% in April-August at Rs2,63,089 crore

10 Sep 2015

India to see firming growth, China outlook poor: OECD

09 Sep 2015

Jaitley wants GST in place by start of next fiscal

09 Sep 2015

Jaitley vows to cut corp tax by pruning exemptions list

09 Sep 2015

Finance minister Arun Jaitley today said the government will bring out a list of tax exemptions to be phased out in the next few days, as part of the exercise to reduce corporate tax rate to 25 per cent in four years

Take risks, invest more, PM tells Indian business

08 Sep 2015

The industry, however, continued to harp on the need for a deep cut in interest rates and new duties to stop dumping of cheap Chinese products

Create enabling environment for startups, urges Michael Dell

08 Sep 2015

Rupee nears 67 a dollar amidst FPI withdrawals, Iran payments

08 Sep 2015

India ranks low on inclusive growth, development ranking: WEF

07 Sep 2015

India ranks the lowest in terms of 'asset building and entrepreneurship', in particular the small business ownership, where it ranks at the bottom among its peers at 38th place

Russia’s pro-Assad moves in Syria worry US

05 Sep 2015

Monsoon begins pullout; leaves 13% rain deficit

05 Sep 2015

Govt announces "1-rank, 1-pay"; ex-servicemen dissatisfied

05 Sep 2015

Announcing the decision at a press conference in New Delhi in the afternoon, defence minister Manohar Parrikar said the OROP policy will cost the exchequer Rs10,000 crore a year

Scarcities loom as 40% of India sees rain deficit

04 Sep 2015

For Indian households already struggling with high food prices, there is more bad news – the deficient rainfall has raised the spectre of a drought over large parts of the country

SIT for stringent steps to curb black money; SC seeks govt’s views

04 Sep 2015

Bharat bandh partial, banking and transport services most affected

02 Sep 2015

The impact of the strike was most visible in some of the non-BJP states such as Kerala, Tripura, Karnataka and Odisha with some impact in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Bihar and Jharkhand

India’s PMJDY partners UN’s `Better Than Cash Alliance’ to accelerate financial inclusion

02 Sep 2015

150 mn workers from 10 unions to go on strike

02 Sep 2015

Striking against the proposed changes in labour laws, the 10 central trade unions have a combined membership of 150 million workers across all sectors, including banking and insurance and transport

Onion prices continue to cause tears

01 Sep 2015

Factory output dips, but rate cut hopes remain

01 Sep 2015

Core sector output growth slows further to 1.1% in June

01 Sep 2015

Q1 GDP growth decelerates to 7% as GVA rate increases to 7.1%

01 Sep 2015

In terms of GDP, India’s economic growth slowed to 7 per cent from 7.5 per cent in the previous quarter while growth in terms of gross value added rose to 7.1 per cent from 6.1 per cent in the previous quarter