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Revamped inland waterways to power Northeast’s growth, boost petroleum exports: Union minister Sarbananda SonowalUnion Minister Sarbananda Sonowal highlighted the rapid modernization of India's inland waterways, especially in the Northeast, unlocking e...
Service sector cushions India’s economy from high interest ratesIndia’s economic growth is likely to have grown at a rate of 7% in the year to March 2023, matching government expectations. Although this ...
Around 30 officers in Assam have moved chief secretary alleging misbehaviour by MLA of LakhipurIn a submission to the chief secretary, Jishnu Barua the officers condemned the act of gross misbehaviour by BJP MLA Lakhipur Kaushik Rai t...
Indian citizen Kaushik Barua conferred with Royal Order in CambodiaBarua has been awarded the national medal by the Cambodian government under the Royal Order of Sahametrei, conferred primarily on foreigner...
Bennett University global webinar to focus on the economic road ahead; Piyush Goyal to give the keynote addressThis, the third online conference that Bennett University is organising after the previous two successful online conferences by Department ...
Slowing growth may lead RBI to cut rates by 25 bpsSome respondents indicated informally that the cut in repo rate could be 15-35 basis points.
Rome-based Indian author's fiction on social media obsessionsThe new novel covers two weeks in the life of an Indian consultant working in Rome and has been published in hardcover by Fourth Estate, th...
Inflation falls to lowest level since November 2009, revives rate cut hopesAnnual inflation based on WPI came in at 4.89% in April, well below the consensus forecast of 5.5% and 5.96% in March, data released on Tue...
Inflation cools, indirect tax mopup risesThe economy has received a rare breather from the recent welter of bad news, with government figures showing an unexpected decline in infla...
- Kaushik Basu clarifies his remarks on reforms, says 2014 reference was about payback of ECB loans
These remarks on a possible European crisis in 2014 had been "juxtaposed" with Indian elections in that year, Basu claimed, blaming poor re...
Budget 2012: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee unfazed as markets, investors pan his seventh budgetThe initial reaction of the market was negative with the Sensex declining 209 points while media and investor reactions ranged from lukewar...
- Government likely to lower exports numbers for FY11 following a $9.7 bn over-estimation of shipments
According to current figures, India's exports grew by 37.5% to $245.9 bn in '10-11, & a lowering of numbers will result in a decline in tha...
- Subbarao may get extension as RBI Governor, but others in race too
The government has started the process of selecting the next Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, with indications that the incumbent Duv...
- RBI seen raising repo rate by 25 bps
Struggles ahead for the RBI to balance inflation and IIP slump as fallout of W Asia and Japan quake loom.
- Inflation down a tad, but spreading
India’s headline inflation eased marginally in January from the month before, but the slow pace of decline and signs that it was becoming b...
- Inflation up at 8.62 pc in Sept; RBI may hike policy rates
Driven by higher prices of essential items, inflation moved up to 8.62 per cent in September, with experts saying that it will prompt the R...
- Govt gives in to demand, corrects GDP data error
The govt corrected the first-quarter economic growth rate number, as an error nearly damaged the credibility of its statistics.
- Inflation in double digits after 16 months
Wholesale prices-based inflation breached the double digit mark in February at 10.06 per cent, although quick estimates for April showed it...
- Industrial output at 2-year high of 11.7%
Industrial production grew at a two-year high 11.7% in November 2009, putting India on track to achieve 8% economic growth in the current f...
- Govt, film industry gears up to tap overseas audiences
The government and the film industry are gearing up to tap the expanding overseas market for Indian movies.