Economy can grow by 6.5% in 2014-15: Pronob Sen, Chairman, National Statistical CommissionExperts feel that there could be greater impact of monsoon on the economy in view of lower industrial growth in the past two years.
Rs 30,000 crore stimulus to economy expected from Lok Sabha poll spendingThe country's faltering economy is likely to get a significant stimulus from election spending by political parties, candidates and the gov...
2014 likely to shower jobs as economy improvesThe employment scenario in the country is likely to witness a surge in 2014 with the banking segment expected to hire aggressively and a re...
Patna tops cities in unemployment: SurveyThe survey by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) also showed the unemployment rate among women rose to 5.6% in 2009-10 .
Some good news: Farm sector likely to grow over 5%If the prediction turns out right, it could help tame food inflation, provide a much-needed boost to rural incomes and a knock-on effect on...
Granaries full, but cereal prices up 20%The Centre is blaming state governments for a near 20% rise in cereal prices despite overflowing granaries that have record stocks.
Bihar can’t get ‘special' category status: ExpertsBihar does not qualify under the parameters set for such states, experts said on Wednesday.
Will diesel price hike lead to rate cut?The long awaited move is likely to help RBI breathe easy for now as it has been urging the government to get its finances in order.
- Failure to step up growth could impact national security: Manmohan Singh
Speaking from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Singh hoped that GDP growth would be a "little better" than the 6.5% achieved last year.
- Petrol price hike to have marginal impact on inflation
The sharp increase in petrol prices will have a marginal impact on inflation but any increase in diesel and cooking gas prices may hurt, ex...
- Green GDP estimate likely to be in place by 2015: Jairam Ramesh
The govt has set up an expert group headed by environmental economist Partha Dasgupta to provide a road map for Green National Accounting s...
- Expert group to evaluate impact of economic growth on environment
Targeting a 9% plus growth rate in the Twelfth plan period, the Government has initiated an exercise to assess the impact of economic growt...
- Cheap supplies may vanish on global inflation
There seems no respite in sight as the heat of scorching inflation is being felt not just in the country but across the globe. Special: War...
- Rising prices: Drastic steps need of the hour
There seems no respite in sight as the heat of scorching inflation is being felt not just in the country but across the globe.
- Monetary steps to cool prices of little use this time: Experts
There seems to be a near consensus among economists that containing inflation through monetary tightening would prove counterproductive.
- New inflation index to reflect full effect of fuel price hike
The updated inflation index, expected later this year, is likely to mirror the volatility in fuel prices and its effect on other products m...
- Robust manufacturing pushes up IIP to 11.8%
Economists attribute the industrial production's fastest growth in seven months to festival demand, stability in interest rate and a low ba...