- Government defers urea price hike by 10 per cent
The government today deferred the Fertiliser Ministry's proposal to hike retail prices of urea by 10 per cent to Rs 5,841 per tonne for the...
14 Jun, 2012, 01.44 PM IST
- Exporters expect govt to retain sops amidst tough going
The reimbursement of import duty on inputs for exports is not as lucrative under the duty drawback scheme as the DEPB.
20 Jul, 2011, 04.32 PM IST
- Pronab Sen likely to get it right with his 7.2% growth forecast for this fiscal year
The Central Statistical Organisation said that the economy expanded 6% in the third quarter, backing its conservative projection of 7.2% gr...
03 Mar, 2010, 02.55 AM IST
- Core grows 9.4%, all 6 sectors shine
Six core industries that account for more than 26% of the country’s industrial output grew by 9.4% in January, hinting the economy can with...
26 Feb, 2010, 02.49 AM IST
- Exporters may tax credit at higher, older rates
Exporters may continue to get credit for taxes paid on inputs at the current rates despite a reduction in excise and service tax rates earl...
14 Nov, 2009, 02.55 AM IST
- Core sector grows 4%, may pull down IIP
None of the six core industries captured by the index - crude oil, petroleum refinery products, coal, electricity, cement and finished stee...
29 Oct, 2009, 04.42 AM IST
- 2008-09 growth rate likely to be revised to 6.9%: Plan panel
A Planning Commission member said the economic growth rate for 2008-09 could be revised upwards to 6.9 per cent from 6.7 per cent estimated...
22 Oct, 2009, 05.11 PM IST
- IIP slumps 2.3% in March
India’s industrial production for March registered its sharpest fall in 16 years, contracting 2.3% over the corresponding month a year ago,...
13 May, 2009, 01.39 AM IST
- Fall in agri output raises growth concerns
Despite a normal monsoon and the total area under cultivation going up, the agricultural output posted a 2.2% decline, pulling down the ove...
03 Mar, 2009, 02.41 AM IST
- Factory output rises, but fails to mute woes
Experts say recovery to be short due to cash crunch.
13 Nov, 2008, 02.31 AM IST
- Figures too can lie: IIP under cloud, govt works on new index
With finance minister P Chidambaram as well as commerce & industry minister Kamal Nath questioning the accuracy and reliability of the inde...
13 Oct, 2008, 12.27 AM IST
- Finmin, NIPFP to gauge impact of capital inflow
Faced with one of the biggest challenges in the form of rising capital inflow, the government has decided to gain an assessment of the cons...
14 Sep, 2007, 03.53 AM IST
- Inflation dips, but RBI still worried
Inflation for the week ended March 24 stood at 6.39%, out of RBI’s comfort band of 5-5.5%.
06 Apr, 2007, 03.56 AM IST
- Bitter medicine for Doc, inflation creeps up to 6.1%
Inflation is up again. Higher prices of drugs and medicines have pushed inflation up to 6.10% for the week ended February 24.
10 Mar, 2007, 02.17 AM IST
- Inflation a tad lower at 6.63%
? Inflation, that has been the biggest area of concern for the government in the past few weeks, has marginally dropped to 6.63% during the...
24 Feb, 2007, 03.55 AM IST
- UPA gets the jitters as inflation races to 6.73%
Inflation rose to 6.73% for the week ended February 3 compared to 6.58% in the previous week.
16 Feb, 2007, 01.40 AM IST
- Non-agri GDP can be appropriate reference: RBI
A working group constituted by RBI has recommended that non-agricultural gross domestic product (in real terms) with quarterly frequency ca...
30 Jul, 2002, 07.48 PM IST