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India to support US proposal on ‘balanced growth’ at G20 Summit

Friday 25 September '09

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who arrived in Pittsburgh today, will support the United States of America’s draft proposal calling for “sustainable and balanced world growth”...
Stimulus should continue, we need it: PM’s message at Pittsburgh G20

Thursday 24 September '09

India may be ready to return to the path of fiscal consolidation from next April but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will most likely...
Banking on RBI

Thursday 9 July '09

The government is done with the fiscal policy for 2009-10, at least for now. It is over to the Reserve Bank of India to coordinate its monetary policy...
Divestment funds so far locked, Govt looks for new set of keys

Wednesday 8 July '09

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee may have been silent on his proposed disinvestment policy in his Budget...
Eco Survey unveils bold, ambitious agenda, now it’s over to Pranab

Friday 3 July '09

Arvind Virmani, Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, said today in the Economic Survey 2008-09 that India can...
Turn the page

Thursday 25 June '09

In a closed-door meeting with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee ahead of the Union Budget for 2009-10, Anand Mahindra...
At the G20 high table, India plays low key

Thursday 2 April '09

While global leaders, be it France’s Nicolas Sarkozy, China’s Hu Jintao or even Germany’s Angela Merkel have strong views on the two most critical issues — fiscal stimulus and financial markets’ regulation...
At G-20 meeting, India will oppose protectionism, foreign debt curbs

Monday 30 March '09

New Delhi has objected strongly to the curbs imposed by the US and European governments on their banks, restricting them from lending to emerging economies including India.
The world of the independent director

Sunday 11 January '09

With the Satyam scandal raising questions on the role of independent directors, The Sunday Express finds that in a country where most companies are run by promoters, independent directors are usually figureheads of necessity rather than upholders of corporate governance
Act bold, and fast

Wednesday 3 December '08

Lending rates for Corporate India are very high despite strong demand for credit. All sources of overseas borrowings have dried up and domestic equity markets are in tatters.
The fairy-tale reforms

Thursday 18 September '08

In the last eight months there was no transaction in infrastructure
On Cabinet table: banning exit, opinion polls once dates are in

Thursday 4 September '08

With polls in six states including Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in November-December this year and general elections early in 2009...
Economist-bureaucrat Subbarao new Governor, Reddy regime at RBI ends

Tuesday 2 September '08

The Government took a bold call today announcing its decision to appoint Finance Secretary Duvvuri Subbarao...
FinMin makes compromises to ensure passage of pension Bill

Monday 11 August '08

Aware of the precarious balance the UPA finds itself in Parliament and to ensure that pension reforms receive all party support...
Rate hike: All eyes on RBI amid signals that Reddy may play safe

Tuesday 29 July '08

Reserve Bank of India Governor Yaga Venugopal Reddy almost always surprises the market.
I will talk to BJP to push stalled financial reforms: Chidambaram

Saturday 26 July '08

Acutely aware of the thin majority the UPA has in the Lok Sabha and the narrow window before general elections...
‘Priority is to control inflation. If we’ve to sacrifice a bit of growth, so be it’

Saturday 26 July '08

We should not rush to any conclusion based on a week’s data or a month’s data. This is a difficult year.
SEZ rethink: Panel may ease strict curbs on getting land

Thursday 24 July '08

Emboldened by the trust vote win, the empowered group of ministers on Special Economic Zones is considering a proposal to dilute a crucial pre-requisite...
We have to work with other parties to carry forward the reforms process: Chidambaram

Wednesday 23 July '08

The United Progressive Alliance government will finally have the space -- if not the desired time - to fast-track policy reforms held hostage to...
Let us acquire SEZ land by force: Comrade VS’s un-comrade request

Saturday 12 July '08

The immediate collateral damage of the Left’s decision to withdraw support to the United Progressive Alliance government...
Inflation surge sets the stage for a hike in interest rates

Saturday 21 June '08

With the wholesale price index-based inflation rate touching a 13-year high by shooting past the 11 per cent mark...
State FMs will meet to talk fuel tax cut

Saturday 7 June '08

After the fuel price hike by the Central government, the onus has clearly shifted to states with both the Congress and the Bhartiya Janta Party...
Explaining the hike, PM will address the nation today

Wednesday 4 June '08

The political repercussions of a hike in fuel prices has prompted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to address the nation...
Optimists: boost to entrepreneurship; Pessimists: farming’s no good

Friday 30 May '08

Employment in Rural India grew at a much faster clip than in urban areas between 1998 and 2005. Interestingly...
‘No magic wand to bring down inflation, silly to expect it’

Tuesday 27 May '08

Jahangir Aziz, the new principal economic advisor, takes over in difficult times: high inflation, slowing growth and general elections early next year.
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