

Wednesday 4 June '08
The political repercussions of a hike in fuel prices has prompted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to address the nation...Friday 30 May '08
Employment in Rural India grew at a much faster clip than in urban areas between 1998 and 2005. Interestingly...Tuesday
27 May '08Jahangir Aziz, the new principal economic advisor, takes over in difficult times: high inflation, slowing growth and general elections early next year.Friday
23 May '08While rising inflation and the shadow of a slowdown haunt the Government, it has some reason to cheer.Tuesday
20 May '08Barely weeks after he said that there was no need for “scare-mongering,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today strongly voiced his reservations...Monday
19 May '08If there is one silver lining in the dark clouds of high inflation and slow industrial output hovering around the India economy...Wednesday
14 May '08The price signals emanating from the commodities futures market may not be very comforting for the government...Thursday
8 May '08The war on inflation turned more aggressive and arbitrary today with the commodities market regulator...Wednesday
7 May '08Urban Infrastructure As flagship governance scheme enters its fourth year, only 15% of the committed funds have been released.Monday
5 May '08At a time when the Government is accusing cement, steel and tyre companies of raising prices through cartelisation...Thursday
1 May '08In what puts a question mark on the pension status of lakhs of government employees who joined service after January 1...Wednesday
30 April '08Stung politically by rising prices, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked India Inc to tighten its belt by bringing in a measure...Wednesday
30 April '08Abhijit Sen, member, Planning Commission, who chaired the committee on futures trading in commodities...Monday
21 April '08Despite its inability to conclude emphatically whether futures trading fuelled a rise in prices...Monday
21 April '08Even as the government awaits the Abhijit Sen committee report on the impact of futures market on price rise...Wednesday
4 October '06Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said special economic zones were here to stay. Underscoring the inter-ministerial wrangles — especially between the Commerce and Finance ministries — over SEZs, he said, “SEZs have come to stayWednesday
4 October '06Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India will “test the waters” of the joint mechanism it has agreed to with Pakistan by sharing the evidence of the Mumbai train blasts.Tuesday
3 October '06South Africa today said it would support India’s case in the Nuclear Suppliers Group once the US Congress clears the civilian nuclear deal with India.Monday
2 October '06On September 11, 1906, over 3,000 South Africans of Asian origin gathered to oppose the infamous Black Act at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg.Sunday
1 October '06Prime Minister Manmohan Singh must have been shocked — on his arrival at Durban — to hear from his High Commission that seven India staff...Monday
19 June '06Land acquisition is controversial because India doesn’t have a transparent land market