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Plan to digitise your PF may get burial today

Thursday 24 January '08

It was considered a model in e-governance, the largest reform project in the government...
BMS doubles membership in Communist Kerala

Saturday 19 January '08

It's finally official—CITU, the trade union of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), is no longer as powerful as it used to be.
Farm paradox: Credit doubles but number of farmer loans dips

Friday 18 January '08

Within a month of the UPA government coming to power in May 2004, it set itself the target of doubling credit flow to the country’s ailing farm sector in three years.
Relax, PF will still give you 8.5%

Thursday 17 January '08

With 11 states going to the polls this year and general elections not far away, the UPA government is set to retain...
Goa off list, Nath lists SEZ success stories

Monday 14 January '08

With the Special Economic Zone Act set to complete two years since its enactment on February 10, 2006,,,
Pension funds from across world flock to Dalal Street while India still waits

Sunday 13 January '08

The Sensex was at 5,000 when the government proposed switching to a new pension scheme for government employees...
Scrap all SEZs, says Goa Govt in letter to Centre

Wednesday 9 January '08

In yet another sign that the Goa Government’s U-turn over Special Economic Zones...
Child labour: Govt to expand list of hazardous jobs, amend law

Tuesday 8 January '08

With instances of alleged child labour coming to light regularly despite a 22-year-old law prohibiting it, the Government is in the midst of launching a multi-pronged attack...
Flowing into Dalal Street: Funds from the Islamic world

Tuesday 1 January '08

At the last OPEC summit, when the Americans were complaining about rising oil prices and urging oil-rich nations to increase supply...
EPFO panel’s time-buying tactics block reform

Monday 31 December '07

While Finance Minister P Chidambaram recently expressed hope of pushing through some of the unfinished financial sector...
After sale, breadmaker win-win for Govt, may not be breadwinner for buyer yet

Wednesday 26 December '07

In the ‘90s, when the first whiff of reform was sweeping across the country...
Two Cong CMs want SEZ law on Gujarat model, CMP in the way

Tuesday 25 December '07

This may be one reason why the Congress is finding it hard to formulate a response to the Narendra Modi win...
Unshackled, CMC taps Govt market and moves onto global stage

Monday 24 December '07

Software companies’ vast campuses are much-talked about these days, but few would be aware that the first such facility that came up in India was way back in 1982...
Gap representative meets Oscar on child labour row

Saturday 22 December '07

Within a month-and-a-half of a sting operation by a British daily that alleged the use of child labour by a sub-contractor in India working for global clothing retailer GAP...
From dial-up to bandwidth:VSNL took off after Govt let go

Friday 21 December '07

For those in India who took to the Internet early, an enduring memory would be lining up outside VSNL offices to get a “Shell” or “TCP/IP” Internet connection.
With soaring profits & exports, Balco sends a rejoinder to all those who opposed its sale

Wednesday 19 December '07

In India’s short history of privatisation, the first big-ticket sale, of Bharat Aluminium Company Limited, turned into the biggest flashpoint...
Industrialists pass the buck on Labour Ministry for ITI lapses

Wednesday 19 December '07

Chairing a meeting of the Trade and Industry Council, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pointed out to industrialists...
Labour reforms report by early next year, says Sengupta

Wednesday 19 December '07

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently voiced his concerns over the country’s rigid labour laws...
How sale helped fertiliser plant sow enterprise, reap a profit harvest

Tuesday 18 December '07

To understand what difference disinvestment in 2002 made to Paradeep Phosphates Limited, rewind to 2000 when then Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurated...
Need to learn lessons from disinvestment, success stories, says new doctor for sick PSUs

Tuesday 18 December '07

“Public sector companies, like any other company, should be publicly listed at the bourses so that we can assess their true worth.
States to Centre: hardening of rupee leading to job losses

Saturday 15 December '07

When the National Development Council meets in the Capital, the 11th Plan would not be the only topic of heated...
PM calls meeting as falling dollar sets off alarm bells

Wednesday 12 December '07

While a package to help exporters hit by the appreciating rupee is yet to find place on the agenda of the Cabinet...
For first time, railwaymen vote to elect unions, derail Left

Thursday 6 December '07

Last week, the country’s largest employer, Indian Railways, elected its official trade unions for the first time by secret ballot.
EPFO Board to take up draft investment pattern today

Thursday 6 December '07

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation’s Central Board of Trustees, headed by minister of state...
Worried Govt acts on child labour in export industries

Tuesday 4 December '07

Twelve years after a US Congress resolution proposing a ban on imports into the US from industries...
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