Economy

Govt's political strategy is economic consolidation: Tewari   

10 Apr 2013, 6.37 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

In what comes as a relief for broadcasters dependent on advertising revenues, I&B minister Manish Tewari told CNBC-TV18 that the government would lay ...

Economists bat for rate cuts to boost growth  

10 Apr 2013, 11.48 am  |  Source: PTI

Given the steeply falling growth rate and the declining trend in headline inflation readings, economists today tried to impress upon the Reserve Bank ...

CPI inflation to moderate to 7% by Mar '14: Morgan Stanley  

10 Apr 2013, 11.43 am  |  Source: PTI

Terming the consumer price index based inflation as critical to assess the domestic economy in the current environment, a research report by Morgan St...

'CPI inflation to moderate to around 7% by March 2014'  

09 Apr 2013, 11.06 pm  |  Source: PTI

Terming the consumer price index based inflation as critical to assess the domestic economy in the current environment, a research report by Morgan St...

Steel consumption grows by 3.3% in FY13  

09 Apr 2013, 6.25 pm  |  Source: PTI

Steel consumption in the country grew by just 3.3 percent to 73.3 million tonne in 2012-13 on subdued demand due to slackening economy and high intere...

NBFCs say RBI likely to leave repo rate unchanged  

09 Apr 2013, 6.18 pm  |  Source: PTI

Non-banking finance companies today said the Reserve Bank is likely to keep its key lending rate intact in the forthcoming monetary policy review, but...

GoM on draft coal regulator Bill may meet on Wednesday   

09 Apr 2013, 4.43 pm  |  Source: PTI

The inter-ministerial panel under the chairmanship of finance minister P Chidambaram is likely to meet on Wednesday to discuss the draft coal regulato...

Coal min seeks status of PPAs from 20 cos by Wednesday   

09 Apr 2013, 4.13 pm  |  Source: PTI

The government has sought by April 10 the status of the power purchase agreements from 20 companies, including NTPC, NMDC, NHPC and Neyveli Lignite, t...

Factory output seen at 0.7% in February: Poll  

09 Apr 2013, 10.26 am  |  Source: Reuters

India's industrial production probably shrank in February due to a contraction in infrastructure industry output and flagging demand, after a surprisi...

Growth in India may recover to 6% this year: ADB  

09 Apr 2013, 8.27 am  |  Source: Reuters

Growth in developing Asia is seen gaining momentum this year, powered by rising domestic consumption and intra-regional trade, but authorities need to...

Biz climate improves in Mar; growth to pick-up by Q2  

08 Apr 2013, 7.09 pm  |  Source: PTI

Business climate in the country improved in March on factors such as rising production of intermediate goods and the government's reform initiatives, ...

FM meets bankers, corporate honchos over stalled projects  

08 Apr 2013, 6.41 pm  |  Source: PTI

Amidst the ongoing gloom on the economic front, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today allayed fears of the industry over stalled projects and assured a...

Govt to make efforts to push stalled projects: Chidambaram  

08 Apr 2013, 4.00 pm  |  Source: PTI

Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said over 340 projects are held up for some reasons or the other and expressed his commitment to remove bottlenec...