Paris, Nov 19 (DPA) Although much of the world appears to be emerging from the economic crisis, joblessness is expected to remain high in the US and Europe at least until 2011, ...

New Delhi, Nov 16(ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said that there is a need to improve competition in the agricultural market to benefit farmers as well as the ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday said competition in the agricultural sector would be a "litmus test" but would benefit people. "There is a scope to include competition ...

New Delhi, Nov 14 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil n Saturday expressed the hope that the country's economy would return to the higher growth track of above seven per cent from the ...

Bagepalli (Karnataka), Nov.13 (ANI): Seventy percent of Indians live in rural areas like Bagepalli in Karnataka's Chikballapur district, and everyone knows that India has been struggling unsuccessfully with the question of how ...

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The government is considering a special package for the crisis-hit engineering sector, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya M. Scindia said here Tuesday. ...

New Delhi, Nov.10 (ANI): The Indian economy has been able to fare well in spite of the adverse impact of the global economic crisis, due to the strength of its domestic ...

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Global business consultancy Deloitte is planning to hire 15,000 people in the country over the next two to three years, the company's top official said here Tuesday. "We ...

By Dipankar De Sarkar London, Nov 9 (IANS) Citing the urgent need to cut India's fiscal and revenue deficits, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday ruled out any further special packages to stimulate ...

New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said the measures taken by his government helped India brave the financial crisis better than most countries, but it may "wind ...

New Delhi, Nov.8 (ANI): Industrialist Rahul Bajaj on Sunday said inefficiency and corruption were the two main reasons for poor implementation of government projects and there was a need to revamp ...

New Delhi, Nov.8 (ANI): Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma addressed a session on "Reinforcing Economic Imperatives: India's Global Engagements" at the 25th India Economic Summit jointly organized by the Confederation of ...

By Dipankar De Sarkar London, Nov 8 (IANS) Indian companies continued to invest in London in the 2008-09 financial year despite the global recession and are set to emulate the strong growth registered ...

New Delhi, Nov.8 (ANI): Marking 25 years of ties with India, the Co-Chairs of the India Economic Summit highlighted India's success as a globally competitive economy and for weathering the current financial ...

New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said the measures taken by his government helped India brave the financial crisis better than most countries, but it may "wind ...

New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) India may have faced the global downturn better than most countries but the road ahead to accelerated growth will not be an easy one to endure, ...

By Sushma Ramachandran The outlook for India's merchandise exports now looks set to improve over the next few months, giving rise to hopes that a positive growth will finally be recorded by ...

New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) India's exports, which fell for 12 consecutive months since October 2008, may see a turnaround in the January-March quarter, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said Wednesday. "We ...

New Delhi, Nov.4 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said that the government had received information about entry of goods into the country through smuggled routes and the government ...

New Delhi, Nov.3 (ANI): In his address to the Economic Editors Conference here on Tuesday, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that the country faced many challenges ahead during the coming months. ...

(Cont.) "On the domestic front, this year we have had sub-normal Southwest monsoons, which have obvious implications for agriculture growth and food prices. At the same time there have been widespread floods ...

New Delhi, Nov.3 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said that while a growing integration of the Indian economy with the rest of the world has created new opportunities, ...

New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) The erratic monsoon during this year, followed by floods in some parts of the country, could have lowered India's foodgrain output by some 14-15 million tonnes, ...

New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Even though India braved the global financial crisis better than other countries, a meaningful recovery depends on how quickly some key economies turn the corner, Finance ...

Mumbai, Oct 27 (IANS) Industry and think tanks Tuesday welcomed the central bank's shift in monetary policy stance, hoping that some parts of the stimulus would be retained as the economic recovery ...

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The business confidence of India Inc. has improved in the wake of the economic revival, says a survey by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Howevcr, slack ...

New Delhi, Oct 21 (ANI): The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council which is chaired by C. Rangarajan, on Wednesday projected a 6.5 per cent growth in the next financial year. This is ...

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council has projected a lower growth of 6.5 percent for the Indian economy during the current fiscal year, due mainly to ...

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Wednesday projected a lower growth of 6.5 percent for the Indian economy during the current fiscal year due mainly to ...

By Meena Kar, October 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Like every year, this year too the Indian festival of Dhanteras which is celebrated at the time of Diwali brought good business for the gold ...