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Economy & Policy » Features » Features

Hard of hearings

18 May 2013

Congress demands that heads roll in the IRS scandal, but the inspector general says there is no evidence of political pressure

A check on greed in the iron age

18 May 2013

The Supreme Court has reallowed mining in Karnataka subject to conditions. Is it possible to safeguard the environment while keeping the ...

Madhya Pradesh goes the Gujarat way for power

16 May 2013

It has tied up long-term contracts and has undertaken reforms, just as Gujarat did a few years ago, to provide 24x7 electricity to consumers

Stamp duty implications on issue of debentures

16 May 2013

In terms of the provisions of entry 91 of List I (Union List), only the Central Government has power to levy stamp duty on issue of debentures. ...

Power crisis: Solution still remains elusive

16 May 2013

CIL blames environmental clearances norms for the lower-than-expected output

Easing inflation - a mirage

15 May 2013

India released its official wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation data for April 2013 today. According to the data, inflation stumbled to ...

Mining sector grappling with multiple challenges

15 May 2013

The Supreme Court had banned mining in Karnataka in July 2011

What underlies the reasonable new China?

15 May 2013

Is China's apparent willingness to take meaningful steps towards resolving the Sino-Indian boundary dispute merely a ploy to ensure the success ...

Transfer of immoveable property via power of attorney sales: an analysis

14 May 2013

Transfer of Immovable Property is generally affected through two modes: One, through a sale deed executed between the buyer and seller which ...

StatsGuru-13-May-13

13 May 2013

Making sense of top executives' salaries in India

Syria is not Iraq

11 May 2013

There are important lessons to be drawn from our sad experience in Iraq: Be clear about America's national interest

Once was king

10 May 2013

Into his tenth year, Manmohan Singh is struggling to retrieve his legacy - thanks to bad luck, a bad situation and at least two very bad calls

What is LBT and why Maharashtra traders are against it

10 May 2013

Traders says the proposed tax is a monster because it puts on them the onus to assess, compute and pay local body tax

StatsGuru: Two Indias

06 May 2013

India's Census has recently released data from the decennial exercise that allows some final conclusions, and draws attention to the startling ...

Signing of WTO trade facilitation deal vital for global value chain: OECD

05 May 2013

An agreement on trade facilitation refers to reduction in red tape and enhancing customs cooperation

Oil, gold prices bring relief, not comfort

04 May 2013

It might be tempting to believe that the fall in prices of crude oil and gold will bring down India's current account deficit. But the narrative ...

RBI's repo rate cut won't bring your EMIs down

03 May 2013

The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) 25 basis point repo rate cut is unlikely to considerably change your financial landscape. Theoretically, this ...

Karnataka's north: The wretched of the earth

01 May 2013

If Karnataka wants to prove that it is committed to equitable growth, it will have to work hard to remove startling regional imbalances

GDP growth to increase to around 6.5% in FY14: D&B

30 Apr 2013

India's economy is expected to revive during the current financial year and the GDP growth is likely to increase to around 6.5% in FY14, Dun and ...

Is Bellary destined to revisit its disreputable past?

30 Apr 2013

Sandur was not always a beehive of mining activity and in fact, the '90s marked a period where extracting ore was barely profitable

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