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Indian market costliest among BRICS nations

Difference between India and other BRICS nations has increased recently as India heads into elections and investors hope the next five years ...

Overseas investment in services drops 60% in April-December

Services sector had received FDI worth $4 billion in the April-December period of 2012: DIPP

Coal blocks scam: CBI charge sheets Navabharat Power

Says company misrepresented facts, embellished application to get allotments

McKinsey: India can grow its revenues from Africa to $160 bn

This may be possible by 2025 by developing its presence in sectors where it has a unique value proposition in areas

Retail inflation to cool, factory output contract: poll

Weak consumer demand and investment to weigh on industrial output, says Reuters poll

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Some pre-poll rule changes

As expected, the Union commerce ministry made some useful amendments to the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) and gave some additional benefits to ...

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Decoding why India is an oasis of calm among emerging markets

A double-edged sword on users

Laws may soon be put to test for upholding individuals' rights

Where does facilitation stop and bribery begin?

Even though Bofors cost Rajiv Gandhi his job, it could not be proved that money was paid underhand to land the $1.3 bn deall for 410 155mm field ...

Jumbo-size growth in this economy

Demand-supply mismatch and diverse govt regulations have sent the price soaring for renting an elephant in Kerala

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Strong recovery

But complacency about external weakness should not creep in

A decision on GM trials

But beef up safeguards for genetically modified crop trials

Old price, new terms

How government can solve the natural gas pricing problem

The task ahead

For growth to revive, capital efficiency must improve

Forgetting forests

Funds for crucial mission approved a decade late

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Shyam Ponappa: Extractive charges on spectrum and petroleum
Shyam Ponappa

The author examines whether government levies on these critical inputs are beneficial or detrimental

Barun Roy: A sequel to Hong Kong?
Barun Roy

Recent efforts to promote trade and tourism between China and Taiwan show the latter's risk factor as a flashpoint is no longer acute

Arvind Panagariya: India must call the US' bluff on patents
Arvind Panagariya

The recent US-India friction over trade is being driven by Big Pharma

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A double-edged sword on users

Laws may soon be put to test for upholding individuals' rights

Whistleblowers' Protection Bill: the new kid on the block
Kumkum Sen

The Bill does not provide for any penalty for harassing a public servant or any other person making a disclosure

Storing adulterated food no crime
M J Antony

A weekly selection of key court orders

Hazy CSR tax laws make companies jittery

Companies Act silent on tax treatment

Rate changes in the Budget
TNC Rajagopalan

In the interim Budget presented by the finance minister recently, excise duty rates were reduced from 12 per cent to 10 per cent on most ...

Single venue for arbitration
M J Antony

Courts in two countries cannot have concurrent jurisdiction in arbitration as it would create conflicting decisions, unnecessary complications ...

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Economic Indicators

YoY (In %) Current Qtr Ago Yr Ago
Inflation (31/01) 5.05 7.24 7.31
IIP (31/12) -0.60 2.70 -0.50
GDP (30/09) 4.80 4.40 5.20
CPI (31/01) 8.79 10.09 10.79
CRR (29/01) 4.00 4.75 5.50
Bank rate (07/02) 9.00 8.75 8.75
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