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Nearly half the rural households were under deprivation in 2011

Of the 243.9 mn households in the country in 2011, 73%, or 179.1 mn, were in rural areas

Karnataka Assembly to discuss corruption charges against Lokayukta next week

Justice Rao has declined the charges and defended his son

India's per capita income up 10%

However, the country could not cross the low-middle income trap, says World Bank

Services PMI falls for the second straight month in June

Composite output contracts for the first time in 14 months to 49.2 points in June

Airbus to build naval military choppers with Mahindra

Bids are expected to be issued in the next three-four months and media reports peg the contract value at $1.5-$2 bn

Kharif sowing keeps its momentum

The total area sown under kharif crops so far has been almost 57.5% more than last year at 30.60 million hectares

Kejriwal attacked on austerity claims

The power bill for CM Arvind Kejriwal's official residence in June is Rs 1.36 lakh

Soon, you may get incentives to discard your old car

Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari urges people to adopt 'vehicle planning' & refrain from using multiple cars

Food ministry against blanket stock limit on all pulses varieties

Government sets the ball rolling for divestment worth Rs 20,000 crore in 10 PSUs

The department of disinvestment (DoD) issued two RFPs for selecting merchant bankers. Each merchant banker will handle five stake sales at a go

Insurers' approved investments can only be in CNX 200, BSE 200 companies: Irdai draft

Irdai group to explore opportunities in insurance e-commerce

The two groups will look into identifying opportunities of e-commerce in insurance sector

NITI Aayog task force to decide how to use Census data for social schemes

The task force is expected to submit its report to the Prime Minister soon

DBS India posts Rs 275-cr loss in FY15 on provisioning

Forex reserves down $237.5 mn

Rupee ends the week at two-month high

Sensex advances for third straight week

Ends at highest close in two months, FIIs turn buyers amidst Greece crisis

MCX inks pact with Christ University to promote research

Will contribute to the development of skill sets, financial literacy, and research in commodity price risk management

No plan to delist: MTNL

Call on merger of BSNL & MTNL to be taken in 4-5 months, said the department of telecommunications secretary

Google, Tata Trusts roll out bicycles to teach internet to rural women

Target is to train about five lakh Indian women in next 18 months