Cabinet set to approve broadened framework this week; market route to be pursued as well.

Bulk sales, buybacks to fuel govt's disinvestment drive

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Govt says no crisis as European banks&rsquo; India exposure just $18 billion.

Banks step in to help India Inc repay European debt

The global crisis has presented India with a historic opportunity to grow faster, but according to Pratap Bhanu Mehta, head of a leading independent think tank, the country is unable to capitalise on it owing to political and macro-economic mismanagement. In an interview with Santosh Tiwari, Mehta strongly criticises the Congress for ineptitude.

Q&A: Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President, Centre for Policy Research

Sector to see funding push; tax reforms as well as sops to wait longer.

Budget austerity to spare the rod only for infrastructure

The government is putting in place a mechanism to handle the possible impact on oil supply to the country because of international sanctions on Iran. A senior government official says the idea is to facilitate mutually beneficial ways to keep the supply going. Iran is the second largest supplier of oil to India after Saudi Arabia.

Govt braces for Iran oil supply hit

Finance minister to meet top officials today to discuss strategy.

Realignment plans for NIF

Ahead of the Budget for 2012-13, economic affairs secretary R Gopalan is meeting the CMDs of PSUs and nationalised banks and also the financial advisers of the concerned ministries this week to ascertain dividend payout situation in the current financial year.

FinMin to meet CPSEs, banks on dividend payouts in FY12

Ministry jacks up minimum payout to 30% for petroleum, chemical and infrastructure firms.

Bitter dividend pill awaits PSUs as govt to meet today

Pranab to discuss burden shift in Wednesday meet; Planning Commission agrees with rationale, but finds no easy path ahead.

States' social sector bill may inflate

The recent uncertainty over extension of the unique identification (UID) project led by Nandan Nilekani is set to be over soon, with a government mandate to cover the whole country.

Santosh Tiwari