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The Planning Commission should wind up: Ashish Bose

Interview with Economic analyst

June IIP numbers likely to be low

Retail price inflation could face pressure from expensive vegetables

30% of vanishing firms in India from Gujarat: Pilot

Most of these 26 companies were agro-based or pharmaceutical companies, showed a table given by the minister in the lower house

Despite fast-tracking, 47% of mega projects face delays

Law and order problems, delays in land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement said to be delaying projects

Rich-poor gap widens in India

Overall poverty down but inequality measure up in both rural and urban areas, shows consumption data for FY12

Poverty declines, but rich gets richer

In rural areas, rising gap between rich & poor has surprised many economists, as the government has increased welfare programmes as well in villages

Gujarat's vanishing business

Gujarat was followed by Andhra Pradesh, with 13 vanishing companies

Where is FDI headed - services or industry?

Analysts say investors hesitant to invest in industry because of delay in clearances

Full-time employment dips in India in 2012: Gallup

Among 140 countries in which the survey was conducted, India stands almost half-way at 64th position in this regard

Services PMI contracts for first time in 20 months

Falls to 47.9 in July from 51.7 last month on drop in new business

Slowdown gloom: PMI manufacturing nears contraction in July

This indicates that more bad news round corner for India's manufacturing sector

A year of reforms, but outcomes yet to show

Two states, four Union Territories fail to stem poverty growth

Sharpest rise seen in Chandigarh where poverty rate went up from 9.2% in 2009-10 to 21.8% in 2011-12

Moody's gloomy report on India's outlook

Moody says reforms have stalled, even as the govt hyped its move of raising FDI caps in certain sectors last week

Bimarou states shedding the poverty tag

In 2004-05, for all Bimarou states, except Rajasthan, more than 40% of the people were below the poverty line

Need to re-define poverty: C Rangarajan

Interview with Chairman, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council

It's not only metros but also islands where rent spendings soar

The expenditure on rent by urban population in A&N islands in 2011-12 stood at Rs 410.32 per month on an average

One in every two central mega projects delayed

As many as 25 projects were additionally running late in March as compared to February this year

Inflation: The spectre is a shadow of itself

Joblessness among Muslims falls in five years

The rate declines from 2.3% in 2004-05 to 1.9% in 2009-10 among rural Muslims