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Mixed pace but steady poverty decline

Majority of 'Bimaru' states register faster fall in rural poverty, while pace mostly other way round for others

Wholesale inflation accelerates to 4.86% in June

Inflation figures during the corresponding month of previous fiscal year stood at 7.58%

Telegram gets a warm goodbye

Last time so many telegrams were booked in a day was in 2006-07 when 21,785 telegrams were booked on an average per day

We will have to reassess our growth estimate: C Rangarajan

Interview with Chairman, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council

Bidding adieu: A first before the last for many telegram senders

It is addiction but not to education

Households in 18 out of 35 states, UTs spent more on pan, tobacco, alcohol than on education in a month in 2011-12

Adding 'Spice' to the banking licence

BK Modi-promoted group registers company 10 days before the deadline

Manufacturing PMI rises marginally to 50.3 in June

There was a sharp increase in export orders and fastest rise in employment since March

Food Security Bill faces fresh challenge

Experts say the Bill should include higher-value food items than just cereals

Industrial workers saw rise in inflation in May

Food inflation for industrial workers rose 13.24% in May against 12.39 in the previous month

Unions divided over Bajaj Auto strike

MPs allowed to recommend works up to Rs 50 lakh in U'khand

There are in total 794 members of Parliament-- 545 in the Lok Sabha and 249 in the Rajya Sabha

Govt reforms unable to stem fall in foreign direct investment

Auto, tourism exceptions but major sectors otherwise saw decline in FY13 inflows

Major sectors saw decline in FDI inflows in FY '13 despite reforms

For the year 2012-13, the Government has projected the FDI inflow of $36 billion

More than half of central projects face delays; Rs 1.40 lakh crore overall cost escalation

The new railway and road ministers will have their hands full, as theirs are the worst-hit sectors

RIP telegram Fullstop

It was inevitable that in the age of mobile telephony and email, the telegram would increasingly find itself redundant

IIP growth revised to 2.3% due to data goof-up

Industrial output growth was revised upwards to 2.3% for April this year from earlier estimate of 2% due to incorrect recording of electricity production

More than 6% growth is still possible in FY14: C Rangarajan

Chairman, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council

Yet to see green shoots of recovery: Economists

India's economic growth plummetted to a decade low of 5% in 2012-13

Moody's positive on inflation-indexed bonds

Says the WPI-linked bond would help cut gold imports drastically