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Fixed income market to draw greater interest: Mahendra Jajoo

With gold prices now in bear market, having corrected 20% from recent highs and property and equity markets remaining sluggish, fixed income markets will continue to draw greater interest from across

StatsGuru-15-April-13

India's bitter-sweet sugarcane story

Don't interfere, Cyprus central bank chief tells government

Mixed harvest

A responsive state government has helped Madhya Pradesh farmers get better yields. But questions remain on sustainability

'Agriculture presents contrasting picture of stagnation & change induced by consumption'

The CII-Mckinsey Report says India's farm output may rise by 130% in next 20 years

'Lack of trust hinders partnership between farmer and industry'

The report advocated long-term leases on land and an open PPP model for agriculture

Identity crisis

Acquiring a document to show you are an Indian and resident in the country is a confusing task that requires you to possess a number of other identity documents

Black hole

Coal mining may symbolise wealth for many, but for the people of Dharamjaigarh in Chhattisgarh it only presages the death of their town

North block detectives

The author goes behind the scenes to find out how Finance Ministry is digging into tax discrepancies

Feb IIP positive but little to cheer

Besides mining and manufacturing, the energy sector has pulled down the IIP data considerably

IIP numbers are a surprise

Apart from capital goods, all other numbers were disappointing.

'The growth story is intact'

Excerpts from President Pranab Mukherjee's speech at the Business Standard Awards function

Is the Mahila Bank a good idea?

Although it aims to empower women, it may become a licence for other PSU banks to shirk from their responsibilities to women

Monsoon trends remain most critical: Mahendra Jajoo

With relatively lighter supply, better liquidity and reasonable valuations, bond prices should remain supported in coming weeks.

StatsGuru: 8-April-2013

Indian pharma is high on profit, low on R&D

Food subsidy is a plateful

A scheme that allows for an annual food subsidy of almost Rs 131,000 cr comes with its own set of problems for the government

No work policy

As many as 100,000 Keralites may be shipped back home as a result of Saudi Arabia's new labour policy, nitaqat. Indulekha Aravind on its impact on the state's economy

Alone, but correct?

The author answers five questions on the disputed Novartis ruling

Tracing the rupees in petrol prices

Taking stock of India's urban decline, drawing attention to cities' issues