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As 300 mn ready to enter banking net, ATM makers prepare for the party

By 2017, the installed base of these machines in India will reach 400,000, from about 100,000 in the third quarter of 2012

'India's tax-GDP ratio one of the lowest'

Even lower middle income countries have total tax-GDP ratio of around 17.7%

More choppiness expected in bond markets: Mahendra Jajoo

Though analysts expect further rate cuts in coming monetary policies, the sentiment needs a boost from some positive developments

DGFT oversteps defined ambit

The controversial circular comes just a few days before announcement of major amendments to the Foreign Trade Policy

StatsGuru-25-March-2013

Commodities give a mixed picture

A bright side to 'power' politics

The listless response to the Centre's discom bailout package is partly a result of the fiscal responsibility legislation imposed on the states

Changing definitions of safe food

We need a food safety model based on societal objectives of nutrition, livelihood and safety

Capital flow conundrums

Recent two-way movements have highlighted the complexity of managing the capital account

On slippery terrain in Iran

India's tightrope walk has become even tougher following sanctions on Iran and a new set of rules against importing crude from the country

Lankan roulette

An international airport, a strategic port, communication satellites, road and railway links - China is spreading its web in the island nation. India has to take decisive steps or else the tide could

Lunch with BS: Surjit Bhalla

The angry optimist

India spends, but education suffers

The various grants under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan don't reach all schools - and not on time, either

Linkage between reforms and outcomes are not strong in infra sector: study

The joint IIT Madras-Harvard study is titled 'Reforms and the infrastructure sector: What has been the impact?'

Grocery, apparel to be favourites for FDI in retail, says Deloitte

Existing grocery retailers in India already source many products directly from producers and ¿small¿ food processing units

Crisil expects average WPI inflation to moderate to 7% next fiscal

Expects demand side pressure to remain weak due to lagged impact of a sharp slowdown in GDP growth this fiscal year

Coalgate: CBI raids residence, offices of Prashant Ahluwalia

In June, deputy director of Mines of Joda mining circle had shut down two mines owned by Ahluwalia family after raids

IMG recommends de-allocation of four coal mines

The IMG also recommended encashing of bank guarantee of three companies

Parbatpur: In the bowel of controversy

Keeping it going, amid closure worry, at the only allocated mine that CAG reported as working on more than a spreadsheet

Excavating the facts on shorted mine project

CBI¿s probe against Jas Infra¿s captive allocation in Jharkhand has hundreds of villagers in Bihar fearing for the future

Shortage of animal feed looms in drought-parched India