The Survey wrongly emphasises the role of tight monetary policy as the cause of a fall in consumer and investment spending

A growth forecast that is seriously wrong is dangerous - it can lead to revenue projections and spending decisions that become seriously inflationary

Despite a challenging macro-economic environment, the benchmark S&P Sensex gained about 10 per cent this financial year due to robust foreign inflows, which were largely aided by bold policy measures like fuel price decontrol and FDI in the ...

For Rajan, the crucial aspect of today's economic development was a query that disturbs youth -"Where will my job come from?

Reforms will help establish a credible social security system, specially for the elderly

Demographic dividend can slip away

Hit by fall in profit margins, investment growth

The mutual fund industry has registered an increase of 29.4 per cent in the market value of its assets under management (AUM) during the first three quarters of the current financial year. According to the Economic Survey, the market value of the ...

Equity issues raised in first 3 quarters more than that in entire FY12

Survey says global financial conditions continued to remain too fragile to provide any external growth stimulus to the economy

Of the first 10 months of the current financial year, exports saw a decline for eight months

The Survey clearly indicates fiscal consolidation will be on the back of reduced oil subsidies

Chief Economic Advisor says we need to be sensible rather than flashy, over-the-top hits

The consolidated turnover of public sector companies in the mining sector increased 17.7 per cent in 2011-12

Policy on price and procurement support should not encourage more production of abundant crops

Doing away with subsidies, correcting policy imperfections

Survey reiterates commitment to fiscal consolidation

Fall in global commodity and non-food manufacturing sector prices come to help

The estimate takes into account a normal monsoon, further moderation in inflation and a mild recovery in global growth

Focus on curbing current account deficit and widening the tax base

All life insurers, both public and private, are committed to process any death claim pertaining to COVID-19 at the earliest,the Council said in a statement

A variety of phishing campaigns are taking advantage to distribute malware, steal credentials, and scam users

Madras HC ordered the closure of liquor shops noting that there were huge crowds and no social distancing was being maintained by tipplers, however, doorstep delivery through online mode was allowed

Even as the government is beginning to bestow the much-needed attention on the farm sector to boost its growth...

For a state that has resolutely led the country''s farm pack in terms of growth and reform, Punjab surprisingly refuses...

It will prove fatal for diversification in Punjab." Shivcharan Singh Brar, a young, progressive farmer from Phullanwala...

If you are wont to frequenting Delhi''s five-star hotels, chances are your palate has developed a fond familiarity with...

Jayant Ghosh refuses to step into stereotypes. He is a farmer who struts about in Wrangler jeans and Reid and Tailor shirts...

In the life of a farmer, flowering or fruition usually constitutes a happy period, brimming over with potential of a good harvest.

To counter the debilitating effects of natural calamities, the Himachal Pradesh Government has proposed to the Centre...

Last fortnight, Kerala''s paddy farmers took a strong beating after the state was lashed by strong, unseasonal showers...

As reports of hailstorm-induced crop destruction pour in from various parts of Punjab and district heads prepare to assess the damage...

UP''s sugar mills may not be in the red as they had claimed, says an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court

The farmers of Dindori, the emerging hub of grape cultivation near Nashik, are fanning out to exports, wine grapes cultivation and wineries

India resumed selling mangoes to the US last year. Exports are now set to rise ten-fold.

For years, Jawher in Maharashtra battled poverty and malnutrition. But mango exports have changed the fortunes of this village

By pushing up its wheat stock, the state has added to India''s increased food production.

If freed from the laws that govern its use, bamboo can be the new green gold, says a study conducted by the India...

The state Government is pleased at the production, the farmer with his cheques and transporters with their business.

Even as the world spins into a global food crisis, here''s some good news from Assam. Scientists in the Assam Agricultural...

This May-end, around 270 pomegranate farmers from Atpadi will be the first graduates of the Sheti Shalas...

Even as the debate over health effects of pesticides continues to rage, a study conducted by the Punjabi University...

You could say it is a summer of education for the farmers in Gujarat. But there are no boring classes in hot, windless rooms.

Looks do matter. This seems to be the conclusion of the J-K Government as far as apple sales are concerned.

On Wednesday, farmers across 150 districts in the country got details pertaining to rainfall, temperature, wind speed...

There is a shortage of food across the world and experts are trying to come up with ways in which the shortfall in supplies can be made up.

It''s a story of one crop''s gain being another crop''s loss. In Punjab''s Malwa region, the traditional cotton crop is set to lose its hectarage...

All''s not well with the horticulture industry in Jammu and Kashmir. Even as the state Government claims to have spent Rs 88 crore...

When Dayal Munda (45), a tribal farmer, first heard the name of Swarna Vasundhra, he never thought it would lead to a bumper crop.

With farmers turning entrepreneurs by forming companies through Special Economic Zones a wine company for the first time has invited farmers to become shareholders.