In 2011, the court banned iron ore mining in three districts of the state citing environmental concerns and asked a government body to carry out an environmental impact assessment.
The RBI may gradually relax curbs on intra-day trading limits in foreign exchange with an aim to facilitate "genuine" hedging requirements.
The country's oil output decline began to accelerate during the last quarter of 2011.
Buoyed by the success of implementation of PPP model in airport development, the government plans to invest $30 billion in next 10 years with more existing airports being opened up for modernisation, a top official said today.
If the IAS officers fail the training test, they will be deprived of all career benefits.
Inflation which remained high during most of 2010 and 2011 has started showing signs of moderation in the recent months.
While Pakistan had last year allowed import of diesel from India, petrol still continues on its negative list.
A pact to enhance cooperation in the key sector of oil and gas exploration is among the six agreements inked today between India and Qatar.
BJP-led government in its recent budget had exempted value added tax on the petrol, slashing its prices by almost Rs 11 making it cheapest in the country.
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the visit of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to India would improve bilateral trade and relationship.
Always abuzz with domestic and foreign devotees, the streets of Ajmer will wear a deserted look as all the shops will remain closed between 12 pm and 5 pm as a security measure.
Japan will hold high-level talks with China over contributions to the International Monetary Fund to help ease the eurozone debt crisis.
The Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs) are expected to come into force once they are approved by parliament which could take up to three weeks.
'One-third of the total bilateral trade between India and the Czech Republic is contributed by automotive sectors.'
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has been ranked fifth in the list of top forces that effectively deal with transfer pricing, prepared by UK-based newsletter TPWeek.
Oil had fallen by more than $3 over the last two sessions due to the drop in the global stock market, a sharp increase in US oil inventories and fading expectations for more monetary stimulus from the US
The new system will ensure transparency of the contracting process by mandating that the prospective worker be duly informed by Indian government-accredited recruitment agencies of the terms of the contract.
The recommendations are expected to give guidance on key issues including base price of spectrum, amount of spectrum that should be allocated to a bidder and eligible participants.
Banks' bad loans stood at Rs 94,084 crore in 2010-11, Rs 81,813 crore in 2009-10 and Rs 68,220 crore in 2008-09.
Shares of India's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki rose as much as 2.1 percent, after Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock to overweight from equal-weight and raised its target price to Rs 1,599 from Rs 1,181.
World Bank report has highlighted corruption and fraud in national highway projects funded by the bank.
Earlier on 1 January 2012, the government had allowed QFIs to directly invest in the Indian equity market.
The financial support to banks, NGOs and the state government in Karnataka by NABARD touched an all-time high of Rs 6,053 crore last fiscal, a rise of about 40 percent from 2010-11.
Further, an amount of Rs 217.61 crore was due from permanently disconnected installations.
<br /><br /> "Today's meeting was a routine administrative one. Next week I will come back and brief the Finance Minister about the macro economic policy before the monetary review on April 17," the RBI Governor told reporters.
India's proposals to allow authorities to retrospectively tax overseas deals are a concern, British Finance Minister George Osborne said today.
The National Bureau of Statistics said on Sunday China's official PMI jumped to an 11-month high of 53.1 in March from 51 in February, comfortably beating analyst forecasts of 50.5.
The blueprint will go to Parliament on Tuesday and is expected to be formally passed in June.
The difference between US and Indian interests on Iran "is likely to dog the relationship" and enter into bilateral and multilateral dealings.
"Protectionism is not to the benefit of the Indian defence sector. You don't realise the benefits of the multiplier effect. Development will be faster if higher FDI is permitted," a leading European helicopter manufacturer said on Friday.