Defying even the Cassandras, factory output as measured by the Index of Industrial Production contracted sharply by 3.5% in March 2012.
Section: Analysis | Saturday, May 12, 2012 9:45 IST
The head endorses your statement that spiralling crude prices call for a rationalisation of prices of petroleum products.
Section: Analysis | Thursday, May 3, 2012 8:00 IST
The weather gods may yet again be in a benign mood this year, if the forecast for the southwest monsoon rainfall — June to September 2012 — fructifies.
Section: Money | Friday, April 27, 2012 8:00 IST
The last fiscal year ended with the headline inflation rate easing marginally to 6.89% in March from 6.95% during the preceding month; a year ago, the inflation rate was much higher at 9.68%.
Section: Money | Tuesday, April 17, 2012 8:00 IST
Bigger the lie, greater is the probability of it being believed, Hitler’s trusted deputy, Goebbels, had famously stated.
Section: Money | Monday, April 16, 2012 8:29 IST
The annual industrial growth may not be even half of what it was in the preceding year (8.2%).
Section: Money | Friday, April 13, 2012 9:09 IST
In an extraordinary admission, the Ministry of Statistics and Plan Implementation said that it had gravely erred in the calculation of the index of industrial production for January 2012.
Section: Money | Friday, April 13, 2012 8:16 IST
The Union Budget for 2012-13 is akin to the proverbial curate’s egg — good in parts — but as a blueprint to fiscal consolidation, it fails to pass muster.
Section: Analysis | Saturday, March 17, 2012 9:00 IST
The expected did not come to pass and the Indian Railways has once again missed an opportunity to make this giant infrastructure operationally viable.
Section: Money | Thursday, March 15, 2012 10:30 IST
Significantly, the production of capital goods, intermediate goods and consumer durables was down in January 2012 compared with the year ago, while the tempo was very sluggish in regard to basic goods.
Section: Money | Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:00 IST
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