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February 1, 2012 4:51 PM

Overseas investors pours Rs. 26,000 crore in Indian markets

Overseas investors poured in over 26,000 crore rupees in Indian markets last month. This is the highest net investment by Foreign Institutional Investors, FIIs, in stocks and bonds since September 2010.As per data compiled by the market regulator Sebi, FIIs purchased equities and debt securities wor...

February 1, 2012 4:51 PM

Overseas investors pours 26,000 crore in Indian markets

Overseas investors poured in over 26,000 crore rupees in Indian markets last month. This is the highest net investment by Foreign Institutional Investors, FIIs, in stocks and bonds since September 2010.As per data compiled by the market regulator Sebi, FIIs purchased equities and debt securities wor...

February 1, 2012 4:44 PM

Overseas investors pours Rs. 26,000 crore in Indian markets

Overseas investors poured in over 26,000 crore rupees in Indian markets last month. This is the highest net investment by Foreign Institutional Investors, FIIs, in stocks and bonds since September 2010.As per data compiled by the market regulator Sebi, FIIs purchased equities and debt securities wor...

February 1, 2012 4:43 PM

National infant mortality rate reduces by 3 pts

The national infant mortality rate has reduced by 3 points. During 2010, it dropped to 47 from 50 infants deaths per 1000 live births. As per the latest Sample Registration System bulletin of December 2011, released by the Registrar General of India it is noted that Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) for r...

February 1, 2012 4:43 PM

Govt allocates 16.12 lakh tonnes of sugar for internal demands

The government has allocated 16.12 lakh tonnes of sugar to meet the internal demands during this month. According to an official release, out of total quota released, the Food Ministry has earmarked 14 lakh tonnes for sale in the open market and the remaining 2.12 lakh tonnes will be allocated for r...

February 1, 2012 2:08 PM

Private sector to come forward for corporate social responsibility: Moily

Union Minister for Corporate Affairs Mr. M. Veerappa Moily today asked private sector to come forward for corporate social responsibility, CSR. The Minister said that Public Sector Companies are already providing 2 per cent of their profit towards CSR. Addressing the 2nd National CSR Conclave in New...

February 1, 2012 2:00 PM

Coal India sign pact with trade unions on 25% hike in wages

State-run Coal India Limited (CIL) has signed a pact with its trade unions to increase wages of workers by 25 per cent. The hike will benefit over 3.7 lakh workers of the world's largest coal producer. An agreement was signed between union representatives and CIL management for increase in the ...

February 1, 2012 1:53 PM

Excessive borrowing bad, cap fiscal deficit: RBI tells govt

Reserve Bank Governor D Subbarao today cautioned the government that excessive borrowing is bad and urged to put a cap on the public debt as it would hurt growth.Addressing an International Research Conference in Mumbai, Subbarao said that there is an inflexion point beyond which fiscal deficits mil...

February 1, 2012 1:47 PM

India's exports grow 6.7 per cent in December

The country's exports grew 6.7 percent, year-on-year, to 25 billion dollars in December 2011, due to demand slowdown in the western markets of the US and Europe. But imports rose 19.8 per cent, year-on-year, to 37.7 billion dollars during the month, according to Commerce Ministry data released ...

February 1, 2012 1:45 PM

Govt planning to patent products manufactured by tribals

Government has taken an initiative to patent the indigenous knowledge of tribals and products manufactured by them with the help of natural resources under the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function in New Delhi today, Tribal Affairs Minister V Kishore...

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