Steady flow of sugar from foreign markets could keep a check on domestic price, due to import parity - Bullish outlook for sugar, cotton

THE INDIAN pharmaceutical sector is in the news,with generic makers (largely Indian) winning a series of administrative and judicial victories against patent-holders (all MNCs) - STATSGURU: Indian pharma is high on profit, low on R&D

Like many other countries, India should proactively assist indigenous firms to take advantage of drugs coming off patents over the next two years - Health Needs Intensive Care, Not a Quick Fix

Hopes economic growth to be over 6% this year : says money-transfer exposé being looked into - FY13 fiscal deficit to beat projection

One of the most competitive and crucial sectors in any economy,the power sector stands to gain from events such  as Grid tech 2013,which not only provides a platform for stake holders but also acts as a showcase for the industry - Gridtech 2013 : A surge of power

high interest rates coupled with sticky inflation continued to exert pressure on residential real estate demand as potential buyers chose to remain in a wait-and-watch mode - Demand to see momentum

Dependence on a private sector-led boom in infrastructure and foreign finance to offset the balance of payments deficit is not sound policy - Outsourcing investment & other follies

Employment Geneation in eight key manufaturing and services sector grew by over 9 percent between july and december 2012 compared to the first half of 2012 - Job Creation shows upswing

Agriculture Vs Technology

Gap touches record 6.7% of GDP, finance ministry sees moderation in March quarter - Current account deficit zooms

Cloud technology standardises and pools IT resources and automates many of the maintenance tasks done manually under traditional or client/server model of computing - How governments can benefit from cloud computing

The growth path going forward has to absorb the new entrants into the labour force, estimated at 4.5 million annually in the 12th Plan document - Jobs, jobs, jobs

HOW HAVE commodities fared over the past financial year? Gold, in particular, has been much studied oflate. It has been held responsible for India’s problematic current account deficit - STATSGURU: Commodities give a mixed picture

Experts say infiltration capacity reduces in urban areas - Call to Harvest Rain Water

Indian school children may have the fundamental right to education, but things are going fundamentally wrongacross the country’s schools.The elementary education budget has more than doubled since 2007-08, yet only about 30 percent of Standard-III students can read a Standard-I text. Is this a case of massivespend, without any dividend? - India spends, but education suffers

Growth revival will be more tentative, inflation sharper, and external pressures more acute than pronouncements suggest - Is the worst over?

Farm sector’s share in GSDP down over the past few years - State’s GSDP takes a nosedive

IMR (Infant Mortality Rate) in the State has declined from 66 per 1,000 live births in 2001 to 43 in 2011, according to Socio Economy Survey 2012-13 - Infant mortality declines in State

A slew of policy initiatives may be breathing life back into the infrastructure sector - Policy spring and green shoots

The market expects it to cut rates this week but the macroeconomic situation could suggest otherwise - STATSGURU: Governor Subbarao’s dilemma