India Food Inflation Slows to 10.63 Percent as Onion, Wheat Costs Fall

India’s food inflation slowed to a four-week low as the cost of onions and wheat declined.

An index measuring wholesale prices of agricultural products gained 10.63 percent in the week ended Nov. 5 from a year earlier, the commerce ministry said in a statement in New Delhi today. It climbed 11.81 percent the previous week.

Rising food costs have added to the challenge of curbing inflation in India, which has exceeded 9 percent each month this year. The Reserve Bank of Indi ...Read full article...

US state department removes India-Pakistan maps

The US state department says it has removed what it called "inaccurate" maps of India and Pakistan from its website.

The maps failed to show the divided territory of Kashmir as a disputed region, Indian media reports say.

India and Pakistan have fought two wars over Kashmir and both countries claim the region in its entirety.

Most maps depict Kashmir as a disputed region provisionally split into areas under Indian and Pakistani control.

"We have taken t ...Read full article...

Momentum accelerates for India to open supermarket sector

(Reuters) - The cabinet may decide by next week to allow chains such as the world's largest retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc to operate in the country with a majority stake under strict local sourcing rules, a senior government source told Reuters.

A draft cabinet note suggesting so-called mult-brand retail foreign firms could hold up to 51 percent ownership has already been reviewed, a senior government source said on Friday.

"We have already sent it to the cabinet for their ...Read full article...

India Inc confronts slowdown from once-heady growth

(Reuters) - India Inc has lost its swagger. Slowing growth, stubbornly high inflation, rising interest rates, political gridlock, gloom in the West and a sliding rupee have conspired to dampen investor and corporate sentiment in Asia's third-largest economy.

Share prices are down 20 percent for the year, bad loans are on the rise, and companies are delaying big investments that would add much-needed industrial and infrastructure capacity.

Leaders of some of India's largest ...Read full article...

India Seeks Access to the Broadband Highway

Visitors to India quickly experience firsthand the country’s notoriously inadequate infrastructure: the crumbling roads, sprawling shantytowns, and frequent power outages. Just as big a drag on India’s economy is a problem that’s not so easy to spot—the country’s Internet infrastructure.

In a nation of more than 1.2 billion people, almost everyone on the Internet has to tolerate downloading data at the sluggish rate of 256 kilobytes per second. Of the country’s 100 million Internet ...Read full article...

India Food Inflation Accelerates to 6-Month High of 11.4%

India’s food inflation rate rose to the highest level in more than six months on higher prices of cereals, vegetables, eggs, meat and fish.

An index measuring wholesale prices of agricultural products gained 11.43 percent in the week ended Oct. 15 from a year earlier, the commerce ministry said in a statement in New Delhi today. It rose 10.6 percent the previous week.

Lower production of pulses and inadequate egg and meat supplies may put pressure on food prices, the Reser ...Read full article...

India Approves Manufacturing Policy to Create 100 Million Jobs

India approved a national manufacturing policy that aims to create 100 million jobs in the next 10 years, Trade Minister Anand Sharma said in New Delhi.

The policy aims to create industrial enclaves that will offer lower taxes, faster permits and easier labor laws to boost the share of manufacturing in Asia’s fastest-growing major economy after China. India will help set up seven such zones initially, including two in the western state of Maharashtra, the minister said.

“T ...Read full article...

India to launch "world's cheapest" tablet computer for $35

India unwraps what has been dubbed the world's cheapest tablet computer on Wednesday, to be sold to students at the subsidized price of $35 to expand digital access in the Asian giant that lags peers such as China and Brazil in connectivity.

The government says the device, called Aakash, which means sky, will initially be available in a pilot run of 100,000 units before being rolled out to millions of students over the next few months.

"Soon, a $35 computer will be made ...Read full article...

India to launch "world's cheapest" tablet computer for $35

India unwraps what has been dubbed the world's cheapest tablet computer on Wednesday, to be sold to students at the subsidized price of $35 to expand digital access in the Asian giant that lags peers such as China and Brazil in connectivity.

The government says the device, called Aakash, which means sky, will initially be available in a pilot run of 100,000 units before being rolled out to millions of students over the next few months.

"Soon, a $35 computer will be made ...Read full article...

China And India Stoke Global Gold Demand

A few weeks ago we held our Case for Investing in Gold webcast with the World Gold Council’s (WGC) Jason Toussaint, who gave some remarkable insight into gold demand. In the East, gold is not only celebrated, acquired, worn or displayed during holidays or special occasions; it is seen as an everyday symbol of wealth.

Increases in demand from China and India have driven a 7.5 percent increase in demand for gold jewelry during the first half of the year despite a 25 percent increase ...Read full article...

China And India Stoke Global Gold Demand

A few weeks ago we held our Case for Investing in Gold webcast with the World Gold Council’s (WGC) Jason Toussaint, who gave some remarkable insight into gold demand. In the East, gold is not only celebrated, acquired, worn or displayed during holidays or special occasions; it is seen as an everyday symbol of wealth.

Increases in demand from China and India have driven a 7.5 percent increase in demand for gold jewelry during the first half of the year despite a 25 percent increase ...Read full article...

Next Prime Minster Candidate for India 2014?

There are only two names we can hear either it is Narendra Modi or Rahul Ghandi running for prime minister seat. ( So far either of the parties are not declared for the next HOT Seat for 2014.

Is really Rahul Gandhi ready for Next Prime Minister in 2014 or leader of the Opposition till 2019?

we have seen his active movement for the last 2 years visiting number of organsiations and slums, does he actually learnt the gaps what india is looking for? or still depends on his mo ...Read full article...

Narendra Modi's fast begins @ Ahmedabad

Highlights from Mr Modi's speech:
I am grateful to all for coming here to bless the Sadbhavana Mission.
After the 2001 earthquake, everyone thought Gujarat will never be able to bounce back, Gujarat is finished.
Gujarat's development is being discussed across the India and world.
Everyone said no one will invest in Gujarat, but we overcame those difficulties.
After the riots in 2002 riots, no one was willing to listen to our pain.
Gujarat's image was maligned.
...Read full article...

Indian firms eye huge mining investment in Afghanistan

(Reuters) - Despite increasing insecurity in Afghanistan and gun battles with Taliban rebels in the capital Kabul , Indian firms are bidding billions of dollars for a contract to mine iron ore in a central district of the country.

A consortium led by state-run Steel Authority of India (SAIL) could invest up to $6 billion in the mine, railroads and a steel plant in a race with China to lock in raw materials for two of the world's fastest-growing economies.

The bid also sign ...Read full article...

Suzuki plans $1.3 bln factory in India -Kyodo

(Reuters) - Suzuki Motor has decided to locate a planned new car factory in Gujarat, western India, Kyodo news agency said on Wednesday. The firm plans to spend about 100 billion yen ($1.3 billion) on the facility, the agency said.

The report came after Suzuki said on Monday it wanted to end its two-year alliance with Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE). Suzuki had been expected to help Europe's biggest carmaker expand on the Indian subcontinent.($1 = 76.880 Japanese Yen)

Developers get early taste of Microsoft Windows 8

(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp handed out 5,000 sleek Samsung tablet computers running a test version of Windows 8 at its annual developer conference on Tuesday, hoping to stoke excitement over its new operating system.

The devices, powered by Intel Corp i5 chips, are the first chance for people outside Microsoft to play with Windows 8, the temporary code name for its next software system that includes features tailored for touchscreens and tablets. The company is betting the new system ...Read full article...

Will high-rise buildings help India's housing problem?

Today’s upwardly mobile live and work in high-rise buildings with terraces and balconies overlooking the cityscape. In India, the majority of such buildings are seen in the commercial capital Mumbai that is already overstretched. Talks are on about a proposed 320 m high India International Trade Center here that will have 72 floors. Hyderabad is also constructing the APIIC tower with a 100 floors. The structure is likely to be completed by 2010.

With every country in a bid to const ...Read full article...

Top 10 Reasons of Indias Economic Growth in Recent Years

India is continuing its current success for new activities that defines its move to be a world leader. While it may seem that others foresee the country as a third world status, it is the tenth largest economy in the entire global arena. Principles on the free market, introduced in 1991, helped boosted the country to its status as a leader, and though there are still problems that society has to face, it is certainly one nation on the road to be an economic might. Here are the 10 reasons to ...Read full article...

Political Corruption in India: An Analysis

"I would go to the length of giving the whole congress a decent burial, rather than put up with the corruption that is rampant." --- Mahatma Gandhi May 1939

This was the outburst of Mahatma Gandhi against rampant corruption in Congress ministries formed under 1935 Act in six states in the year 1937. The disciples of Gandhi however, ignored his concern over corruption in post-Independence India, when they came to power. Over fifty years of democratic rule has made the people so immu ...Read full article...

Poor Worst affected by price raise in all commodities

The recent rise in income levels has helped the middle class cope with higher prices, but the poor have been adversely affected. What also helped the middle class and the upper middle class was the lower spend on food as a proportion of their total income. In some segments, such as consumer durables, there has been a decrease in prices."The middle class population spends a bulk of their income on discretionary items like TV, oven etc and therefore benefit ...Read full article...

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We Invite all citizens and Organizations of india to join Second Freedom Struggle of India (Free from Corruption) Anna Hazare is one of India's well-acclaimed social activists. A former soldier in the Indian army, Anna is well known and respected for upgrading the ecology and economy of the village of Ralegan Siddhi which is located in the drought prone Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra state. The erstwhile barren village has metamorphosed into a unique model of rural development due to its effective water conservation methods, which made the villagers self-sufficient. Earlier, the same village witnessed alcoholism, utter poverty and migration to urban slums. Inspired by Hazare’s unique approach of salvaging a hopeless village, the state government has implemented the `Model Village’ scheme as part of its official strategy. Hazare is now synonymous with rural development in India.

"It is regrettable and condemnable. This government is bent upon crushing anyone who wants to protest against corruption"

A grand old man is leading a struggle against corruption in a country whose average age is relatively young. Not averse to taking a firm stand against the establishment for a just cause, he played a pivotal role in awakening the conscience of the nation!

The dream of India as a strong nation will not be realised without self-reliant, self-sufficient villages, this can be achieved only through social commitment & involvement of the common man." ‎"I appeal to you that let there be no violence in this movement.

We also appeal to you, young and old alike, to give eight days of your life to the nation - if necessary for a jail bharo andolan."

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