http://feeds.business-standard.comThe latest news from India's most respected business daily.enBusiness Standard LimitedSun, 22 Nov 2009 01:20:03 GMTNewspapersBS RSS Generator10http://feeds.business-standard.com/images/logo_small.gifhttp://feeds.business-standard.com14428Business Standardhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/6FZVD2JIWTc/storypage_c.phpThe Centre plans to allow the (for-profit) private sector to set up educational institutions and tap the capital market, thus aiming to plug the funding gap in the education sector. In this regard, the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry has asked Max India Chairman Analjit Singh to prepare a feasibility paper.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=377141Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:10:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=377141http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/Sz9vBlFlb7c/storypage_c.php94% foreign investment in aerospace alone.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=377140Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:08:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=377140http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/KFcKauESTXM/storypage_c.phpThe Manmohan Singh government is trying to find a middle path in the impasse over the recent sugarcane pricing Ordinance that created an uproar inside and outside Parliament today. According to top sources in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the government may rework the Sugarcane (Control) Order to relieve the states' burden and appease a united Opposition that claims to have the power to defeat the Bill in the Upper House.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=377043Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:10:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=377043http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/oKI91XOIPbQ/storypage_c.phpUncertainty over auctions of 3G or third generation telecom services ended today, with the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) deciding to stick to the January 14 date with a slight modification.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=377044Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:03:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=377044http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/DvsnTDCvw5A/storypage_c.phpThe government today started the process of consultation for the consolidation of public sector banks.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376926Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:56:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376926http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/mLcHKyaLENo/storypage_c.phpThe finance ministry is likely to drop the proposal to tax religious trusts. The proposal formed part of the direct taxes code and had raised eyebrows both within and outside the finance ministry.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376788Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:01:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376788http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/DV0ds7Yo124/storypage_c.phpBeginning this December, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs will observe the third week of the month every year as India Corporate Week.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376685Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:46:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376685http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/3AzhIN5gYsA/storypage_c.phpPrime Minister Manmohan Singh has instructed Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh and the PM's special envoy on climate change Shyam Saran to sit together and formulate a "joint statement" on India's approach to the Copenhagen Climate Summit scheduled for December 7 to 18.??Alarmed by the confusion created by the public expression of divergent opinions by his key advisors on climate change, the prime minister summoned Saran and Ramesh and asked them to put theirhttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376687Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:45:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376687http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/z-ZRZYP8dEY/storypage_c.phpThis time over BHELs power project proposal.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376577Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:45:31 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376577http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/BcxGeqTCbX8/storypage_c.php15 villages already on the travellers itinerary; 135 more on the way.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376503Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:18:30 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376503http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/MQ5IcYoTThU/storypage_c.phpContinuing its agitation for the cause of Maharshtrian youth, Raj Thackeray-led Maharasthra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has written a letter to State Bank of India (SBI) for considering locals for its new job openings.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376507Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:17:46 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376507http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/_wWOZX-d49U/storypage_c.phpWill help state government breathe easy.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376505Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:15:13 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376505http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/yjoXbgdIZew/storypage_c.phpIn June this year, Naxalites, as Communist extremists are called in the country, pumped several bullets into Vimal Meshram, the 42-year-old head of the Lohandiguda panchayat in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. He died on the spot. Meshram had supported Tata Steels proposed 5.5 million tonnes per annum steel project in the region. He had actively campaigned for the plant and even negotiated with the villagers to give up their land. Meshram, said a senior cop, had drawn the ire of the Naxalites for misappropriation of the money that was to be distributed to the people displaced by the steel project.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376504Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:13:02 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376504http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/gwIP5Hct7NU/storypage_c.phpVashram Patel, a farmer in the Jasapara village in Gujarat, says it is better to fight and die on his land rather than move to another place.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376422Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:49:46 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376422http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/qRUhKMZD7KE/storypage_c.phpAfter the group interrogation held in Ranchi on Tuesday, top Income Tax (I-T) officials said former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Kodas friends had in their statements confirmed their activities in Jharkhand amounting to about Rs 200 crore.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376304Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:50:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376304http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/vnKvLukfNAc/storypage_c.phpThe government has decided to limit the amount of trans fats in packaged foods. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) an autonomous statutory body administered by the ministry of health and family welfare will discuss the matter at a meeting on November 26 and come up with a draft.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376180Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:39:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376180http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/9PIkway02Ro/storypage_c.phpThe inter-ministerial battle over spectrum for 3G telecom services has intensified, with the department of telecommunications (DoT) rejecting a claim by the ministry of defence (MoD) that it has not accounted for 10 MHz of spectrum given to DoT at the end of October in the information memorandum (IM).http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376182Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:38:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376182http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/slA5NtRIjjo/storypage_c.phpThe green shoots visible in the economy failed to enhance government revenue with indirect tax collections comprising customs, excise and service tax falling almost 22 per cent to Rs 1,26,903 crore in the April-October period this year. It stood at Rs 1,61,954 crore in the corresponding seven months of 2008-09. The overall decline was led by a 32 per cent fall in customs revenue.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376181Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:36:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376181http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/OvLkt7JwE2E/storypage_c.phpDiscussion paper sets out broad plan, no clarity on deadline.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376056Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:39:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376056http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Economy-Policy-News/~3/JIdNBN3XRbo/storypage_c.phpFIPB powers to be expanded, automatic route curtailed.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376055Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=376055