South Asia

Budget 2012: Govt mulls hiking excise duty to 12%

The finance ministry is considering a proposal to increase excise duty from 10% to 12%, although still lower than the level before the 2008 financial crisis.

Monday, February 13, 2012 (The Times of India)

RBI to discuss rise in bad debt with banks

Worried over rising bad loans in certain sectors, RBI today said it will discuss the issue with banks soon.

Monday, February 13, 2012 (The Times of India)

Air India to prune six global flights

With the promise of fund infusion into cash-strapped Air India remaining only on paper and not translating into any real money, the national carrier is planning to prune six long-haul international fl

Monday, February 13, 2012 (The Times of India)

Corporate scorecard

Indian Oil Corporation on Monday reported a 52% rise in its net profit in the third quarter ended December 31, even as the company has asked the government to compensate revenue it has lost on petrol

Monday, February 13, 2012 (The Times of India)

Easier trade rules with Pak may be delayed

Full normalization of trade between India and Pakistan is expected to be delayed with Islamabad yet to finalise the negative list of goods but both sides vowed to make all efforts to achieve the goal.

Monday, February 13, 2012 (The Times of India)

At 7%, growth remains sky high, says Alstom chief

Alstom chairman & CEO Patrick Kron is not worried about policy slowdown or slower economic growth in India. In an interview, he tells TOI that with low availability of electricity, things will improve

Monday, February 13, 2012 (The Times of India)

ICAI slaps notices on PwC India

The inflow of over Rs 200 crore ‘sundry income’ into several PricewaterhouseCoopers India entities from undisclosed sources is spelling trouble for the global audit major as regulator ICAI has das

Monday, February 13, 2012 (The Times of India)

Record interest spreads boost SBI Q3 net by 15%

State Bank of India (SBI) reported a better-thanexpected net profit of Rs 3,263 crore for the quarter ended December 2011, up 15.38% from Rs 2,828 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. Profits

Monday, February 13, 2012 (The Times of India)

SBI education loans set to get cheaper

The country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) plans to cut interest rates on education loans. The bank is expecting a good growth in this segment with the government promoting a fund to guara

Monday, February 13, 2012 (The Times of India)

ICAI bans PW India's top auditor for life in Satyam case

Trouble continues for the PricewaterhouseCoopers India network over the Satyam scandal. A little over two months after banning two audit managers from its India network, the Institute of Chartered Acc

Monday, February 13, 2012 (The Times of India)

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