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April 16-April 30, 2013 News Trends & Analysis Politics India- Saudi Group on Nitaqat Fallout India and Saudi Arabia have set up a joint group headed by Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister for Labour Affairs Mr. Ahamed Al Humaidan and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Indian Embassy Mr. Sibi George, to help Indian expats hit by the Nitaqat policy to either find other jobs in the Kingdom or prov...

April 1-April 15, 2013 News Trends & Analysis Politics Political Push For India-EU FTA The negotiations for an India-European Union Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA), which have been receiving attention in recent times got the much-needed political push from India and Germany during the visit of Dr. Manmohan Singh to Berlin, reports said. More > Policy Finance Mini...

March 16-March 31, 2013 News Trends & Analysis Politics Electronic RTI For NRIs The Government of India has launched a service all Electronic Indian Postal Order (eIPO) that allows non-resident Indians (NRIs) to file applications under the Right to Information Act through the electronic process, reports said. More > Policy FII Investment Norms Simplified In a bid to contain the ...

March 1-March 15, 2013 News Trends & Analysis Politics India-Mauritius DTAA by April India and Mauritius are expected to sort out their differences on the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) by April 2013 when the two countries will meet to discuss the issue reports said. More > Policy India's Growth Will Accelerate: World Bank The World Bank has said that India will go b...

February 16-February 28, 2013 News Trends & Analysis Politics Germany Relaxes Immigration Rules Germany has decided to make immigration laws for engineering, train driving and plumbing easier to address the chronic shortage of these professionals in the country, reports said. More > Policy FM Presents Balanced Budget Finance Minister, Mr P Chidambaram has presented a Union Budge...

February 1-February 15, 2013 News Trends & Analysis Politics Hollande Visits India The President of France, Francois Hollande was in India on a two-day trip that is expected to spur investment between the two countries, reports said. More > Policy 2012-13 Growth Pegged At 5.5% The Finance ministry has pegged the final growth estimate for 2012-13 at 5.5 per cent, reports said. ...

January 16-January 31, 2013 News Trends & Analysis Politics India Seeks Review of Migrants Cap in UK At a time when the Indians have overtaken the Irish as the largest foreign-born ethnic group in England and Wales, New Delhi is requesting London to reconsider its proposed cap on non-EU migrants, news reports said. More > Policy RBI Lowers Lending Rate The Reserve Bank of India ...

January 1-January 15, 2013 News Trends & Analysis Politics 11th PBD: President, PM Urge Deeper India-Diaspora Connect The 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas held from January 7-9, 2013 at Kochi focused on the measures that will help deepen the engagement between the diaspora and India in the coming years, news reports said. More > Policy GAAR Deferred The Union Finance Ministry has pr...

December 16-December 31, 2012 News Trends & Analysis Politics Hat-Trick For Modi, Congress Wrests HP The much-awaited results of the two state level elections - Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh - were announced recently. More > Policy Net Services to Expand in India Internet-linked services and its penetration will generate US$ 100 billion by 2015 compared to US$30 billion generate...

Dec 1 - Dec 15, 2012 News Trends & Analysis Politics Reforms To Get Another Leg Up The government, which has been pushing economic reforms continuously over the past few months to break the policy logjam has now promised more action in the coming months but cautioned that global developments will have an increasing impact on the economy in terms of foreign trade and capital flows. Mo...