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June 16-June 30, 2012 News Trends & Analysis Politics 13th President to Elected This Month India will have its 13th President elected on July 19, 2012 with two senior leaders in the fray. The former Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee and Former Speaker of Lok Sabha, Mr P A Sangma, are contesting the elections for the highest post in the country, reports said. More > Policy PM...

June 1-June 15, 2012 News Trends & Analysis Politics India-Finland Social Security Agreement India and Finland have signed a Social Security Agreement that is expected to benefit over 5000 non-resident Indians living in that country, news reports said. More > Policy SEBI Allows NRI’s Under QFI Regime Market Regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has allowed non...

May 16-May 31, 2012 News Trends & Analysis Politics Reforms on Track Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal has said that economic reforms have not been put on the backburner by the government. More > Policy Investment Rules Eased India has decided to push capital flows by allowing foreign individuals to buy as much as US$ 1 billion of local corporate bonds as wel...

May 1-May 15, 2012 News Trends & Analysis Politics Indian Migrants Largest in Australia Australia's Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen, has said that migration between the two countries helps in responding to the economic, social and demographic transformations in the region. More > Policy NRI Deposits Surge A weakening rupee combined with higher interest rat...

April 16 - April 30, 2012 News Trends &; Analysis Politics India-UK Totalisation Agreement Postponed The United Kingdom has postponed the decision to sign a Social Security Totalisation Agreement with India stating fiscal pressures following the global financial crisis. New Delhi had pushed hard for this Agreement as it impacted thousands of Indian professionals in the country, reports ...

April 01 - April 15, 2012 News Trends & Analysis Politics India-Pakistan Bond, Visas To Be Easier India will soon notify procedures to allow foreign direct investment from Pakistan as an in-principle decision has been taken to open India to investments from Pakistan, according to the Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr Anand Sharma. More > Policy Gulf Roadshows Planned ...

March 16 - March 31, 2012 News Trends & Analysis Politics Conditional Support for Reforms The Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance which is the main opposition coalition in Parliament has agreed to support the government in passing important financial sector legislations in the on-going Budget session of Parliament, reports said. More > Policy Banks Raise Depo...

March 01 - March 16, 2012 News Trends &; Analysis Politics Budget Session Begins, President Backs Growth President of India, Mrs Pratibha Patil addressed a joint session of Parliament to kick off the Budget session and said that the Indian economy will be back on a high growth trajectory of 8 to 9 per cent soon, reports said. More > Economic Policy Pragmatic Budget, Focus on Ref...

Feb 16 - Feb 29, 2012 News Trends &; Analysis Politics India & Italy for closer ties, Liberal Visa Regime India and Italy have agreed to look at making business visa regime between the two countries much smoother and also set up some working groups in key economic areas for greater cooperation between the two nations. More > Economic Policy Gujarat plans Japanese Auto Park The s...

Feb 01 - Feb 15, 2012 News Trends &; Analysis Politics PM for priority to Freight Corridor Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has directed that the Dedicated Freight Corridor Project should be given the highest priority by Central Ministries and urged the State Governments to also do so. More > Economic Policy PSU Stake Sale The Union government is likely to target raising Rs 50,0...