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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may shut down the blood bank at the state governments St Georges Hospital. In its notice, the FDA has said that the blood bank cannot function because its staff is not qualified to conduct tests. The...

The non-food credit grew at a slower pace falling short of the Reserve Bank of India's projection at 16% for the entire industry in 2012-13. It expanded a little more than 14% year-on-year to about Rs 51.66 lakh crore for the fortnight ended March 22, 2013.

Chief Economic AdvisorRaghuram Rajan today welcomed 25 basis points cut in repo rate by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and said there would be more room for lowering the policy rates going forward if inflation comes down.

Non-food bank credit increased by 14.6% in January 2013 as compared with the increase of 15.9% in January 2012. Meanwhile, credit to agriculture increased by 19.8% in January 2013, up from 6.3% in January 2012. Credit to industry increased by 15.2% (y-o-y) in ...

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor D Subbarao sparked a controversy when he said rise in rural incomes was fuelling food inflation in the country. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Left and even the Congress party have condemned his remark saying it ...

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned a loan of Rs 27.77 crore to Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Corporation for construction of 27 rural warehousing projects in 13 districts.

''The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may gradually ease the monetary policy given the decline in core (non-food manufacturing) inflation to 3.8% in February 2013 (January 2013: 4.1%), lowest since March 2010. However, the Wholesale Price Index-based inflation ...

After makework schemes and food security, the UPA is embarking on its next vote-buying project - a housing entitlement scheme for rural areas. But where is the land for it?