Inflation based on the wholesale-price-index remained unchanged at 6.46 per cent for the week ended March 17 when compared to the week before. In fact, inflation is now unchanged for the last three weeks.
It is Finance Minister P Chidambaram's meeting with leaders of public sector bank unions that averted the three-day bank strike proposed from March 28.
In the last month, at least eight prominent firms have announced plans for joint ventures or wholly owned subsidiaries in India.
A Bangalore-based firm devises a finance system to help rural households access solar energy.
As part of its overseas expansion strategy, Tanishq is planning to open its first exclusive company-owned outlet in the US. It is currently present only in West Asia with a few shop-in-shops.
U21Global, the Singapore-based online graduate school, plans to expand its reach in India by launching a series of management degree courses specific to the country.
The Indian arm of the UK-based retailer for expecting mothers and kidscare Mothercare Plc is on an expansion mode in India.
Funds for capital recast of rural credit societies
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