Population expert \n\nProfessor Tim Dyson on how the huge growth of population in north India will affect the country.

The finance minister presented the Interim Budget for 2004-05 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Tueday presented the Interim Budget for 2004-05 in the Lok

The following are the highlights of the mid-term review of Monetary and Credit Policy for the year 2003-04.

The Department of Atomic Energy's Board for Research in Nuclear Sciences invites applications for its prestigious scheme.

The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday cut the bank rate by 0.25 per cent to 6 per cent with effect from close of business hours.

The government on Tuesday moved the Electricity Bill 2001 in the Lok Sabha seeking to consolidate the laws relating to generation, transmission, distribution of power besides rationalisation of tariff in the states.

CII director general Tarun Das said, "It has outlined new strategies for growth with reduction of excise duty."

Finance Minister Jaswant Singh will walk a fine line between economic and political priorities next week when he unveils a Budget that could begin urgently needed tax reforms in Asia's third-largest economy.

Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday rejected the Kelkar panel proposal for lifting tax sops on savings, housing loans and agricultural income saying it was against the interest of vulnerable sections of society.

The Rajnath Singh Committee on Kelkar recommendations on direct and indirect taxes on Monday submitted its report to Bharatiya Janata Party President M Venkaiah Naidu in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani.

The Bharatiya Janata Party Committee on Kelkar panel recommendations on direct and indirect taxes has finalised its report and will submit it to party president M Venkaiah Naidu

India must carry on with economic reforms: Lord Swraj Paul

But the party favoured most of the proposals on indirect taxes.

BJP may reject some Kelkar proposals

Eminent NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul said on Tuesday taht Western nations must implement free trade regimes in their own countries to fulfill their responsibility towards the developing countries in the globalised scenario.\n\n\n\n