Full Coverage: Economy

23.03.2007 China, Japan, South Korea, the United States and the European Union will attend as observers the 14th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in New Delhi on April 3 and 4.

15.03.2007 Billed by one financial paper as the first step in a Global Indian Takeover, the acquisition of Anglo-Dutch steel major Corus by the Tata group is as much about upper-crust India's new nationalism as it is about corporate strategy. Tata's victory in the final head-to-head auction against Brazil's Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) is undoubtedly a major event in the country's corporate history.

09.03.2007 A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the Federal Education Directorate for a $3.4 million three-year programme to strengthen teachersÂ’ education in Pakistan.Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the programme will establish a new framework for teachersÂ’ accreditation and management in basic education.

09.03.2007 Budget is an important event in the democratic diary of India, said Yogendra Yadav, in a panel discussion held by the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA). Mani Shankar Aiyer himself said, “The least reliable part of the budget is the allocations for the North Eastern Regions”, who is also the Minister for the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Regions

05.03.2007 Expectations of the academia -- that had asked for an almost 10-fold increase in the allocation towards higher education -- fell flat with Budget 2007-08. The Moily committee had recommended an allocation of Rs 17,000 crore.

02.03.2007 Services like schooling, housing and nutrition have the largest claim (Rs 83,950.69 crore) on total plan allocation in IndiaÂ’s latest budget. Together with energy and transport, the social sector accounts for nearly 75% of the total allocation of Rs 319,992 crore.