-IANS Highlights of the Economic Survey 2012-13 tabled in parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday. * GDP growth to remain between 6.1 percent to 6.7 percent in 2013-14 * WPI inflation to moderate in the range of 6.2 percent to 6.6 percent * Economy estimated to grow at 5 percent in 2012-13 after growing by 6.2 percent in previous year * Poor show of services sector contributed significantly to slowdown * Global as well as...

-The Economic Times The country's chief auditor has uncovered a Rs 1,336-crore negative balance in the books of the Empoyees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), the custodian of Rs 8.15 crore formal sector workers' lifetime savings. A report, prepared by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and reviewed by ET, says this discrepancy in the EPFO's books for 2011-12 could grow further. For beneficiaries, this could mean lower returns on provident fund savings...

-Frontline Social development indicators in Gujarat are poor, proving that development in the State is lopsided On a hot day last November near Rajkot, Ramjibhai Patel, an octogenarian farmer, pointed to the middle distance and said, “See that lake?” There was indeed a shimmer in the dry landscape indicating water, but after a relatively poor monsoon, it seemed improbable. Chuckling, he said, “Yes, I see doubt on your face and you are...

-The Hindu Kota, Rajasthan: The sun is about to set over grey-brown slabs in sandstone quarries in Kota district, Rajasthan. Babulal Khairwa sits at the edge of a quarry and attentively hits a taanki, a chisel shaped like a gigantic nail, placed on the stone with a hammer. Babulal hits the stone with the hammer till it cracks in a straight line. Each 2 by 10 square feet foot slab, or...

-Outlook Lucknow: Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said the 12th Five Year Plan lays emphasis not merely on economic development but on inclusive growth to bring more poor and marginal people under its ambit. "The one point that I find reading the newspapers talking about the economic development is that there is a tendency to think that economic growth is a very narrow objective," Ahluwalia said while addressing the...