India's trade deficit to widen to 154 billion in 2011/12

India's trade deficit is forecast to widen in the 2010/11 fiscal year as its rebounding economy raises demand for manufacturing and oil imports, while the euro zone debt crisis hits exports, mainly in software.

A wider deficit would pressure the partially convertible rupee, which has lost more than 5 per cent from its 2010 peak of 44.18 to the US dollar.

India's trade deficit was $117.3 billion in 2009/10, down from $118.7 billion in 2008/09. But a Reuters survey in April forecast the gap would widen to $132.70 billion in 2010/11 and $154.50 billion in 2011/12.

Worst Economies of World

Well I have already posted about the best economies of world, If you have not read that post here is the link Best economies of world, Now I thought why not post about the worst economies of world, So here I start....

Country Name	Rank
Zimbabwe	1
Democratic Republic of Congo	2
Guinea	3
Sierra Leone	4
Nicaragua	5
Burundi	6
Eritrea	7
Liberia	8
Ghana	9
Madagascar	10

the list is based on forbes.com work

Indian Cos investments in USA everincreasing

Indian investment in 2008 was USD 4.5 billion but the investments in 2009 grew 60 per cent higher than investments in the previous year. He was quoting from a yet to be published report by India US World Affairs Institute and the University of Maryland.

This feat has been achieved by acquiring 372 businesses by Indian companies in the US between 2004 and 2009 worth USD 21 billion. which has created an estimated 40,000 employments in the US.

FDI's are down as recession re-emerges from Europe

Foreign direct investment in India dipped for the second month in a row in April to $2.21 billion, down 5.1 per cent over the year-ago period.

In March, the inflows had contracted by about 38 per cent to $1.2 billion. The inflows in the first three months of 2010 were $4.96 billion, down 20 per cent from $6.17 billion in the corresponding period last year.

Fiscal deficit 2009-10 marginal better then Govt Expectations

India's fiscal deficit for the 2009/10 fiscal year that ended on March 31 was Rs 4.12 trillion ($88.9 billion), the government said in a statement on Monday.

The deficit is equivalent to 6.6 per cent of India's gross domestic product (GDP), according to a Reuters calculation, and was slightly lower than the government's revised target of 6.7 per cent.

In February, the government had revised its fiscal deficit estimate for the year to Rs 4.14 trillion. Tax receipts were Rs 4.59 trillion and total expenditure was Rs 10.19 trillion for the 2009/10 fiscal year.