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Consumer price inflation hit 6.73% in February
02 Apr 2014
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RBI gets EC nod for issuing new bank licences
01 Apr 2014
RBI is all set to give in-principle approval for a few new banks after the Election Commission approved issuing new bank licences
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ADB sees India growing at 5.5% this year
01 Apr 2014
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has forecast an acceleration in India’s economic growth to 5.5 per cent this year, against the 4.7 per cent growth forecast in December
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RBI keeps policy rates unchanged
01 Apr 2014
RBI also increased the liquidity provided under 7-day and 14-day repos and decreased the liquidity provided under overnight repos under the LAF
Panel set up to streamline tax administration
29 Mar 2014
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Rupee hits an 8-month high of 60 a dollar
28 Mar 2014
The rupee trade in a range of 60-60.18 per dollar during morning trade, after last having been at 59.52 on 30 July 2013 during intra-day deals
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Chidambaram slams Switzerland for non-cooperation over Swiss bank accounts of Indians
27 Mar 2014
In a letter to his Swiss counterpart Finance minister P Chidambaram assrted that India might declare Switzerland a non-cooperative jurisdiction
Indian exports to fall short of $325-bn target
26 Mar 2014
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Indian slump due to poor infra, business investment: IMF
26 Mar 2014
A slump in infrastructure and corporate investment has been the single largest contributor to India's recent growth slowdown, a working paper released by the IMF says
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Under 30s account for 25% of bank loans: Cibil
24 Mar 2014
The number of young borrowers in the country has grown significantly with the spread of banking facilities and an increase in job availability
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