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Survey bats for FDI in multi brand retail
15 Mar 2012
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RBI leaves policy rates unchanged on Budget eve
15 Mar 2012
Having cut the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 0.75 percentage points last week, the Reserve Bank of India kept its policy rates unchanged in its mid-quarter monetary policy review on Thursday
FDI in India up 31 per cent in 2011
12 Mar 2012
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Industrial output growth bounces back to 6.8 per cent in January
12 Mar 2012
Manufacturing output grew at 8.5 per cent and electricity generation at 3.2 per cent during January 2012
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RBI cuts banks’ CRR by 75 bps to 4.75 per cent
09 Mar 2012
The reduction will inject around Rs48,000 crore into the banking system
LSE study scoffs at India’s superpower dreams
07 Mar 2012
India’s achievements in fostering democracy, growth and cultural dynamism are nullified by its structural weaknesses, widespread corruption, poor leadership, extreme social divisions, religious extremism and internal security threats, the study says
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Finance ministry to manage government debt, not RBI
07 Mar 2012
The finance ministry sees a conflict of interest in the Reserve Bank of India, which is instrumental in determining interest rates, managing government’s market borrowings as well
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Budget 2012: Impact on reforms post poll results
07 Mar 2012
What are the implications of the state election results that saw the Congress Party with just one victory in the five states and what it means for reforms? CNBC - TV 18 shares its exclusive panel discussion with domain-b
CRR cut likely, but SLR level to stay: RBI
06 Mar 2012
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Budget: "Rope in private sector to bring back growth’
05 Mar 2012
Harsh Pati Singhania, managing director of JK Paper Ltd and a former president of FICCI, expounds on his expectations from the upcoming union budget for 2012-13
States not averse to widening of service tax net
05 Mar 2012
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Panel moots Rs3-lakh IT exemption
03 Mar 2012
If the proposals are accepted, an income of up to Rs6.2 lakh would escape the tax net if properly deployed in various instruments, including housing loans
Brahmaputra river dries up in Arunachal
01 Mar 2012
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