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IT department questions Rajas’ relatives
24 Jun 2011
EGOM meeting on fuel prices delayed
24 Jun 2011
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Government clears norms for infrastructure debt funds
24 Jun 2011
A trust-based IDF, because of its mutual fund structure, would be governed by market regulator SEBI while an IDF with a corporate or NBFC structure would be regulated by the RBI.
RBI governor defends capital controls
23 Jun 2011
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India's food price inflation shoots up to 9.13 per cent
23 Jun 2011
The spike has been aided by a 28.66 per cent year-on-year rise in the prices of fruits and a 15.30 per cent rise in milk prices.
Bitcoin to ‘bounce back’ following hack attack
22 Jun 2011
Pranab Mukherjee fears ‘bugging’ of his offices
21 Jun 2011
EPFO to have multiple fund managers by 31 August
20 Jun 2011
Consumer price inflation for India's agricultural and rural labourers rises to 9.63 per cent in May
20 Jun 2011
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Lokpal meet ends ‘cordially’, but no consensus in sight
20 Jun 2011
Indications emerged today that the differences between the the government and ‘civil society’ members, may not be entirely irreconcilable, though some more differences have come up
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Lokpal panel meets in last-ditch bid to break deadlock
20 Jun 2011
The joint drafting committee for the Lokpal bill is closeted today in a last-ditch bid between the government and ‘civil society’ teams amid a hardening stand by the government against bringing the prime minister under the ambit of the anti-corruption legislation
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IMF projects 8.2 per cent growth for India in 2011
18 Jun 2011
The projections for India come at a time when Europe struggles with the Greece sovereign debt crisis and the IMF warns of a temporary slowdown in global economic activities
Post-tsunami, Japan resumes JICA aid to India
17 Jun 2011
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CBI not probing ‘benami’ deals in Adarsh scam, says PIL
17 Jun 2011
A public interest petition filed in the Bombay high court could embroil all those concerned in Mumbai’s Adarsh Housing Society scam in further controversy
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Industrial slowdown leads to tax worries for government
17 Jun 2011
Inflation , which has prompted the RBI to raise its lending rate 10 times since March 2010 (the latest hike coming on Friday), is crimping economic activity and is likely to hurt corporate tax collection
China's Brahmputra plans not worrisome: Krishna
16 Jun 2011
RBI move to help moderate inflation: FM
16 Jun 2011
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