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Ethics panel quizzes Ramesh on corporate lobbying by MPs
01 Apr 2011
This is the first time that a minister has complained to the speaker on MPs approaching the government on behalf of corporate entities
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India Inc to create 1.6 million jobs in 2011: survey
01 Apr 2011
A study on Indian employment trends and opportunities, made public Thursday, claims about 1.6 million jobs will be created in 2011 in the organised sector.
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India allows FDI against imported capital goods
31 Mar 2011
FDI will now be permitted in the development and production of seeds and planting material, without the stipulation of trials under 'controlled conditions'
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Rural masses should gain from web: Kalam
31 Mar 2011
The future of the web is going to shift from connecting the corporate to connecting the individual in rural societies, Kalam said while delivering the keynote address at the 20th International World Wide Web conference
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Indian population up by 181 million, but sharp dip in growth
31 Mar 2011
Latest Census figures peg India’s population at 1.21 billion, an increase of 181 million people since the last Census in 2001 but also reveal a sharp reduction in growth rate.
CAG in spotlight: slams states, summoned by HC
30 Mar 2011
I-T dept seeks to tax premature PF withdrawals
30 Mar 2011
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Core sector output grows 6.8 per cent in February
29 Mar 2011
Despite the slight dip from the January figure, core sector production growth in India continued to remain firm.
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Pranab calls for fiscal consolidation, hints at spending curbs
28 Mar 2011
No country can go on borrowing indefinitely, particularly from external sources, Mukherjee said, adding that it could take India back to the nineties and late eighties
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Gujarat leads GDP growth, South India slumps: McKinsey
26 Mar 2011
Real GDP growth in Gujarat stood at 11.3 per cent as against 11 per cent in Haryana, 9.6 per cent in Bihar, 8.5 per cent in Karnataka, 8.1 per cent in Kerala and 7.4 per cent each in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu during 2005-10
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MoEF opens discussions for local carbon trading scheme
25 Mar 2011
Emissions Trading Schemes allow the regulator to set a cap on the aggregate level of pollution permitted, and then allow a self -regulating system to ensure that pollution does not exceed this cap
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