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Nasscom seeks sops for small, medium IT firms
25 Mar 2011
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India's food price inflation back in double digit at 10.05 per cent
24 Mar 2011
Build-up of inflation for the `food articles' group so far during the current financial year was, however, lower at 9.25 per cent
New ED pill melts in the mouth
23 Mar 2011
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FM drops proposal for `misery tax' on healthcare
22 Mar 2011
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today announced the withdrawal of the proposed 5 per cent service tax on healthcare and also offered tax relief to garment manufacturers
APMC Act may be revised to curb cartelisation
22 Mar 2011
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CMIE projects India's FY'12 real GDP growth at 8.8 per cent
21 Mar 2011
The Indian economy is expected to close the current financial year with an average 9.2 per cent growth, CMIE said in its projection
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Harshad Mehta scam yields Rs2195-cr bonanza for IT dept
17 Mar 2011
Almost 20 years after the stock market scam perpetrated by Harshad Mehta resulted in tax claims worth thousands of crores, the IT department has got its full share of the amount that was due from the late stockbroker
Adarsh scam: BMC ex-chief Phatak in CBI net
15 Mar 2011
Centre taking all steps to deal with black money
15 Mar 2011
No more harassment of ordinary taxpayer: CBDT
15 Mar 2011
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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