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SEZ developers may be allowed to raise ECBs
24 Jun 2009
UAE investors keen on Karnataka, says CM
24 Jun 2009
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India to overtake China in GDP growth in 2010: World Bank
23 Jun 2009
The World Bank has projected an 8-per cent growth for India in 2010, overtaking China’s expected growth of 7.7 per cent. It has also raised India's growth to 5.1 per cent in 2009
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Government likely to hike petro fuel prices
22 Jun 2009
The government is likely to hike administered price of gas by 17 per cent and free diesel and petrol prices from government controls
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Decline in WPI no cause for concern: Ahluwalia
22 Jun 2009
Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia says the decline in India's wholesale price index (WPI) is “absolutely no cause of concern”.
Government likely to scrap CTT in new budget
20 Jun 2009
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RBI discounts deflation, sticks to policy stance
20 Jun 2009
The Reserve Bank discounts risks of deflation in India even as the annual rate of WPI inflation turned negative
Most shoots are not yet fully green
20 Jun 2009
Going by the big surge in optimism, it may seem the Indian economy has left all its woes behind. But, tempering the heady feeling with a bit of caution will do us no harm. By Vivek Sharma
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Inflation rate enters negative zone at -1.61 per cent
18 Jun 2009
The inflation rate based on the wholesale price index turned negative, for the first time since 1997, falling to -1.61 per cent for the week ended 6 June 2009 from 0.13 per cent for the previous week
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PM proposes a BRIC joint business forum
17 Jun 2009
Prime minister Manmohan Singh today mooted a joint business forum for cooperation in science and technology, energy, agriculture, aviation, pharmaceuticals and the service sector
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India stands by global efforts to overcome economic crisis: Manmohan
15 Jun 2009
Before leaving for Russia to attend a conference of BRIC nations, Dr Manmohan Singh said, India was ready to play its part in coordinating global efforts to overcome the economic slowdown
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Inflation rate hits a 30-year low of 0.13 per cent
11 Jun 2009
WPI inflation based on the wholesale price index stood at 0.13 per cent (provisional) for the week ended 30 May 2009 – its lowest in the past 30 years
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Higher public spending could push India back to high growth path: PM
09 Jun 2009
Increased government spending could offset the fall in private investment, prime minister Manmohan Singh said in Parliament today
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