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Rajan calls for minimising external risks to encourage entrepreneurship
26 Apr 2016
`Enterprises can fail, but people should not fail; a firm, which is facing a failure shouldn’t be occupying resources,’ Rajan said
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Pak mars talks by publicly raising Kashmir issue
26 Apr 2016
Pakistan also continued to be in denial on the issue of the impact of terrorism on bilateral ties, rather trying to block India’s plan to interrogate terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed and its chief Masood Azhar
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India growing at 9-10% could pull US economy along: NITI Aayog CEO
23 Apr 2016
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant says growing by 10 per cent a year would transform India to become a $10-trillion economy with no poverty in 2032
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Rajan pins rate cuts to monsoon, inflation figures
16 Apr 2016
Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan says that future rate cuts will depend on moderation in price rise and a good monsoon
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India remains world's top remittance recipient despite a $1bn drop in 2015: World Bank
15 Apr 2016
India retained its top spot as the world’s largest recipient of overseas remittances in 2015, attracting about $69 billion
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IMD forecasts above normal rainfall across India
13 Apr 2016
The forecast comes after two straight years of drought, which has been weighed down by subdued agriculture output and falling farmers' income
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India banks on La Nina for normal monsoon
12 Apr 2016
After two consecutive years of deficient rainfall, this year’s monsoon is expected to be normal and boost farm production
CII sees 8% growth this year against RBI’s 7.6%
07 Apr 2016
Nation’s water reservoirs only one-fourths full
06 Apr 2016
Carnegie trust opens centre in India
06 Apr 2016
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