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RBI holds rates as food prices surge
04 Aug 2015
Reserve Bank today decided to keep the policy repo rate at which it lends to banks and the cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks unchanged at 7.25 per cent and 4.0 per cent, respectively
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Centre reverts to NDA's land bill in bid to end logjam
03 Aug 2015
In a major climb-down over the controversial land bill, the government has agreed to retract all amendments to the UPA's 2013 bill
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At least 70 dead as floods wreck havoc in Bengal, Manipur and Odisha
03 Aug 2015
At least 70 people have been killed in floods in three states — Bengal, Odisha and Manipur
Core sector output growth slows to 3% in June
31 Jul 2015
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NRIs can invest in National Pension System, says regulator
23 Jul 2015
The move will help increase the subscriber base and expand the Rs91,000-crore current corpus of the National Pension System in the private sector manifold
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With big data, cloud and start ups, 21st century could be India’s: IBM chief Viriginia Rometty
15 Jul 2015
With robust growth in GDP, increasing start-ups base and growing spread of new technologies
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