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RBI bends, cuts repo rate by 25 bps to 7.5%
04 Mar 2015
RBI said the rate cut, announced a day after it signed an agreement with the finance ministry on inflation targeting, takes stock of the possible spillover of volatility from international financial markets through exchange rate and asset prices
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Deforestation in India shifting monsoons, scorching lands: study
03 Mar 2015
Large-scale deforestation has caused an 18 per cent decrease in rainfall in India say scientists from the Indian Institute of Science
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A Budget with multiple focus areas
28 Feb 2015
This is a budget that can boost both infrastructure and manufacturing, which in turn, will create employment and augment India’s competitiveness vis-à-vis its peers. By Hemant Kanoria, CMD, Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited
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Sensex, Nifty plunge despite praise for Jaitley budget
28 Feb 2015
Despite general appreciation of finance minister Arun Jaitley’s budget by economists and experts, the stock markets plunged 338 points
Union Budget 2015-16: SETU to seed job creation through self employment and talent utilisation
28 Feb 2015
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Jaitley replaces wealth tax with 2 per cent surcharge, plans to cut corporate tax
28 Feb 2015
Finance minister Arun Jaitley announced the abolition of wealth tax on the super-rich, replacing it with a surcharge of 2 per cent
Union Budget 2014-15: What Finance Minister said
28 Feb 2015
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Union Budget 2015-16: Arun Jaitley presents NDA's maiden Budget
28 Feb 2015
Arun Jaitley has asserted GDP growth will be between 8 and 8.5 per cent, along with fiscal discipline
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Economic Survey projects FY16 GDP growth rate at 8.1-8.5%
27 Feb 2015
While private investment must be the engine of long-run growth, there is a case for reviving targeted public investment to crowd-in private investment in the short run, the Survey noted
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Land Bill in stormy weather amid attack from all sides
25 Feb 2015
The fate of the Land Acquisition Billis looking increasingly uncertain, with stiff opposition from allies as well as the entire parliamentary opposition, farmers and social groups
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