Rabi foodgrain output would be affected by drought: Govt
New Delhi: The Union agriculture secretary, JNL Srivastava, has said that farm output in the current rabi season would be affected due to drought and it would be no better than the output in the same season last year.
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Service tax & VAT have to Mesh, taxpayer & collector agree
New Delhi: Tax collectors and taxpayers often tend to disagree the collector wants more, while the payer wants to pay less. But participants at a seminar on central excise & customs laws & procedures here organised by Calcutta Management Association were delighted to see a convergence of views.
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Icra pegs GDP growth at 5.4%
New Delhi: The current year is expected to record 5-5.4 per cent GDP growth despite domestic problems such as riots in Gujarat and serious setbacks to divestment, apart from the Indo-Pak tensions, according to credit rating agency Icra.
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No going bgack on selloff, Jaswant assures O’Neill
New Delhi: Finance minister Jaswant Singh has reiterated the government’s commitment to carry forward the disinvestment process and remove obstacles to improve flow of foreign direct investment.
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Talks on Admiral Gorshkov at final stage
New Delhi: Indian and Russian defence officials met in New Delhi to give final touches to major agreements on the sale of Admiral Gorshkov and the speeding up of licenced production of SU-30MKI.
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Delhi to have world Agroforestry Centre by Jan
New Delhi: The World Agroforestry Centre is slated to open its new office in New Delhi in January 2003.
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New drinking water supply scheme for villages
New Delhi: Union rural development minister Shanta Kumar has announced a new drinking water supply programme - ‘Swajaldhara’. The programme will be launched by Prime Minister AB Vajpayee on his birthday on December 25.
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NCDC meet begins today
New Delhi: The 55th meeting of the general council of the National Cooperative Development Corporation is being held here on Saturday under the chairmanship of the Union agriculture minister, Ajit Singh who is the ex officio president of the organisation.
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