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India's GDP to grow at 7.5% in FY'16: Report
Oct 29, 2015, 04:11 PM ISTMumbai: India Ratings today revised downwards to 7.5 per cent the GDP growth forecast, from earlier estimate of 7.7 per cent, for the current financial year because of weak agricultural growth. "The downward revision in
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Government to achieve 3.9 % fiscal deficit target: Arun Jaitley
Oct 27, 2015, 02:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday exuded confidence that the government will achieve the fiscal deficit target of 3.9 percent in the current financial year."I have consciously kept this year a very modest target of
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China's GDP falls to 6.9 per cent in third quarter,weakest since 2009
World | Oct 19, 2015, 07:11 PM ISTBeijing: China's economy grew at 6.9 per cent in the third quarter of this year, posting its worst showing since the 2009 global financial crisis which could prompt the Communist giant to unveil a new
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GDP to exceed 7.5%, taxes to fall short of target: Finance Minister
Oct 05, 2015, 08:24 PM ISTNew Delhi: The government today admitted that the tax collection may fall short of target by 5-7 per cent, but expressed confidence that the economy will clock over 7.5 per cent growth this year without
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India Inc calls for RBI rate cut after GDP, factory output data
Sep 02, 2015, 09:15 AM ISTNew Delhi: The first quarter GDP data on Monday showing the growth rate slipping to 7 percent has provoked calls from India Inc for an interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India."While the
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PM to launch digital version of epic 'Ramcharitmanas'; 5 other events of the day
India | Aug 31, 2015, 10:11 AM ISTPM to launch digital version of epic 'Ramcharitmanas'New Delhi: A special "digital" version of epic 'Ramcharitmanas' prepared by All India Radio (AIR) will be released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi todayHardik Patel to pitch reservation
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RBI likely to keep repo rate unchanged: SBI chairman
Aug 29, 2015, 07:54 AM ISTMumbai: State Bank of India chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya today said RBI is likely to keep repo rate unchanged in the September monetary policy review due to the uncertainty in the markets and a volatile rupee."Overall,
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Government to boost growth in eastern states: Jaitley
National | Aug 23, 2015, 02:24 PM ISTKolkata: The industry in West Bengal will be given incentives as the central government hopes to usher in growth in the eastern states, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday."The east needs to grow... The
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Watered down GST can still add 0.6% to GDP: HSBC
Aug 12, 2015, 03:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: Terming GST as one of the most promising reforms on anvil, global giant HSBC today said the bill has been "watered down" but can still add a "sizeable" 60 basis points to India's
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Government expenditures must be within means: Arun Jaitley
Aug 10, 2015, 10:41 AM ISTNew Delhi: Stressing the need for fiscal consolidation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that governments spending more than their means could lead to capital flight and loss in value of currency. Speaking at the first Indian
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India's current account deficit likely to widen in June quarter: Report
Aug 02, 2015, 10:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: India's current account deficit (CAD) is likely to widen in the June quarter to 1.8-2.0% of GDP while for the current financial year, it is likely to remain under control, says a DBS
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Tampering with RBI's autonomy will affect India's economic prospects: Moody's
Jul 30, 2015, 12:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: Moody's today cautioned against tampering with the independence of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in deciding on interest rates, saying it would hurt India's economic prospects.Moody's Analytics, an economic research unit of
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Better monsoon to help check food inflation; revenue collections going up: Arun Jaitley
National | Jul 12, 2015, 02:59 PM ISTMumbai: Pinning hopes on ‘rain gods' to be kinder this year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said a better monsoon would help check food inflation, including in pulses.Jaitley also said that rising tax revenues and
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Tax collection in Delhi grew at 2.64 pc in 2014-15
India | Jun 25, 2015, 06:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: Tax collection of Delhi government registered a growth of 2.64 per cent in 2014-15 down from 10.61 per cent in 2013-14, as per the Economic Survey tabled by the government today.As per the
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Monsoon to be normal in June, kharif sowing to pick up: IMD
India | Jun 18, 2015, 08:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: Monsoon is expected to be normal in June boosting sowing of kharif crops but there are concerns about pick up in rainfall in the next month, a top Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) official
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Monsoon in slowdown phase, no progress in 5 days
India | Jun 18, 2015, 06:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: The southwest monsoon's progress has slowed down as it has not made any progress for the past five days, the weathermen today said."For the fifth consecutive day, the Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM)
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India has potential to take GDP to double digit: Arun Jaitley
May 30, 2015, 08:15 PM ISTBhopal: Buoyed by the country's GDP growth of 7.3 per cent in FY 2014-15, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said India has the potential to improve the economic growth to double-digit.“The country has the
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India clocks 7.5% growth in Jan-Mar quarter, overtakes China
May 29, 2015, 10:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: India has overtaken China to become the world's fastest growing economy by clocking 7.5 per cent GDP for the March quarter, prompting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to say that the economy is clearly
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UN raises projections for India's growth, making it the fastest-growing economy
May 20, 2015, 12:42 PM ISTUnited Nations: The UN has now raised its projections for the Indian economy's growth this year by 1.7 percent to 7.6 percent and by 1.4 percent to 7.7 percent next year from the estimates it
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Govt misses tax collection target by Rs 2,288 cr in FY15
May 17, 2015, 07:47 PM ISTNew Delhi: Government has missed the overall revised tax collection target for both direct and indirect taxes by Rs 2,288 crore in the financial year 2014-15.“Gross Tax Collections at Rs 12,45,037 crore has shown a