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| Forex inflows still a 'challenge': Survey |
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| Govt's annual report doubts ability to eliminate revenue deficit.
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| Private panacea for old oilfields |
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| OIL & GAS: Opening exploration and production to private sector has resulted in $3.88 bn investment.
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| You have got mail ...and it's sad |
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| POSTAL SUBSIDY: Delivery mechanism of the subsidy needs to be addressed
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| $500 billion needed to bridge gap |
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| Over $500 billion is required to plug the infrastructure deficit in power, railways, roads, ports, and airports in the country in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, says the Economic Survey 2007-08, even as
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| Energy security policy required |
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| COMMENT: Rahul Dhir, Managing Director and CEO, Cairn India
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| Industrial production growth loses sheen |
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| MANUFACTURING: Industrial growth registers a sharp slowdown to 9.2% owing to lacklustre growth of the manufacturing sector
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| Agri sector wilts on poor capital investment |
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| AGRICULTURE: Growth declines to 2.6% in 2007-08 from 3.8% last year.
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| Low procurement stares depleted silos |
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| FOOD MANAGEMENT: Foodgrain stock at 19.2 MT on January 1 this year is 4% lower than the buffer norm of 20 MT.
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| Serious problems with fundamentals |
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| The Economic Survey tries to paint a rosy picture but if we look at the details, there are serious problems with economic fundamentals. At the beginning of the year, the UPA government had been
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| Striking a better equation |
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| INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Number of mandays lost down by 72.4%
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| Job slowdown defies boomtown gravity |
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| EMPLOYMENT: More than 60 per cent of the population in the 15-64 year working-age group could be a significant advantage.
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| VAT weight to make states' coffers heavy |
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| VAT: States have claimed revenue loss of Rs 13,167 crore till January 31, 2008, since the introduction of VAT.
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| Implementation needs a push, efficacy patchy |
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| SOCIAL SECTOR SCHEMES: Primary education as a fundamental right yet to be enforced, National Rural Health Mission wins applause.
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| Upside risks remain in FY 09 |
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| COMMENT: Sonal Varma, India Economist, Lehman Brothers
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| Banks should review spreads: Survey |
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| CREDIT OFFTAKE: Banks' credit grew by only 21.5% till January 4, 2008, compared to 30.8% on January 5, 2007.
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