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3. Agri and allied sector to grow at meagre 1.1%
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4. Inflation pegged at 6.4%
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5. Forex reserve at $128.91 billion
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6. Exports growth at 25.6%
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7. Exports value stands at Rs 2,74,313 crore
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8. Negative growth in foodgrain production at 2.8%
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9. Imports growth at 32.1%
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10. Total imports value stand at Rs 3,76,815 crore
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11. Industrial growth soars at 8.4%
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12. Asean, China, Japan and Korea account for 19.9% trade. EU (19%) and North America (12.9%) at 2nd and 3rd spot.
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13. External debt goes down to 17.8% of GDP
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14. Liquidity management a concern, overhang at Rs 81,000 cr
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15. Food credit grows by 15.2%
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16. India heading to equitable local/STD rates
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17. Higher securities investment reflect strong outlook
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18. Advocates duty cuts to Asean level
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19. BSNL, MTNL market share take a dip
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20. FDI policy needs review
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21. Non-food credit pegged at 20.1%
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22. Deposit rates of five major banks up by 25 basis points
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23. Housing loan rates go up
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24. Prime lending rates lower by 25 to 50 basis points
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25. Agriculture credit up by 30%
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26. Gross bank credit marches ahead by 19.9%
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27. Fiscal deficit at 4.4% of GDP
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28. Revenue deficit brought down to 2.5% of GDP
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29. States swap high cost Rs 92,444 cr loans with centre
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30. Overall public issues grew five times to Rs 35,859 crore
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31. Tele density grows at 6.6%
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32. Advocates limited govt role in infrastructure
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33. Gross domestic saving grew by 28.1%
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34. Gross domestic investment shots by 26.3%
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35. Auto and auto components sales grew by 20%
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36. Electronics and IT jumped at 18.2%
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37. Steel leaped ahead by 4%
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38. Cement production higher by 6.81%
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39. Core industries registered lower average of 5.4%
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40. Railways traffic moved forward at 7.7%
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41. Cargo handled at sea ports posted 11.1% growth
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42. Cargo handled at airports zoomed 18.3%
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43. Air passenger traffic up at 21.8%
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44. Human Development Index improved to 0.595
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45. National food for work programme launched in 150 distts
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46. National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill introduced
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47. Labour reforms needed for increasing exports
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48. Infrastructural, procedural bottlenecks growth hurdles |
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