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K V Kamath, K Morparia on CAG's new audit advisory board
23 Jul 2011
Extending an advisory role to eminent personalities from outside the government, CAG Vinod Rai has constituted a new audit advisory board to improve the focus of public audit
Pasvnath allowed to exit 6 SEZs
22 Jul 2011
Manufacturing policy clears some hurdles
22 Jul 2011
Government lowers FY'12 GDP growth projection to 8.6%
20 Jul 2011
The government today lowered its GDP growth forecast for 2011-12 to 8.6 per cent from the earlier estimate of about 9 per cent
Money laundering law to be modified: Mukherjee
19 Jul 2011
Reiterating the government’s resolve to counter money laundering and financing of terrorism, Mukherjee said that a number of measures to improve the anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML and CFT) regime were now in place
Bankers pitch for pause on interest rate hikes
19 Jul 2011
Foodgrain demand to touch 280 million tonnes by 2020
16 Jul 2011
To meet the rising foodgrain demand Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has stressed the need for a second green revolution that explicitly embraces dryland farming.
Bhakra Dam high on terrorist hit-list, warns IB
16 Jul 2011
Bhakra Dam high on terrorist hit-list, warns IB
16 Jul 2011
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