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India's food inflation still hovers around 18 percent

New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Despite assurances from the government that food prices would soon start coming down, India's annual food inflation based on wholesale prices rose to 17.97 percent for the week ended Feb 6.

Food inflation at 17.28 percent

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) India's annual food inflation based on the wholesale price index stood at 17.28 percent for the week ended Jan 2, showing signs of a tempering in galloping prices, as per official statistics released Thursday....
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India's food inflation rises to 19.83 percent

New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) India\'s annual food inflation based on wholesale prices rose to 19.83 percent for the week ended Dec 19 from 18.65 percent the week before as prices of essential commodities continued to rule high....
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Deregulate sugar industry: Somaiya

By Vivek Shukla-- New Delhi, Dec. 23: In his fervent appeal to government, President of the Indian Sugar Mills association (IMSA), Mr.Samir S.Somaiya has asked the government to remove regulations in Sugar industry of the country....
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Reserve Bank chief, Mukherjee meet

New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India Governor D. Subbarao met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee here Friday amid concern over spiralling food inflation....
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Amid inflation worries, India projects 7.75 percent growth

New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Amid concern over spiralling inflation, due mainly to galloping food prices, India Friday projected a 7.75 percent growth for this fiscal even as the world at large is still struggling to overcome the year-long slowdown....
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Industrial production up 10.3 percent in October

New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) In another sign of robust recovery in the Indian economy, the country's industrial output is projected to have expanded 10.3 percent in October, as per the latest official data released Friday....
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India's food inflation ups further to 19 percent

New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) There was no respite from galloping grocery bills as the country's annual food inflation, based on wholesale prices, upped further to 19.05 percent for the week ended Nov 28 from 17.47 percent the week before, as per official data released Thursday....
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India's high growth offset by rising food inflation

By Sushma Ramachandran--- The Indian economy's 7.9 percent growth in the second quarter of this fiscal has taken everyone by surprise, but rising food inflation, which has seen the daily grocery bill shoot up sharply, has dampened some of the euphoria. ...
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Economy will return to 9 percent growth soon: India Inc

New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) India Inc is upbeat about the "higher than expected" growth of gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter this fiscal and expects the economy to return to 9 percent growth soon....
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India logs robust 7.9 percent growth in second quarter

New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Signs of an upturn in the Indian economy were reinforced Monday with official data on the country's gross domestic product (GDP) showing a 7.9 percent growth in the second quarter of this fiscal, taking the markets and experts by surprise....
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ONGC gets nod for investment in Vietnamese oil block

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The overseas investment arm of state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has secured the government's nod for an additional investment of $149.46 million in a gas block in Vietnam, as part of India's quest for energy security....
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Tharoor holds policy planning meet on Indian Ocean region

New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor Tuesday revived the policy planning division with a wide-ranging strategy meeting involving top officials, think tanks, industry bodies and experts to craft India's policy towards the Indian Ocean Rim region....
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Indra Nooyi heads list of top 50 women in world business

London, Sep 28 (IANS) PepsiCo Chairman and Chief Executive Indra Nooyi of India has topped the inaugural Financial Times (FT) list of top 50 women in world business....
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Is the recession over for the Indian economy?

By Sushma Ramachandran Are the clouds of recession lifting over the Indian economy as they seem to be over the rest of the world? That is the big question everyone is asking today, whether they be economic analysts or policymakers in the central government and the financial institutions....
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NTPC asks ministry to address gas marketing margin issue

New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) State-owned power utility NTPC has asked the power ministry to ascertain whether the marketing margin levied by Reliance Industries (RIL) on gas from the Krishna Godavari basin was valid....
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Economy will grow over 6 percent this fiscal, says Mukherjee

Kolkata, Sep 23 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday said the country's economy would grow over 6 percent this fiscal and that the government planned to scale down fiscal deficit to 4 percent by 2012....
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Tata Steel to start work at Orissa project by December

Bhubaneswar, Sep 22 (IANS) Tata Steel, which has proposed to set up a Rs.21,000-crore plant in Orissa's Kalinganagar, Tuesday said the land acquisition process for the project would be completed soon and work would start by December....
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Bharti stock down 3 percent as MTN deal gets costlier

Mumbai, Sep 22 (IANS) The scrip of telecom major Bharti Airtel fell about 3 percent on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on reports that the company may have to further sweeten its offer for South African telcom company MTN....
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Indian fan industry still reeling under slowdown

Kolkata, Sep 21 (IANS) The Rs.1,600-crore Indian electric fan industry, hit badly by the economic slowdown last year, does not see any respite in the coming six to nine months, an industry player said here Monday....
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India's food inflation still hovers around 18 percent

New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Despite assurances from the government that food prices would soon start coming down, India's annual food inflation based on wholesale prices rose to 17.97 percent for the week ended Feb 6.

Food inflation at 17.28 percent

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) India's annual food inflation based on the wholesale price index stood at 17.28 percent for the week ended Jan 2, showing signs of a tempering in galloping prices, as per official statistics released Thursday.

India's food inflation rises to 19.83 percent

New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) India\'s annual food inflation based on wholesale prices rose to 19.83 percent for the week ended Dec 19 from 18.65 percent the week before as prices of essential commodities continued to rule high.

Deregulate sugar industry: Somaiya

By Vivek Shukla-- New Delhi, Dec. 23: In his fervent appeal to government, President of the Indian Sugar Mills association (IMSA), Mr.Samir S.Somaiya has asked the government to remove regulations in Sugar industry of the country.

Reserve Bank chief, Mukherjee meet

New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India Governor D. Subbarao met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee here Friday amid concern over spiralling food inflation.

Amid inflation worries, India projects 7.75 percent growth

New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Amid concern over spiralling inflation, due mainly to galloping food prices, India Friday projected a 7.75 percent growth for this fiscal even as the world at large is still struggling to overcome the year-long slowdown.

Industrial production up 10.3 percent in October

New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) In another sign of robust recovery in the Indian economy, the country's industrial output is projected to have expanded 10.3 percent in October, as per the latest official data released Friday.

India's food inflation ups further to 19 percent

New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) There was no respite from galloping grocery bills as the country's annual food inflation, based on wholesale prices, upped further to 19.05 percent for the week ended Nov 28 from 17.47 percent the week before, as per official data released Thursday.

India's high growth offset by rising food inflation

By Sushma Ramachandran--- The Indian economy's 7.9 percent growth in the second quarter of this fiscal has taken everyone by surprise, but rising food inflation, which has seen the daily grocery bill shoot up sharply, has dampened some of the euphoria.

Economy will return to 9 percent growth soon: India Inc

New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) India Inc is upbeat about the "higher than expected" growth of gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter this fiscal and expects the economy to return to 9 percent growth soon.