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India confident it can shrug off crisis (02 July 10:58) |
| The Indian economy would rebound to grow by almost 8 per cent this year as a successful policy response helps it recover from the worst of the global financial crisis, the country's finance ... |
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India on track for 7% growth, ministry says (02 July 01:23) |
| India could see growth this year of roughly 7 per cent and then resume the faster expansion of recent years, provided it makes sweeping reforms including removal of fuel subsidies and accele... |
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India raises fuel prices by 10% (02 July 07:07) |
| The increase, New Delhi's first in state-regulated fuel prices this year, aims to ease India's huge oil subsidy burden and is believed by some to herald further liberalisation of oil prices |
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India gold trade taps vast domestic stocks (29 June 11:22) |
| Indians are set to begin trading on the new gold bullion market in a move likely to mobilise the thousands of tonnes of gold hidden under beds as savings |
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India gold dealers tap vast domestic stocks (29 June 11:22) |
| Indians are set to begin trading on the new gold bullion market in a move likely to mobilise the thousands of tonnes of gold hidden under beds as savings |
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India gold dealers tap domestic stocks (29 June 11:22) |
| Indians are set to begin trading on the new bullion market in a move likely to mobilise the thousands of tonnes of the precious metal hidden under beds as savings |
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India's 'dalit queen' in court spotlight (29 June 10:53) |
| India's Supreme Court has asked the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh to justify spending an estimated $425m in public money on statues of herself in one of the country's poorest states |
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Asia warned of growing poverty (29 June 12:40) |
| The Asian Development Bank has warned that the global economic malaise is creating a social crisis in Asia, with slower growth leaving millions more than expected mired in poverty and ma... |
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India's wealth gap threatens growth (25 June 02:55) |
| India needs to curb a concentration of wealth greater than that seen in Brazil and Russia or risk becoming hostage to a corporate oligarchy that will depress its rapid economic growth |
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India forecasts Monsoon shortfall (24 June 08:32) |
| India's monsoon rains, crucial for the welfare of hundreds of millions of farmers, are likely to be below normal this year, potentially putting a brake on the buoyant rural demand that has ... |
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India eyes huge rise in road building (22 June 11:32) |
| The government plans to invite foreign investors to participate in an ambitious move to increase road construction 10-fold as it seeks to boost infrastructure development |
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India ready to resume trade talks (22 June 09:41) |
| India's new government is eager to resume the Doha round of world trade talks, according to the country's new minister for commerce and industry, Anand Sharma |
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India slips into 'statistical' deflation (18 June 02:40) |
| India has fallen into deflation after the country's widely-watched wholesale prices index dropped for the first time in at least 30 years at the beginning of June |
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Bric quartet defined by differences (16 June 12:06) |
| Bric – Brazil, Russia, India and China – is almost certainly the first multilateral nation bloc to be created by an investment bank's research analysts and their sales team |
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China accused of 'predatory pricing' tactics (15 June 03:04) |
| Indian businesses have warned that they are suffering because of cheap imports from China.They are urging New Delhi to accelerate anti-dumping investigations and impose checks on products |
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Reliance poised for $3bn building boom (08 June 04:27) |
| Reliance Infrastructure is poised to secure more than $3bn of urban rail and road projects in India's largest city Mumbai |
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Reliance poised for $3bn building boom (08 June 04:27) |
| Reliance Infrastructure is poised to secure more than $3bn of urban rail and road projects in India's largest city Mumbai |
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India outlines economic and welfare reforms (04 June 09:58) |
| The new Congress-led government has laid out plans for a wave of market-oriented economic reforms and a simultaneous push to improve the welfare of the poor |
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India (04 June 08:30) |
| The government's programme suggests investors can best hope for more 'reform by stealth', including the long-delayed opening up of key sectors |
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Robust output data boost markets (02 June 12:51) |
| Stock markets round the world surge as robust manufacturing data raises hopes the global economy could soon be past the worst of the slump |
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India's GDP grows faster than expected (29 May 12:04) |
| India's economy grew a faster than expected 5.8 per cent in the March quarter from a year earlier, as a still strong services sector offset a decline in manufacturing |
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South Asia outpaces Tiger economies (27 May 10:04) |
| Economic growth in reform-shy south Asia is expected to surpass that of the Tiger economies of east Asia this year as export-orientated countries reel from the global economic downturn, a to... |
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Indian markets surge on Congress victory (18 May 11:58) |
| Share prices on India's benchmark stock index surged 17 per cent – their biggest one-day gain in almost two decades – as investors reacted euphorically to the election victory |
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Congress victory bodes well for investors (16 May 10:45) |
| Economists and stock market pundits in India's financial capital could hardly believe Saturday's election result, which seemed tailor-made for investors |
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Singh's strong point seen as a weakness (13 May 11:21) |
| Critics say economist PM has fallen short of his reforming credentials, established when he was finance minister, and has squandered the opportunity of a boom to modernise and improve defici... |
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Retailers eye rich pickings in India market (07 May 04:00) |
| The launch in India of a handmade 22-carat gold iPhone 3G by a UK luxury designer received the kind of publicity that some of India's parliamentary candidates would dream of in the middle of... |
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India's central bank deputy to resign (05 May 06:27) |
| Rakesh Mohan, a deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, said he will step down on June 10 to take up a stint as a professor at Stanford University. |
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India and China output data fuel rise in optimism (05 May 07:30) |
| India's manufacturing sector grew in April for the first time in five months, spurring hopes of an end to falling growth estimates and contracting exports. Meanwhile,... |
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Grim plot twist for Bollywood (04 May 11:17) |
| India's Bollywood film business is facing its own version of a horror movie as it reels from a crash in the price of film rights, competition from cricket broadcasts and a dispute with m... |
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Asian markets buoyed by growth data (04 May 10:03) |
| Regional stock markets jump sharply on news that key China and India output indicators increased in April, spurring hopes of an end to falling growth estimates and contracting exports |
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India and China data fuel rise in optimism (04 May 10:03) |
| Regional stock markets jump sharply on news that key China and India output indicators increased in April, spurring hopes of an end to falling growth estimates and contracting exports |
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China and India post manufacturing gains (04 May 02:44) |
| Surveys of industry executives registered positive results for the first time in months in April, offering evidence the global economy may be through the worst of its sharpest slump in six d... |
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India suffers worst in Asian export decline (01 May 10:34) |
| South Korea, India and Indonesia reported further significant falls in their exports, but economists drew comfort from evidence that countries reliant on Chinese demand were performing bette... |
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Asian economies see big export falls (01 May 08:40) |
| South Korea, India and Indonesia reported further significant falls in their exports, even as economists drew comfort from evidence that countries reliant on Chinese demand were performing b... |
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India's diamonds lose their sparkle (23 April 03:35) |
| The downturn in global jewellery markets has checked the industry's growth, cutting its workforce and forcing a promising export sector to seek government help |
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India's diamond sector sheds 200,000 jobs (23 April 03:35) |
| India has a 55 per cent market share of the world's diamond cutting and polishing business. However, the downturn in global jewellery markets has checked the industry's growth, cutting i... |
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Crunch hits India IT outsourcing (21 April 10:18) |
| The global financial crisis has inflicted at least a year's delay on the Indian IT outsourcing industry's drive to reach its short-term revenue forecasts |
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Rate cuts fail to revive Indian economy (21 April 10:14) |
| A series of interest rate cuts in India has failed to lead to cheaper commercial lending, leaving Asia's third-largest economy to grow at only 6 per cent this year, the central bank said |
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India cuts interest rates by 0.25% (21 April 11:47) |
| India's central bank cut its key short-term rates by 25 basis points each to shore up faltering growth in the face of the global economic slowdown |
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India cuts key interest rates by 25 points (21 April 11:47) |
| India's central bank cut its key short-term rates by 0.25% to shore up faltering growth in the face of the global economic slowdown |
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TCS quarterly profit growth slowing (21 April 12:54) |
| India's largest software outsourcing group reported a net profit increase of 4.7 per cent after rises of more than 20 per cent in previous quarters |
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China blocks ADB India loan plan (11 April 03:05) |
| Beijing used its right to postpone approval of the lender's country partnership strategy for India, which outlines ADB lending to India until 2012 |
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Roles reversed in gold scrap sales (02 April 01:29) |
| Record sales of gold scrap have turned some of the world's largest importing countries into net exporters and have prompted India to stop importing for the first time in 10 years |
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Mission for a mandate (01 April 12:31) |
| FT interview: The economist who leads the world's biggest democracy will be in demand at the G20 – but back in India Manmohan Singh faces a hard fight |
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Singh's mission for a mandate (01 April 12:31) |
| The economist who leads the world's biggest democracy will be in demand at the G20 – but in India Manmohan Singh faces a fight |
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Indian inflation nears zero (19 March 10:44) |
| Figures show the wholesale price index rose by only 0.44 per cent earlier this month in spite of government efforts to stimulate the economy |
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Indian inflation nears zero (19 March 10:44) |
| Figures show the wholesale price index rose by only 0.44 per cent earlier this month in spite of government efforts to stimulate the economy |
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Infrastructure deficit chokes India (17 March 10:19) |
| India faces shortfall of up to $190bn in financing key projects as the global financial crisis starves it of urgently needed capital following decades of underinvestment |
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India faces $190bn infrastructure funding shortfall (17 March 04:25) |
| India faces as much as a $190bn shortfall in financing key infrastructure projects as the global financial crisis starves them of urgently-needed capital, according to a study by McKinsey, t... |
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India's reserve bank cuts key interest rates (04 March 07:44) |
| India's central bank on Wednesday cut its short-term lending and borrowing rates by 50 basis points each, saying the country's growth trajectory had been hit more than expected by the global... |
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