A five-seven per cent agriculture growth in 2013-14 would mean farming might exceed the 12th Five-Year Plan annual growth target of four per cent, if the trend continues.
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Likely to set the ball rolling for Rs 1.72-lakh-cr projects today
The finance ministry and several agencies under it such as the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which are investigating the affairs of Sahara India Parivar, are worried about its exposure to National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) products.
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Cabinet likely to pave way for the 'super-rich' tax today.
Officials are relying on both formal and informal methods for reaching non-filers.
Might earn around Rs 3,720 crore on export of 2 mt of wheat, despite dipping prices in international markets
Finance ministry asks bank, insurance & market regulators to issue notifications
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In most developed markets, there are reporting agencies for spot markets and generally deals took place on the over-the-counter market.
Oil and gold had accounted for 45 per cent of India's imports bill in 2012-13.
Officials asked what the point was in going through banks when the government has to give guarantees.
However, worries on inadequate import and issues for the FTA pacts.
The DoP has moved a Cabinet note for the government to provide Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) as initial capital to India Post towards starting a bank.
Taxpayer satisfaction is a part of the matrix of key performance indicators of the administration.
The rise in illegal imports of the yellow metal has caught the eye of the finance ministry.
The Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers got its new chairman on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir's Abdul Rahim Rather.
Disgruntled executives are already pinning hopes on the new banks, too.
Majority of 'Bimaru' states register faster fall in rural poverty, while pace mostly other way round for others
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With new private banks in the play, the going could become more difficult for the old-school state-run banks, already losing business and market position, forcing them to think hard towards consolidating and forming larger entities to garner big-ticket deals.
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According to an internal assessment of the food ministry, shared with chief ministers recently, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh will see a massive reduction in their annual grain allocation.
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