Food costs jumped up year-on-year.
Economist Arvind Panagariya has also argued for loosening deficit targets to boost capital spending
Restrictions on buying land are among barriers holding up projects worth almost $300 billion
The government is now contemplating issuing an executive order to implement these measures, which would need to be approved by lawmakers within six weeks of the opening of the next session of parliament, scheduled for the beginning of February. India's president would also need to agree.
India's long-held position as the world's top diamond polisher is being challenged by soaring output from China.
Modi orders coal, insurance sector reforms.
Modi, who was elected in May with a mandate to provide jobs and economic growth, has seen his reform agenda stymied by controversial statements by lawmakers in his party
Modi is keen to restart big projects which are stuck for various reasons.
Imports of machinery and transport equipment grew about 40 per cent month-on-month
Rajasthan has taken the lead on structural reforms which could help India attract business and employ a fast-growing workforce.
Jindal Steel and Power Ltd has shelved a $10 billion coal-to-diesel project, its chairman told Reuters, becoming the first big casualty of a court decision to scrap coalfields allocated to private firms since 1993.
Zama, however, said the unions would keep resisting any move that could undermine the position of Coal India.
India will allow locally registered foreign firms to mine and sell coal when commercial mining is permitted as part of the opening up of the nationalised industry after four decades, Coal Secretary Anil Swarup told Reuters.
It doesn't appear to be happening yet, even though India's stock market has been Asia's best performer this year.
Industrial production was upwardly revised to 0.5 per cent year-on-year in August from 0.4 per cent earlier.
Consumer food price inflation, under a new series published by the government, eased to 5.59 per cent last month from 7.67 per cent in September.
India's steel imports from China, the world's biggest producer of the alloy, doubled in April-September from a year ago though the country has enough capacity to meet its demand.
For now, the upside appears to offset damage done to exports by weaker global demand.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to open commercial coal mining to private players is a key step towards bringing order to the country's chaotic power industry and ending the chronic blackouts that impede its economic rise.
Signs of a strong pickup in hiring by companies are adding to the rosier outlook for Indian households.
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