India will have the presidency of the BRICS' $100 billion New Development Bank for six years with headquarters in China that will become operational in about two years, a major step for reshaping the international financial system dominated by the West.
The top 10 in terms of the number of MSMEs is dominated by the larger states with Uttar Pradesh at the top.
The decision preceded long hours of tense negotiations and last minute hiccups from Argentina and Pakistan
oreign Policy magazine named him as one of the world's top 100 global thinkers in 2011.
The Nifty and Bank Nifty ended at record closing high of 7,913 and 15,865 respectively.
India has been opposing the pact as ITA will only benefit the country when its domestic manufacturing is robust.
The means to do so via an expanded Aadhaar system is easily at hand, too.
This will be an area where bilateral or regional trade pacts may not be able to perform well.
India is threatening to block the World Trade Organization (WTO)'s trade facilitation agreement (TFA) reached at Bali last year unless its agricultural policies are permanently excluded from multilateral scrutiny.
Jaitley's team presents a quintessential mix of foreign-educated, intellectual technocrats and seasoned bureaucrats
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