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| | Stimulus packages to continue: FM | 09-SEP-09 |
| | Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the government had no exit strategy for incentives announced as part of the stimulus packages, even as there has been a 28 per cent fall in indirect tax collections till July. | |
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| | Cabinet secretary reviews impact of stimulus packages | 29-APR-09 |
| | In a review meeting convened today by Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar, top government officials felt the impact of the three stimulus packages announced so far by the government has not yielded desired results in certain intended sectors like housing, exports and infrastructure. | |
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| | G20 agrees to $1.1 trillion stimulus package | 03-APR-09 |
| | The G20 members, comprising 21 of the world’s wealthiest nations and nine international institutions, today announced a $1.1 trillion stimulus package to tackle the worst economic recession since the Great Depression. | |
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| | Govt advisors seek more stimulus to boost economy | 28-MAR-09 |
| | Three top government officials have pitched for further stimulus packages to boost economic demand in the country. This comes a day after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor said there was a cost involved for any further deficit-financed spending by the government as it would adversely affect the credit markets. | |
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| | Further stimulus packages will come at a cost: RBI | 27-MAR-09 |
| | The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) governor said On Thursday that there is a cost to any further fiscal stimulus package as it would put pressure on credit markets. However, RBI Governor Duvvuri Subbarao did not elaborate further on what this additional cost would be. | |
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| | Ahead of polls, TDP unveils mother of all sops | 21-MAR-09 |
| | The Cash Transfer Scheme (CTS) announced by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) could well be the mother of all sops being offered by various political parties to woo the electorate in the ensuing Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh. | |
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| | Govt plans stimulus package for chemical industry | 06-MAR-09 |
| | Days after announcing excise duty cuts on commodities like steel and cement, the government is working on a plan to provide a major stimulus to the chemicals and petrochemicals industry by revising Customs/excise duty on inputs required by the industry. | |
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| | Anjuli Bhargava: Yet another bail-out | 27-FEB-09 |
| | Last week, the government announced that we, the passengers, would be bailing out Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) by paying Rs 200 if we take a domestic flight out of Delhi airport and Rs 1,300 (which sounds pretty exorbitant) if we take an international flight out of the capital. | |
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| | Arvind Singhal: Misdirected stimuli | 26-FEB-09 |
| | Throwing all caution and fiscal discipline to the wind, the government continues to dole out sops and announce one populist scheme after another, ostensibly to provide stimulus to a slowing economy. How many of these so-named stimuli packages are indirectly or directly aimed at stimulating the poll prospects of the ruling UPA can be a subject of many conjectures. | |
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