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| Will the Budget listen to survey? | 03-JUL-09 |
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| The Economic Survey used to be an important source of information on the economy a few years back. But now with improved dissemination of data in general and introduction of mid-year review, there are hardly any revelations on the data front in Survey. Although the prognosis and recommendations of the survey seldom get picked up in the budget, it does serve as a fair benchmark to assess the budget. |
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| Infrastructure sector rebounds in April | 03-JUN-09 |
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| Hopes of an economic recovery grew, with data for the output in six core infrastructure sectors rebounding in April, showing a 4.3 per cent increase — the most since July 2008 — on a better-than-expected performance in coal, electricity and cement. |
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| Lower production of sugar, wheat hits IIP growth | 23-MAY-09 |
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| Lower production of wheat flour, sugar, milk products and tea in March pulled down the overall output of food products, which account for nearly one-tenth of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP). The key index contracted 2.3 per cent during the month under consideration, as against 5.5 per cent growth seen in the same month of the previous year. |
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| Lower production and high MSP keep food prices high | 16-MAY-09 |
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| An analysis of price movements in the past three months reveals a handful of food products such as cereals, pulses and sugar have kept the headline inflation rate, earlier predicted to go below zero by April-end, in the positive terrain. |
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| Inflation rate rises to 0.26% | 24-APR-09 |
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| The headline inflation rate marginally rose to 0.26 per cent for the week ended April 11 this year, mainly because of the rise in prices of manufactured products. |
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| Petrol cheaper by Rs 5 a litre, diesel by Rs 2 | 06-DEC-08 |
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| The government today cut prices of petrol by 10 per cent and diesel by 6 per cent, effective midnight, a day before the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are expected to announce a |
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| Industrial slowdown to lower Q2 growth: Experts | 27-NOV-08 |
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| Indian economy is expected to grow between 7 and 7.4 per cent in the three months up to September 2008, as against 9.3 per cent in the year-ago quarter, five top economists of the country told |
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| Inflation at 12.14% on food price surge | 19-SEP-08 |
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| Rising prices of food articles pushed the wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation up to 12.14 per cent for the week ended September 6, against 3.46 per cent a year ago. |
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| Inflation falls to 12.34% as food prices moderate | 05-SEP-08 |
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| The wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation rate declined for the second consecutive week to 12.34 per cent for the week ended 23 August, as prices of food items like rice and pulses fell. |
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