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Manmohan Singh: Private investment required to reach 8.2% growth target

The Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh said while announcing the 12th Five Year Plan that the immediate requirement should be to rebound this year to get the set target of 8.2% growth that is inclusive and sustainable.

The respected PM Manmohan Singh said, “Our objective is not just growth of GDP, but growth that is inclusive and also sustainable.”

Further, the Prime Minister highly recommends the need of private investment to get the set target growth of the year.

Left, BJP all opposing FDI in retail, UPA in trouble

The central government of the country is facing high pressure from the biggest opposition party BJP and the supporting party Left, as these parties are planning nationwide protest against UPA’s bid to allow FDI in retail and civil aviation sector.

Further, some regional parties such as Samajwadi party and Janata Dal (U) also joined the protesting camp, demanding a rollback of the hike in diesel prices and LPG gas cylinders.

Hina Rabbani: Indian traders to be treated like those from other nations

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar Saturday said that by December Pakistan and India would complete a trade normalisation process which would ensure that traders from India are treated like those from any other country.

Addressing a joint press conference with Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, she said: “We will treat traders from India as traders from anywhere else.”

“By the end of December, we would complete a trade normalisation process that would ensure that India was treated like any other trade partner.”

India’s Q1 GDP hits decade low 5.5%

Overcoming the expectations, India’s economy [GDP] has hit the 5.5% mark in the first quarter [Q1]of the present financial year as compared with 8 percent in the last year.

Reports have said that in the first quarter of 2012-13, agriculture increased 2.9 percent as compared to 3.7 percent in the same period of the last year. And, construction activity jumped 10.9 percent as against 3.5 percent in the last fiscal year.

SAIL’s first quarter net falls 18pct on forex losses

As per latest Business sector news, Steel Authority of India Limited [SAIL] has announced a marginal fall in net profit in the first quarter of this fiscal year on the back of forex losses.

However, the first quarter sales were flat at Rs 10,640 crore over Rs 10,811 crore as compared to last year, quarterly net profit slipped 17 percent year-on-year at Rs 696 crore against Rs 838 crore, largely on account of forex loss Rs 257 crore.

Hike in diesel prices likely after Prez polls

Reports have said that that the central government is likely to hike diesel prices after Prez Polls on July 19.

The decision will be taken by the government to fill the loss faced by them to cut the amount of money it pays out to keep prices lower.

Talking to media, a source without revealing his name said, “This has been the thinking for quite some time that a price rise could come after Presidential polls.”

9pct growth not possible in 12th Plan: Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Dismissing govt. target of 9% GDP in the upcoming five years, the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Panel Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia Plan today said even achieving average 8% growth need a major strategic effort.

On Friday, Mr Ahluwalia addressed a conference of State Planning Boards and departments in New Delhi where he took a wide look over much worse position of Indian economy that facing global market situation.

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RBI hikes foreign investment limit in govt bonds

The Reserve Bank of India [RBI] on Monday has announced a series of steps which according to RBI will help to improve the national currency and the economy.

The measure explained by the RBI includes growing limits for external commercial borrowings as well as government securities.

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