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      <title><![CDATA[Direct cash transfer for LPG: Govt forced to mull drop boxes]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Where technology moved on snail&#39;s pace, drop boxes may become the last resort for petroleum and natural gas ministry and the Unique Identification Authority of India.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[No case for S&amp;P rating downgrade: Mayaram]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Arvind MayaramThere is no case for downgrading India&#39;s sovereign credit rating, Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram told the news channel ET Now on Monday, after Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s reiterated its negative outlook on the country&#39;s credit rating.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Government debt quota sale to foreign investors watched]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;India will sell 55.33 billion rupees worth of government debt limits to overseas investors later on Monday, the first after the country cut the debt withholding tax for foreign investors last month.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Convoluted phrasing complicates policy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Last year, the commerce ministry reviewed and edited the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) document and removed many ambiguities.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Govt mulls law on sports betting, BCCI tightens screws]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Union ministries of sports and law have started consultations to draft a new law to deal with betting in sports, in the wake of the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal, even as further steps are being taken against the three players accused in the scam.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[UK Oppn wants firms to report tax by geography]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[UK&#39;s Opposition Labour party, tapping into widening public anger over corporate tax avoidance, wants the government to push for new international rules to force companies to report profit and tax payments country-by-country.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indicus price monitor]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A price index for agri commodities: A Business Standard and Indicus Analytics initiative (Click on graphics).]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[StatsGuru-20-May-2013]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Another Parliament session, another controversy, another set of disruptions.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA['Guptagate' probe implicates Indian High Commission official]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A probe into a controversial lavish Indian wedding in South Africa has implicated a top Indian High Commission official for &quot;name-dropping&quot; and &quot;manipulation&quot;, and absolved President Jacob Zuma in the row over landing of a chartered plane at a military air base.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Where's the coal?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The developments relating to the issue of licences for coal mining during the United Progressive Alliance regime&#39;s first term have trained the spotlight on the weaknesses and inadequacies of the process that was followed.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The economics of trust]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A new day, a new scam.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Corrupting the PPP model]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A key component of India&#39;s economic reforms has been the involvement of the private sector in delivering a range of government services to its citizens.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ratings and resources]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[When the credit rating agency Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s (S&amp;P) came to New Delhi last month, the government laid out the red carpet for its analysts; senior functionaries argued persuasively that reforms were in hand and the Indian economy was on the brink of returning to a high-growth path.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Support vs procurement]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The government&#39;s move to get the mandate of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) reviewed afresh by an expert panel needs to be viewed in a broader perspective - one that weighs political populism against economic logic.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Centre to set up four electronics clusters in AP]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Centre is planning to set up 200 electronics manufacturing clusters (EMCs) across the country over the next eight years.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:37:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indo-Bangla Railway officers to meet on May 21]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[India and Bangladesh Railway officials would meet in Dhaka on May 21 to review the progress of work in the railway link between Agartala and Akhaura in Bangladesh, officials sources said on Saturday.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:30:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Li arrives; to hold talks with PM on boundary, water issues]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Nearly 27 years after he made his last trip to India, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here today on his first overseas official visit and will hold talks with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on all contentious issues, including the boundary dispute later this evening.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 15:57:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[GoM on PSU reforms to meet on May 22]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The panel of ministers on reforms in public sector enterprises will have its second meeting on May 22, sources said.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 15:01:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fin Min implements amnesty scheme for service tax defaulters]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Aimed at widening revenue from indirect tax, the Finance Ministry has implemented one-time amnesty scheme for service tax defaulters to pay their due without any penalty or late payment charges.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 14:22:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Govt gets power to arrest service tax defaulters]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Service tax evaders beware! Failing to deposit this tax may attract arrest and imprisonment upto seven years.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 14:05:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cobrapost: NABARD chief gives clean chit to co-operative banks]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Amid allegations of co-operative banks being used as conduits for money laundering, NABARD, which jointly regulates such lenders, has said that it has found no shortcoming pointing towards any such activity.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 14:02:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Coal regulator will decide surplus coal cost, royalty rates for captive mines]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The government is set to bring surplus coal produced in private captive coal mines under the regulatory net.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 12:47:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Emissions from telecom towers is central subject: COAI]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[GSM industry body COAI wants the Centre to instruct states on the policy on radiation emissions from telecom towers, saying the subject comes under the central government.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 12:14:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fraudulent investment schemes: IMG to meet on May 23]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Amid the uproar over investment fraud in West Bengal, an inter-ministerial group will hold its first meeting this week to suggest ways to deal with such schemes against the backdrop of demands within a Parliamentary Committee for scrapping of chit fund schemes.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Trade imbalance with China soars, while government snoars]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Indo-China image via ShutterstockEven as new Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is visiting for the first time since taking over the present portfolio, old problems continue to plague Indo-Chinese bilateral trade relations.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DIPP wants relook of FDI policy in pharma at PM level]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[With no let up in multinationals seeking nod to acquire stake in Indian pharma firms despite government putting norms to check it, DIPP has raised concerns stating the FDI policy in the sector needs a relook again at the Prime Minister&#39;s level.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/dipp-wants-relookfdi-policy-in-pharma-at-pm-level/245886/on</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:58:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[GoM on restructuring of central schemes to meet this week]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Group of Ministers, set up under the chairmanship of Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, to sort out the long-pending issue of restructuring of Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) will hold its first meeting this week.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chidambaram to meet top I-T brass later this month]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Finance Minister P Chidambaram will inaugurate a two-day conference of top Income Tax department and CBDT officers later this month in the national capital and discuss efforts to maximise revenue collection.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Canada woos entrepreneurs with new Start-Up Visa]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Jason Kenney, Canada&#39;s Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, has a look for wannabe entrepreneurs struggling to get their green cards or extend their H-1B visas in the United States: Come hither.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/canada-woos-entrepreneursnew-start-up-visa/517171/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:38:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[FM to meet Qatari minister, business leaders today]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Seeking to enhance bilateral trade and cooperation, Finance Minister P Chidambaram will hold discussions with Qatar&#39;s Minister of Economy and Finance Yousuf Hussain Kamal and interact with business leaders at Doha on Sunday.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:35:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Right to work, pension hears dissent by ministries]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The 45th Indian Labour Conference (ILC) concluded today, with a series of recommendations, including the right to work and pension for all, besides labour rights for all government scheme workers, amid dissenting notes by key ministries.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:34:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[How India should reform its trade for the 21st century]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The sharp increase in the current account deficit (CAD) is ringing alarm bells.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 21:50:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Free labour for govt]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The government saves close to Rs 70,000 crore each year by underpaying or not paying six million workers it employs to implement its social sector schemes.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Time to state a strategy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In a recent talk delivered in New Delhi, the former foreign secretary and current chairman of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB), Shyam Saran, suggested among other things that it was not a fact that the armed forces were not involved in the formulation of national security thought - or strategy, if one might call &quot;thought&quot; that.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA['We must identify the causes of moral decline in our society']]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[It gives me immense pleasure to be here today for the third Convocation of Nagaland University, a premier centre of higher learning in the north-eastern region.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hard of hearings]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Before Congress is finished with the Internal Revenue Service, there&#39;s a serious danger some of us are going to wind up feeling sorry for the auditors.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[EU blames China's Huawei, ZTE for trade violations]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Europe&#39;s top trade official for the first time yesterday officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp for violating anti-dumping and anti-subsidy guidelines.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/eu-blames-china\s-huawei-zte-for-trade-violations/517144/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[IRS chief declines to identify employees involved in scandal]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The outgoing head of the US Internal Revenue Service angered Republican lawmakers yesterday by resisting their demands that he identify who at the tax-collection agency had inappropriately targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[A check on greed in the iron age]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Bellary district of Karnataka and Goa portray India&#39;s very own gold rush.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Time magazine lauds Naveen for economic turnaround]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Closer home, chief minister Naveen Patnaik may be ridiculed for his poor understanding of the people&#39;s language, but the regional satrap has found rare applause in the columns of the reputed Time magazine.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[West Bengal announces draft industrial policy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The West Bengal government today announced its draft industrial policy to attract investment, two days ahead of its completion of two years in office.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Even as the wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation fell to a 41-month low of 4.89 per cent, there are chances that inflation may again rear its head once economic expansion gathers momentum.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Saradha Group promoter sent to judicial custody till May 31]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Rejecting the bail plea of Saradha Group promoter Sudipta Sen and one of his close aides, a local court in West Bengal Saturday remanded them to judicial custody till May 31Sen and a senior official of the company, Arvind Chauhan, were sent to judicial custody by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (Bidhannagar) A.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Trinamool Congress assumed office on 20 May, 2011.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to address Indian industry, students]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In his first ever visit to India after becoming the Chinese Premier,is expected to address Indian industry and sign a series of agreements on business cooperation in Mumbai.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[US paves way for shale gas export to India]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Opening up the prospects of export of shale gas to energy starved India, the US today granted conditional authorization to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to nations that do not have Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with it.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[India-EU trade talks fail to bridge gaps; ministerial meet unlikely]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In a set back to talks for the long-pending India-European Union (EU) free-trade agreement (FTA), the chief negotiators&#39; meet today failed to bridge &quot;substantial gaps&quot; on crucial issues, including insurance and data security status for the information technology (IT) sector, creating a bleak possibility of a ministerial meet next month.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA['Comprehensive Act needed for telecom']]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked a newly-formed committee to re-examine whether a single comprehensive Act was needed covering all the matters related to telecommunications, information technology and broadcasting.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Congress brass, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party Chief Sonia Gandhi, on Friday deliberated on the way ahead on the issue of Food Security Bill.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[In another embarrassment to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), two of its officers - Superintendent of Police Vivek Dutt, also the investigating officer in the coal block allocation scam, and Inspector Rajesh Karnatak - were arrested on Friday for accepting a bribe of Rs 7 lakh from a person.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Changing class in America]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[My first and lasting impression of America, echoed by numerous observers from the hierarchical societies of Europe and Asia, was the absence of class despite great inequalities of income and wealth.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[After Cobrapost]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Cobrapost has thrown sand in the wheels of commerce by drawing attention to the flouting of know your customer (KYC) norms across the banking system.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[DoT to seek LawMin opinion on unified licensing within a week]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is set to seek opinion of the law ministry on the unified licensing (UL) guidelines within a week, according to a top DoT source.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[SEC seeks deletion of 'consent' in HC order on panchayat polls]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[West Bengal State Election Commission on Friday filed an application before the Calcutta High Court claiming that the court&#39;s May 14 order directing holding of panchayat elections in the state in three phases by July 15 was &quot;not a consent order&quot;.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anti-Vedanta group hold padayatra at Niyamgiri]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti (NSS), an organisation spearheading the agitation against Vedanta&#39;s alumina project at Lanjigarh in Kalhandi district, has started a five-day padayatra beginning Friday to spread awareness among the locals on the Supreme Court (SC) order on bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[S&amp;P puts gun to govt's head, warns of downgrade]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Standard &amp; Poor&rsquo;s today dashed India&rsquo;s hopes of a rating upgrade.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[PMO backs Pitroda's spectrum use views]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister&#39;s office has written a letter to the telecom secretary asking the ministry to take note of PM&#39;s adviser Sam Pitroda&#39;s views on reactivating group of ministers (GoM) to focus on spectrum availability.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Global agency Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s today threatened to downgrade India&#39;s rating to &#39;junk&#39; status if it fails to pursue reforms, &quot;disappointing&quot; the government which retorted by saying the international investors hold a different view and there was nothing to be worried about.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[RBI auctions new 10-year govt bond]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Inter-Min panel to take call on coal mines to PSUs next week]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Global agency Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s today warned that it may downgrade India&#39;s sovereign rating to junk grade if the government fails to pursue reforms and check deterioration in fiscal and current account deficits.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[PM wants law for migrant workers, domestic workers]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Manmohan SinghPrime Minister Manmohan Singh today promised to engage with the trade unions on all their demands even as he urged the industry and unions to focus discussions at the ongoing Indian Labour Conference on &nbsp;the &nbsp; welfare of &nbsp;migrant workers, domestic workers and others &nbsp;working in unsafe conditions.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Expressing concern over widening trade deficit, India today sought from Japan more market access for its exporters in sectors like agriculture, marine product and pharmaceuticals.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ratings agency Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s affirmed India&#39;s sovereign rating at &quot;BBB-minus&quot; with a &quot;negative&quot; outlook, reiterating there was a one-in-three chances of a ratings downgrade over the next 12 months, a statement said on Friday.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[India today sought investment from Japan in sectors like infrastructure and electronic hardware to enhance trade relations between the countries.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said that India offers &quot;unlimited&quot; opportunities for investment in infrastructure sector as the country needs more roads, airports and seaports.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Govt serious about issues raised by trade unions: PM]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Manmohan SinghPrime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured trade unions that he and his government were willing to &ldquo;engage constructively&" with them on issues such as generation of employment opportunities and strict enforcement of labour laws.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Indian companies have invested nearly $1 billion in Sri Lanka since 2003 and this figure could rise above $2 billion in the next five years, Indian envoy to Colombo Ashok K Kantha has said.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The global shipbuilding industry may not be in a good shape, but with business for Cochin Shipyard looking up, the government is likely to divest a 10 per cent stake in the company.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rajasthan set to unveil power tariff hike as discom losses swell]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Rajasthan is set to announce a power tariff hike next month as losses of its distribution companies (discoms) have piled up to a staggering Rs 50,000 crore as on April, the highest among all Indian states.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uttarakhand: 6,000 Mw of hydropower to be hit]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The report of the inter-ministerial group (IMG) headed by Planning Commission member B K Chaturvedi would affect the hydropower sector in the Ganga river basin of Uttarakhand.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Data adequacy grant to India non-negotiable, says EU envoy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Even as India is pushing hard to obtain the coveted Data Adequacy status from the European Union under the ongoing talks for a bilateral trade deal, the 27-nation bloc has clearly stated it will not in any way negotiate the issue.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[What underlies the reasonable new China?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Is China&#39;s apparent willingness to take meaningful steps towards resolving the Sino-Indian boundary dispute merely a ploy to ensure the success of Premier Li Keqiang&#39;s visit on May 19-20?]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Law to decide on paying toll to NHAI: Govt]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The road ministry on Thursday said everything will be done within the legal framework on the issue of allowing highway developers to collect toll now and pay the government later.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bogus contract payments in a public sector company unearthed]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Prompt reporting has helped unearth a multi-crore fraud in a public sector undertaking.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:38:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drugs prices set to come down]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Prices of 348 medicines, including life-saving drugs, will soon be cheaper by up to 80 per cent, with the new Drug Price Control Order coming into effect.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/drugs-prices-set-to-come-down/516889/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:22:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Japan's Q1 growth spurt shows early benefits of Abe's policy gamble]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Japan&#39;s economy expanded at a rapid clip at the start of the year, the first hard evidence that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#39;s sweeping stimulus is beginning to rouse consumers and businesses into action even as risks loomed in the horizon.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:18:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Data raise questions about strength of US economy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The US economy showed worrisome signs as jobless claims rose sharply last week while ground-breaking at home construction sites tumbled in April and a gauge of underlying inflation pointed to weak demand.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/data-raise-questions-about-strengthus-economy/516912/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:17:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Madhya Pradesh goes the Gujarat way for power]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[There is more in common between Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh than the fact that they are ruled by BJP governments.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/madhya-pradesh-goesgujarat-way-for-power/516860/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[<b>Newsmaker:</b> Kapil Sipal]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Kapil SibalHe likes fine arts, writes poetry and is a music aficionado.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 23:28:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Power projects in a price maze]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has recently been involved in two landmark decisions concerning mega power projects.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/power-projects-inprice-maze/516806/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:48:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Recovering a reputation]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Ranbaxy Laboratories has pleaded guilty to charges of wrongdoing related to drug safety in the United States and has agreed to pay $500 million (approximately Rs 2,740 crore at the current exchange rate) in civil and criminal fines to the US Department of Justice.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/recoveringreputation/516793/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:40:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Look abroad instead]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The government&#39;s move to revive five defunct urea plants of the Fertiliser Corporation of India Limited (FCIL) seems both ill-advised and mistimed.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/look-abroad-instead/516794/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:38:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Centre to examine State demand for supply of extra PDS rice]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Food Minister K V Thomas on Thursday said the Centre will examine the newly-formed Karnataka government&#39;s demand to provide additional quantity of rice to BPL families in order to fulfill its election promise.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/centre-to-examine-state-demand-for-supplyextra-pds-rice/516800/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:38:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DBT in Mysore from June]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The much-publicised Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for LPG cylinders will be launched from June 1 in Mysore district.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/dbt-in-mysorejune/516803/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:34:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thousands court arrest in Mumbai, Maharashtra against new tax]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Thousands of traders in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra, along with prominent state politicians, courted arrest Thursday demanding scrapping of the new Local Body Tax (LBT), officials said.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:20:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sushma, Jaitley oppose Cyriac Joseph as NHRC member]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Arun JaitleyLeader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and her Rajya Sabha counterpart Arun Jaitley today gave notes of dissent against government&#39;s proposal to make Cyriac Joseph, a retired Supreme Court judge, an NHRC member.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sushma-jaitley-oppose-cyriac-joseph-as-nhrc-member/243618/on</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:10:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Maha govt sets up committee to frame Child Welfare Policy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Maharashtra government has set up a 64-member committee, headed by Women and Child Welfare Minister Varsha Gaikwad, to finalise its Child Welfare Policy 2013.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/maha-govt-setscommittee-to-frame-child-welfare-policy/516786/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:08:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cobrapost fallout: Govt, RBI looking at hiking penalty amount]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Finance ministry today said that it is looking raising penalty limits for the violations of Reserve Bank of India norms by the banks.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/cobrapost-fallout-govt-rbi-looking-at-hiking-penalty-amount/243035/on</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 19:25:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Soon, anti-cancer drug prices will fall by 80%]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Prices of 348 medicines, including life saving drugs will be cheaper soon by up to 80 per cent as the new Drug Price Control Order has come into effect.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/soon-anti-cancer-drug-prices-will-fall-by-80/243475/on</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 19:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Planning Commission approves Maharashtra Plan of Rs 49,000 cr for 2013-14]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Prithviraj Chavan met planning commission deputy chairmanThe Planning Commission on Thursday approved Maharashtra government&rsquo;s annual plan of Rs 49,000 crore for 2013-14 against Rs 45,000 crore in 2012-13.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/planning-commission-approves-maharashtra-planrs-49000-cr-for-2013-14/243519/on</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:58:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[MEA to draw roadmap for Missions to push exports]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The External Affairs Ministry today said it will draw a roadmap for Indian Missions abroad to push export promotion activities and help the country to arrest export slowdown.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/mea-to-draw-roadmap-for-missions-to-push-exports/243503/on</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:54:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Govt slashes import tariff value of gold, silver]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The government has slashed the import tariff value of gold and silver to $466 per ten grams and $761 per kg, respectively, considering weak global price trend.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/govt-slashes-import-tariff-valuegold-silver/243409/on</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[NCP asks CM to take decision regarding LBT]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[NCP today lamented that Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan had not heeded to its demand for a ministerial panel to discuss the local body tax (LBT) issue with the traders and also a co-ordination committee meeting.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ncp-asks-cm-to-take-decision-regarding-lbt/243394/on</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[India to step up coal imports quality checks]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[India is calling in specialist quality control monitors to stop poor quality coal imports getting through to its import-reliant power plants.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Data adequacy grant to India non-negotiable: EU Envoy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Even as India is pushing hard to obtain the coveted &lsquo;Data Adequacy&rsquo; status from the European Union under the ongoing talks for a bilateral trade deal, the 27-nation bloc has clearly stated that it will not in any way negotiate the issue under trade negotiations come what may.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/data-adequacy-grant-to-india-non-negotiable-eu-envoy/243303/on</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:23:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[M'rashtra to change BMC Act for LBT with relaxed draft]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Maharashtra Government proposes to amend&nbsp; the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations (local body tax) rules 2012 with certain changes to the earlier proposal.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/m\rashtra-to-change-bmc-act-for-lbtrelaxed-draft/243277/on</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Inflation likely to moderate till Sept: Dun &amp; Bradstreet]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Headline inflation is expected to moderate till September this year and stay below 5%, largely due to base effect, global research firm Dun and Bradstreet said in a report.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/inflation-likely-to-moderate-till-sept-dunbradstreet/243103/on</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Need to boost mfg to bridge CAD, trade gap: DIPP]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;The country needs to boost its manufacturing sector to bridge the ballooning current account deficit (CAD) and trade imbalance, a top government official said today.]]></description>
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