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Sinha
sees recovery by mid-2002, pins hopes on agricultural sector |
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Finance minister Yashwant Sinha
on Tuesday said the economy would start looking up by the middle
of the next year and hoped that agriculture would play a major
role in boosting growth. |
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Vajpayee
denies govt is toeing US line after Sept 11 attacks |
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Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee sought to dispel in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday the impression
that India was toeing the US line after the September 11 attacks. |
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Delhi
may open up textile sector further |
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New Delhi will consider
opening up its textile sector further, if Brussels is prepared
to work out a package envisaging a substantial increase in the
export quotas and removal/reduction of import tariffs under
the European Union’s special GSP scheme, on the lines recently
conceded to Islamabad, say top officials in the textiles ministry. |
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MoF
to tighten I-T regime for better tax compliance |
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The government is
gearing up to tighten the I-T administration through measures
to improve tax compliance. inance ministry sources said that
the Budget for 2002-03 was likely to introduce measures to achieve
this objective, which would be followed by the administrative
actions. |
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