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Sajjid Chinoy 10:58 PM | August 17,2009
Keynesian theory tells us fiscal expansion counters a recession. But instead of spurring growth, it can halt it
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Sangeeta Singh 01:02 AM | August 05,2009
The focus of the accelerated second phase of the programme is on clearing backlog, setting higher targets
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Renu Kohli 09:19 PM | July 12,2009
The Budget is about India’s billion-plus citizens and not just about disinvestment and financial sector changes
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Bharat Ramaswami 01:45 PM | July 07,2009
Recognition that certain types of growth are poverty reducing is important to discipline public expenditures. It would be unfortunate if this government’s view of inclusive growth is confined to welfare programmes
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Maitreyee Handique 12:30 AM | July 07,2009
The spending on rural employment guarantee scheme has been raised to Rs39,100 cr from Rs30,000 cr in 2008-09
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01:45 PM | July 04,2009
Mint’s Sangeeta Singh says many of the UPA’s programmes for rural India combine development and populism effectively
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Sangeeta Singh and Rahul Chandran 12:43 AM | June 09,2009
When the refinance window was approved in the Union government’s stimulus package earlier this year, only new projects were eligible to apply
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Cafe Economics | Niranjan Rajadhyaksha 12:30 AM | May 13,2009
The Manmohan Singh government failed to tackle the deficit problem decisively while it has a mixed record of improving the country’s infrastructure. The highest scoring point for Singh’s government was on the distribution front
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Cafe Economics | Niranjan Rajadhyaksha 12:30 AM | May 13,2009
The Manmohan Singh government failed to tackle the deficit problem decisively while it has a mixed record of improving the country’s infrastructure. The highest scoring point for Singh’s government was on the distribution front
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PTI 04:32 PM | April 13,2009
Criticising the BJP, she said, “The opposition leaders do not know anything more than their self interest”
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PTI 03:02 PM | April 05,2009
The veteran Congress leader said even though there were hiccups in seat sharing talks between Congress and its alliance partners the alliance was still in place
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12:30 AM | March 23,2009
With the highest score of 87 on the ad reach index, Vodafone’s TV spot on SMS at 10 paise was the best on-air advertisement in the Mint-Synovate-TVAdIndx survey
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UPA Legacy | Shubhashis Gangopadhyay 10:41 AM | March 08,2009
Development is not simply tax sops to the corporate sector or, investing in public sector enterprises; it is largely concerned with basic training, basic health and basic infrastructure to all
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02:58 PM | February 12,2009
The flagship programmes are expected to be given priority with the government proposing to allocate a major share of gross budgetary allocation in the next fiscal for such schemes
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Sangeeta Singh and Utpal Bhaskar 11:54 PM | November 13,2008
Housing and telephony are the exceptions, but big infrastructure misses likely to become major political fodder
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