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Ahead of the Winter Session, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the government is reaching out to political parties to seek their support for passage of important economic bills.
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&amp;quot;The Parliament session has a very heavy legislative agenda. We are reaching out to the various political parties to carry through these agenda in the four weeks that we have for the session&amp;quot;, he said addressing a press conference here.
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The important economic agenda for the Winter Session of Parliament beginning on November 22 includes amendment to the Insurance Bill to raise FDI cap from 26 to 49 per cent, Banking Regulation Amendment Bill and Direct Taxes Code.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chidambaram said, had already met supporting parties and would be meeting more allies.
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&amp;quot;We sincerely hope that the forthcoming session will be a productive one and many bills will be passed... My suggestion is that not one issue should be blown out of proportion. There are many very important issues that concern the welfare of people and future of country,&amp;quot; he added.
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The Opposition parties are proposing to corner the government on the issue of opening of multi-brand retail to foreign investors. The government allowed FDI in multi-brand retail through an executive order.
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Noting that economy was &amp;quot;challenged&amp;quot;, the Minister said the government would be taking steps to revive growth, which slipped to nine-year low of 6.5 per cent in 2012-13.
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&amp;quot;... we are taking number of steps to revive economic growth. Only this morning you have read that Eurozone is formally in recession. We are nowhere near that situation,&amp;quot; he added.
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Indian economy is still growing at 5.5 per cent, Chidambaram said, adding &amp;quot;second quarter number will be known by end of this month. And I think there will be a pick up in third and fourth quarters.&amp;quot; The growth rate in the first quarter of 2012-13 was 5.5 per cent.
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The goal, the Minister said, would be to tide over the difficult period and end the year with a reasonably satisfactory note.
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Chidambaram said he would endeavour to present a &amp;quot;more balanced budget&amp;quot; for 2013-14 and expressed the confidence that &amp;quot;growth will revive and (we will) move on to high growth track.&amp;quot;
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Replying to questions on fiscal deficit, the Minister exuded confidence that there was still time and the government would be able to meet the revised target of 5.3 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
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He said the disinvestment process will start soon and spectrum auction will continue.
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The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), he said, will meet shortly to take decisions on the pending issues.
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Concerns are being expressed about the ability of the government to meet the revised fiscal deficit target in view of the lukewarm response to the 2G spectrum auction which fetched only Rs 9,400 crore as against the target of Rs 40,000 crore.
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&amp;quot;The Parliament session has a very heavy legislative agenda. We are reaching out to the various political parties to carry through these agenda in the four weeks that we have for the session&amp;quot;, he said addressing a press conference here.
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&amp;quot;We sincerely hope that the forthcoming session will be a productive one and many bills will be passed... My suggestion is that not one issue should be blown out of proportion. There are many very important issues that concern the welfare of people and future of country,&amp;quot; he added.
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&amp;quot;... we are taking number of steps to revive economic growth. Only this morning you have read that Eurozone is formally in recession. We are nowhere near that situation,&amp;quot; he added.
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The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), he said, will meet shortly to take decisions on the pending issues.
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Replying to questions on fiscal deficit, the Minister exuded confidence that there was still time and the government would be able to meet the revised target of 5.3 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
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Ahead of the Winter Session, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the government is reaching out to political parties to seek their support for passage of important economic bills.
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&amp;quot;The Parliament session has a very heavy legislative agenda. We are reaching out to the various political parties to carry through these agenda in the four weeks that we have for the session&amp;quot;, he said addressing a press conference here.
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The important economic agenda for the Winter Session of Parliament beginning on November 22 includes amendment to the Insurance Bill to raise FDI cap from 26 to 49 per cent, Banking Regulation Amendment Bill and Direct Taxes Code.
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&amp;quot;We sincerely hope that the forthcoming session will be a productive one and many bills will be passed... My suggestion is that not one issue should be blown out of proportion. There are many very important issues that concern the welfare of people and future of country,&amp;quot; he added.
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Noting that economy was &amp;quot;challenged&amp;quot;, the Minister said the government would be taking steps to revive growth, which slipped to nine-year low of 6.5 per cent in 2012-13.
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&amp;quot;... we are taking number of steps to revive economic growth. Only this morning you have read that Eurozone is formally in recession. We are nowhere near that situation,&amp;quot; he added.
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Indian economy is still growing at 5.5 per cent, Chidambaram said, adding &amp;quot;second quarter number will be known by end of this month. And I think there will be a pick up in third and fourth quarters.&amp;quot; The growth rate in the first quarter of 2012-13 was 5.5 per cent.
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The goal, the Minister said, would be to tide over the difficult period and end the year with a reasonably satisfactory note.
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Chidambaram said he would endeavour to present a &amp;quot;more balanced budget&amp;quot; for 2013-14 and expressed the confidence that &amp;quot;growth will revive and (we will) move on to high growth track.&amp;quot;
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Replying to questions on fiscal deficit, the Minister exuded confidence that there was still time and the government would be able to meet the revised target of 5.3 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
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&amp;quot;We still have good time of four-and-half months and therefore it is too early to say that we won&#039;t reach the target. And it is my intention to reach the target... I don&#039;t think we should spread pessimism or cynicism&amp;quot;, the Minister said.
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The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), he said, will meet shortly to take decisions on the pending issues.
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We are reaching out to the various political parties to carry through these agenda in the four weeks that we have for the session&amp;quot;, he said addressing a press conference here.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The important economic agenda for the Winter Session of Parliament beginning on November 22 includes amendment to the Insurance Bill to raise FDI cap from 26 to 49 per cent, Banking Regulation Amendment Bill and Direct Taxes Code.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chidambaram said, had already met supporting parties and would be meeting more allies.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;We sincerely hope that the forthcoming session will be a productive one and many bills will be passed... My suggestion is that not one issue should be blown out of proportion. There are many very important issues that concern the welfare of people and future of country,&amp;quot; he added.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The Opposition parties are proposing to corner the government on the issue of opening of multi-brand retail to foreign investors. The government allowed FDI in multi-brand retail through an executive order.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;Noting that economy was &amp;quot;challenged&amp;quot;, the Minister said the government would be taking steps to revive growth, which slipped to nine-year low of 6.5 per cent in 2012-13.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;... we are taking number of steps to revive economic growth. Only this morning you have read that Eurozone is formally in recession. We are nowhere near that situation,&amp;quot; he added.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;Indian economy is still growing at 5.5 per cent, Chidambaram said, adding &amp;quot;second quarter number will be known by end of this month. And I think there will be a pick up in third and fourth quarters.&amp;quot; The growth rate in the first quarter of 2012-13 was 5.5 per cent.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The goal, the Minister said, would be to tide over the difficult period and end the year with a reasonably satisfactory note.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;Chidambaram said he would endeavour to present a &amp;quot;more balanced budget&amp;quot; for 2013-14 and expressed the confidence that &amp;quot;growth will revive and (we will) move on to high growth track.&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;Replying to questions on fiscal deficit, the Minister exuded confidence that there was still time and the government would be able to meet the revised target of 5.3 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;We still have good time of four-and-half months and therefore it is too early to say that we won&#039;t reach the target. 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Ahead of the Winter Session, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the government is reaching out to political parties to seek their support for passage of important economic bills.
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&amp;quot;The Parliament session has a very heavy legislative agenda. We are reaching out to the various political parties to carry through these agenda in the four weeks that we have for the session&amp;quot;, he said addressing a press conference here.
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The important economic agenda for the Winter Session of Parliament beginning on November 22 includes amendment to the Insurance Bill to raise FDI cap from 26 to 49 per cent, Banking Regulation Amendment Bill and Direct Taxes Code.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chidambaram said, had already met supporting parties and would be meeting more allies.
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&amp;quot;We sincerely hope that the forthcoming session will be a productive one and many bills will be passed... My suggestion is that not one issue should be blown out of proportion. There are many very important issues that concern the welfare of people and future of country,&amp;quot; he added.
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The Opposition parties are proposing to corner the government on the issue of opening of multi-brand retail to foreign investors. The government allowed FDI in multi-brand retail through an executive order.
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Noting that economy was &amp;quot;challenged&amp;quot;, the Minister said the government would be taking steps to revive growth, which slipped to nine-year low of 6.5 per cent in 2012-13.
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&amp;quot;... we are taking number of steps to revive economic growth. Only this morning you have read that Eurozone is formally in recession. We are nowhere near that situation,&amp;quot; he added.
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Indian economy is still growing at 5.5 per cent, Chidambaram said, adding &amp;quot;second quarter number will be known by end of this month. And I think there will be a pick up in third and fourth quarters.&amp;quot; The growth rate in the first quarter of 2012-13 was 5.5 per cent.
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The goal, the Minister said, would be to tide over the difficult period and end the year with a reasonably satisfactory note.
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Chidambaram said he would endeavour to present a &amp;quot;more balanced budget&amp;quot; for 2013-14 and expressed the confidence that &amp;quot;growth will revive and (we will) move on to high growth track.&amp;quot;
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Replying to questions on fiscal deficit, the Minister exuded confidence that there was still time and the government would be able to meet the revised target of 5.3 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
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&amp;quot;We still have good time of four-and-half months and therefore it is too early to say that we won&#039;t reach the target. And it is my intention to reach the target... I don&#039;t think we should spread pessimism or cynicism&amp;quot;, the Minister said.
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He said the disinvestment process will start soon and spectrum auction will continue.
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The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), he said, will meet shortly to take decisions on the pending issues.
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Concerns are being expressed about the ability of the government to meet the revised fiscal deficit target in view of the lukewarm response to the 2G spectrum auction which fetched only Rs 9,400 crore as against the target of Rs 40,000 crore.
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As regards disinvestment, although the government plans to raise Rs 30,000 crore in the current fiscal through this route, none of the public sector undertakings have been able to hit the market so far.&amp;nbsp;
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Ahead of the Winter Session, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the government is reaching out to political parties to seek their support for passage of important economic bills.





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Ahead of the Winter Session, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the government is reaching out to political parties to seek their support for passage of important economic bills.
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&quot;The Parliament session has a very heavy legislative agenda. We are reaching out to the various political parties to carry through these agenda in the four weeks that we have for the session&quot;, he said addressing a press conference here.
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The important economic agenda for the Winter Session of Parliament beginning on November 22 includes amendment to the Insurance Bill to raise FDI cap from 26 to 49 per cent, Banking Regulation Amendment Bill and Direct Taxes Code.
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&quot;We sincerely hope that the forthcoming session will be a productive one and many bills will be passed... My suggestion is that not one issue should be blown out of proportion. There are many very important issues that concern the welfare of people and future of country,&quot; he added.
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Noting that economy was &quot;challenged&quot;, the Minister said the government would be taking steps to revive growth, which slipped to nine-year low of 6.5 per cent in 2012-13.
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Ahead of the Winter Session, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the government is reaching out to political parties to seek their support for passage of important economic bills.





&quot;The Parliament session has a very heavy legislative agenda....'
$disp = '<div style="text-align: justify">-The Indian Express</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Ahead of the Winter Session, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the government is reaching out to political parties to seek their support for passage of important economic bills.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&quot;The Parliament session has a very heavy legislative agenda. We are reaching out to the various political parties to carry through these agenda in the four weeks that we have for the session&quot;, he said addressing a press conference here.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The important economic agenda for the Winter Session of Parliament beginning on November 22 includes amendment to the Insurance Bill to raise FDI cap from 26 to 49 per cent, Banking Regulation Amendment Bill and Direct Taxes Code.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chidambaram said, had already met supporting parties and would be meeting more allies.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&quot;We sincerely hope that the forthcoming session will be a productive one and many bills will be passed... My suggestion is that not one issue should be blown out of proportion. There are many very important issues that concern the welfare of people and future of country,&quot; he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Opposition parties are proposing to corner the government on the issue of opening of multi-brand retail to foreign investors. The government allowed FDI in multi-brand retail through an executive order.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Noting that economy was &quot;challenged&quot;, the Minister said the government would be taking steps to revive growth, which slipped to nine-year low of 6.5 per cent in 2012-13.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&quot;... we are taking number of steps to revive economic growth. Only this morning you have read that Eurozone is formally in recession. We are nowhere near that situation,&quot; he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Indian economy is still growing at 5.5 per cent, Chidambaram said, adding &quot;second quarter number will be known by end of this month. And I think there will be a pick up in third and fourth quarters.&quot; The growth rate in the first quarter of 2012-13 was 5.5 per cent.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The goal, the Minister said, would be to tide over the difficult period and end the year with a reasonably satisfactory note.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Chidambaram said he would endeavour to present a &quot;more balanced budget&quot; for 2013-14 and expressed the confidence that &quot;growth will revive and (we will) move on to high growth track.&quot;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Replying to questions on fiscal deficit, the Minister exuded confidence that there was still time and the government would be able to meet the revised target of 5.3 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&quot;We still have good time of four-and-half months and therefore it is too early to say that we won't reach the target. And it is my intention to reach the target... I don't think we should spread pessimism or cynicism&quot;, the Minister said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">He said the disinvestment process will start soon and spectrum auction will continue.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), he said, will meet shortly to take decisions on the pending issues.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Concerns are being expressed about the ability of the government to meet the revised fiscal deficit target in view of the lukewarm response to the 2G spectrum auction which fetched only Rs 9,400 crore as against the target of Rs 40,000 crore.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">As regards disinvestment, although the government plans to raise Rs 30,000 crore in the current fiscal through this route, none of the public sector undertakings have been able to hit the market so far.&nbsp;</div>'
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Economy to top Parliament agenda: FM

-The Indian Express Ahead of the Winter Session, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the government is reaching out to political parties to seek their support for passage of important economic bills. "The Parliament session has a very heavy legislative agenda. We are reaching out to the various political parties to carry through these agenda in the four weeks that we have for the session", he said addressing a press conference here. The important economic agenda for the Winter Session of Parliament beginning on November 22 includes amendment to the Insurance Bill to raise FDI cap from 26 to 49 per cent, Banking Regulation Amendment Bill and Direct Taxes Code. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chidambaram said, had already met supporting parties and would be meeting more allies. "We sincerely hope that the forthcoming session will be a productive one and many bills will be passed... My suggestion is that not one issue should be blown out of proportion. There are many very important issues that concern the welfare of people and future of country," he added. The Opposition parties are proposing to corner the government on the issue of opening of multi-brand retail to foreign investors. The government allowed FDI in multi-brand retail through an executive order. Noting that economy was "challenged", the Minister said the government would be taking steps to revive growth, which slipped to nine-year low of 6.5 per cent in 2012-13. "... we are taking number of steps to revive economic growth. Only this morning you have read that Eurozone is formally in recession. We are nowhere near that situation," he added. Indian economy is still growing at 5.5 per cent, Chidambaram said, adding "second quarter number will be known by end of this month. And I think there will be a pick up in third and fourth quarters." The growth rate in the first quarter of 2012-13 was 5.5 per cent. The goal, the Minister said, would be to tide over the difficult period and end the year with a reasonably satisfactory note. Chidambaram said he would endeavour to present a "more balanced budget" for 2013-14 and expressed the confidence that "growth will revive and (we will) move on to high growth track." Replying to questions on fiscal deficit, the Minister exuded confidence that there was still time and the government would be able to meet the revised target of 5.3 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). "We still have good time of four-and-half months and therefore it is too early to say that we won't reach the target. And it is my intention to reach the target... I don't think we should spread pessimism or cynicism", the Minister said. He said the disinvestment process will start soon and spectrum auction will continue. The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), he said, will meet shortly to take decisions on the pending issues. Concerns are being expressed about the ability of the government to meet the revised fiscal deficit target in view of the lukewarm response to the 2G spectrum auction which fetched only Rs 9,400 crore as against the target of Rs 40,000 crore. As regards disinvestment, although the government plans to raise Rs 30,000 crore in the current fiscal through this route, none of the public sector undertakings have been able to hit the market so far.