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Highlights of Economic Survey 2014-15

-Press Information Bureau/ Ministry of Finance Economic Outlook, Prospects and Policy Challenges Macroeconomic fundamentals in 2014-15 have dramatically improved. Highlights are: * Inflation has declined by over 6 percentage points since late 2013. * The current account deficit has declined from a peak of 6.7 percent of GDP (in Q3, 2012-13) to an estimated 1.0 percent in the coming fiscal year. * Foreign portfolio flows have stabilized the rupee, exerting downward pressure on long-term interest...

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5 Ways This Budget Can Make Agriculture Profitable - Nidhi Nath Srinivas

-The Huffington Post Going by the number of farmers, Indian agriculture is the nation's largest private enterprise. And also the only one lacking free markets. So it is hardly surprising that half of India's population, since it depends on agriculture, contributes only 15% of the country's income. The shocking waste of entrepreneurial Energy, time and resources of 263 million farmers and laborers has kept rural families in poverty, accelerated urban migration...

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7,540 solar powered farm pumps to be distributed in state

-The Times of India NAGPUR: The state cabinet has given a go ahead for distribution of over 7540 solar powered agricultural pumps in the state. It will be on a pilot basis under a Central scheme. State cabinet on Tuesday decided to allocate Rs 22.25 crore for the project estimated to cost Rs 445 crore. The Union government has decided to give a big push to solar Energy and fixed a target...

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Most power plants in India falter on green regulation: CSE

-Business Standard On the basis of resource-efficiency, pollution and compliance, state-owned power generation firms fare the worst A staggering 90 per cent of coal-based thermal power plants in India fare unsatisfactorily on the environmental front, shows a recent analysis. While state-owned power generation companies are among the worst performers, plants owned by private firms have performed better on environmental and Energy parameters. In a report released by the Centre for Science...

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Appeasement for none

-Business Standard Intellectual property policy should focus on implementation A preliminary draft of a new intellectual property rights policy for India has been the occasion for much discussion. Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman even felt it necessary to assert on Twitter that the proposed revamp is not meant to appease the United States, given that this remains a major outstanding irritant in relations between the two countries. The government has argued that the...

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