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India Fastest Growing Economy Despite Four Droughts'

Darpan News Desk IANS, 01 Jan, 2016 02:33 PM
    India has emerged as the world's fastest growing economy despite a global economic slowdown and four droughts, the government's Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian said on Friday.
     
    "Despite declining global demand & 4 droughts, fastest growing economy," he tweeted.
     
    In a series of tweets, the CEA went on to list other major government successes like improvement in spending on agriculture, fiscal consolidation at central and state levels and improvement in indirect tax efficiency.

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    Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, said on Friday that he hoped the enquiry ordered against him over his land deals in Haryana will not be used for political vendetta.

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    In A Landmark Judgment, Indian Supreme Court Prohibits Politicians' Photos On Government Ads

    A bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose however permitted the use of photographs of the president, prime minister, Chief Justice of India and departed leaders, including Father of the Nation, in such advertisements.

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    With NRI Help, Punjab Targets 1000 MW Solar Energy by 2017

    With NRI Help, Punjab Targets 1000 MW Solar Energy by 2017
    The minister inaugurated a 1 MW solar energy project set up by Britain-based NRIs Avtar Singh Kang and Raovarinder Singh Kang in their ancestral village Lallian Kalan in Jalandhar district with an investment of Rs.7.25 crore.

    With NRI Help, Punjab Targets 1000 MW Solar Energy by 2017

    Land Bill Sent To Select Panel; Rahul Says Government Murdered UPA Act

    Land Bill Sent To Select Panel; Rahul Says Government Murdered UPA Act
    The Lok Sabha on Tuesday referred the land acquisition bill to a joint committee of the two houses after an spirited debate in which Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi accused the NDA government of "murdering" the legislation passed by the previous UPA regime.

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    Modi Seeks To Improve Relations With Pakistan Via Cricket

    Modi Seeks To Improve Relations With Pakistan Via Cricket
    Despite apprehensions raised by some BJP MPs about a proposed India-Pakistan cricket series, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is determined to break the ice with the neighbouring country through "cricket diplomacy", informed sources here said.

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    Dawood In Pakistan, We'll Get Him, Says Rajnath Singh

    Dawood In Pakistan, We'll Get Him, Says Rajnath Singh
    India has credible information that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is in Pakistan and we will not rest till he is brought back, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday. But Pakistan denied the fugitive is present there.

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