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Dropout rates have fallen, especially among girls, but they are still worryingly high....
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Addressing the disparity in credit off-take across states is critical for inclusive growth. ...
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Corruption has virtually enveloped India, growing annually by over 100 percent, but systemic graft can be ended for good, says a new book by two economic experts. ...
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Public officials in India may be cornering as much as Rs.92,122 crore ($18.42 billion), or 1.26 per cent of the GDP, through corruption, says a new book by two economic experts. ...
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Right to education will achieve little if school children lack even basic literacy skills. ...
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Holding up investment plans will hurt growth. ...
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Govt suspends FDI retail move to end deadlock in Parliament; cabinet clears Rs.8,750 cr package for West Bengal. ...
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India suspended its decision to allow overseas retailers including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to open supermarkets, a blow to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s efforts to boost foreign investment. ...
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India has retracted its plan to allow foreign retail chains like Wal-Mart and Britain's Tesco to open in the country, according to media reports....
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India suspended its decision to allow overseas companies like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) to open supermarkets after protests by opposition parties and its allies paralyzed parliament. ...
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IN its 11 years of existence, Jharkhand has essentially been perceived as an archetype of political instability and corruption. ...
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Plans to provide around 73,000 villages with bank branches lag targets so badly as to make a mockery of financial inclusion as a social goal. ...
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Dabur CEO says high inflation is causing rural demand to slacken, affecting overall volumes growth....
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Despite an increased enrolment rate, children's learning capabilities remain dismally poor in rural India. ...
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Economic logic has long called for more states but it is the politics, as always, that will define this debate. ...
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Kerala has not given up on a proposal to start an airline of its own, particularly to provide low-cost options to its vast diaspora in the Gulf, and will soon pursue this with the central government, chief minister Ooman Chandy has said. ...
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India may move a step closer next week to opening its $396 billion retail market to foreign companies including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) as it seeks to free a legislative process deadlocked for a year by corruption charges. ...
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Data show there?s hardly any let-up in price pressures, with inflation continuing to hover around the double-digit mark. ...
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There is obviously a lot of politics to UP CM Mayawati’s announcement that she plans to take the proposal to divide UP into four states to the state assembly next week. ...
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As Gujarat leaves behind its sordid past of communal violence and destruction, other states are unable to improve security of life and property in the manner required, says a report prepared by three senior scholars - Bibek Debroy, Laveesh Bhandari and Sw...