NATIONAL IMF projects India's GDP growth at 5.5 per cent New Delhi: International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected India's GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
growth at 5.5 per cent for 2003-04 following recovery in agriculture.
Economy strong enough to survive blast impact: FM New Delhi: Terming as a "small blip" the stock market crash after the serial blasts in Mumbai, Finance
Minister Jaswant Singh on August 25 said the fundamentals of the economy and the markets were
strong.
Govt takes steps to protect consumer interests Ahmedabad: Government has formed six working groups within the Central Consumer Protection
Council including one to formulate new Acts to protect consumer interest.
Indian economy strong enough to survive attacks: CII Mumbai: Strongly condemning the August 25 bomb blasts in Mumbai that claimed several lives, the
Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), however, said it would not have any impact in the long run on
the economy.
SBI's new scheme on RIB in line with FCNR/NRE schemes Mumbai: The State Bank of India's (SBI) new deposit scheme targeting the Resurgent India Bond (RIB) holders will be in line with its existing foreign currency non-resident (FCNR) and non-resident external (NRE) accounts with no special interest rate benefit.
Market dives by 166 pts due to serial bomb blasts Mumbai: After a strong start, equities came crashing down like a pack of cards and the SENSEX dived
by 165.95 from the intra-day high in extremely volatile activity at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on
sudden panic sell-off fuelled by two bomb explosions in the metropolis.
