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Rise of counterfeit notes in circulation worries Pranab 22 March 2010, 22-1 Hrs Mysore, March 22 Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday voiced concern over the increase in circulation of counterfeit notes from across the border.
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Pranab asks banks to reach out to ignored segments 22 March 2010, 22-1 Hrs Bangalore, March 22 Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday called for a change in the mindset of bankers and other stakeholders for financial inclusion of the hitherto un-reached and under-reached segments of the population.
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Pranab sticks to 7.2 percent growth in 2009-10 22 March 2010, 22-1 Hrs Bangalore, March 22 Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday said the government was sticking to an estimated 7.2 percent growth rate for this fiscal (2009-10) and 8.5 percent for 2010-11.
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Goa NCP-Congress bury differences after midnight meeting 22 March 2010, 22-1 Hrs Panaji, March 22 After holding the Congress-led Goa government to ransom for several weeks, alliance partner Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has decided to bury the hatchet and said it would support the finance bill in the budget session beginning Monday.
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Top British civil servant holds 'hung parliament' talks 21 March 2010, 21-1 Hrs London, March 21 A leading member of Britain's third largest political party has met a top civil servant for 'unprecedented talks' and offered to be finance minister if the next general election returns a hung parliament, according to a report Sunday.
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Kamat faces dissidence, but confident of budget vote 21 March 2010, 21-1 Hrs Panaji, March 21 Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, who holds the finance portfolio, is battling a brazen rebellion from a group of seven ruling alliance legislators, including five cabinet ministers, who have threatened not to support the state's Finance Bill during the assembly's budget session starting Monday.
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Pranab, Krishna to attend Koirala's funeral 20 March 2010, 20-2 Hrs New Delhi, March 20 A three-member high profile delegation of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, External Minister S.M. Krishna and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar will leave for Kathmandu Sunday to represent India at the funeral of former Nepali prime minister G.P. Koirala.
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No new taxes in Tamil Nadu's deficit budget for 2010-11 19 March 2010, 19-1 Hrs Chennai, March 19 Tamil Nadu Finance Minister K. Anbazhagan Friday presented a deficit budget for fiscal 2010-11 in which he proposed no new taxes, reduced tax rates on many items and announced the creation of a separate department for the differently abled.
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No new tax in Tamil Nadu deficit budget for 2010-11 19 March 2010, 19-1 Hrs Chennai, March 19 Tamil Nadu Finance Minister K. Anbazhagan Friday presented a deficit budget with no additional tax for the financial year 2010-11.
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State-run banks can enter insurance business 17 March 2010, 17-1 Hrs New Delhi, March 17 The government will not prevent public sector banks from entering new businesses like insurance and mutual funds, a senior finance ministry official said Wednesday.
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