Maharashtra outlines strategy to keep competiton at bay
Maharashtra, with a view to reverse the recent setbacks on the industrial front and maintain its premier position, has shortlisted 10 sectors for attracting private and foreign direct investments.

Centre in search of consensus on insurance bill
Political consensus still eludes the BJP-led coalition on the IRA bill, even as the Vajpayee government appeared set to introduce the bill in parliament later this week.

Sinha beats a retreat, hints at fiscal slippage
Finance minister Yashwant Sinha has admitted there were pressures on fiscal and current account fronts but stressed that even if the fiscal deficit was to go up marginally "it will not be an absolute disaster".

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