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India to progress more: World Bank
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 31 (ANI): The World Bank VP, South Asia, Annette Dixon, on Tuesday said that the World Bank expects India to continue to make good progress in the coming years.
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'Reform, Perform &Transform' to take India to greater heights: PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday applauded India's jump in the 'Ease of Doing Business index' report issued by the World Bank.
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Jaitley lauds India's '30 points jump' in World Bank's rankings
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 31 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that India is one country which has been taking regular structural reforms.
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India secures 100th position amongst world's top economies
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 31 (ANI): In accordance with the World Bank's 'Ease of Doing Business index', India has risen as much as 30 positions to rank 100th amongst 190 countries.
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India to enhance cooperation in energy, skill development with Africa
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 30 (ANI): Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday welcomed the African nations at the inaugural ceremony of India Africa Knowledge Exchange Mission and stressed on working towards further enhancing co-operation in fields of energy, skill development with all the
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SBI extends Rs. 2,317 crore for rooftop solar power projects
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct. 30 (ANI): The country's largest commercial bank State Bank of India (SBI) on Monday announced sanction of credit facilities amounting to Rs. 2,317 crore with aggregate capacity of 575 MW to corporates towards financing Grid Connected Rooftop Solar projects
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World Bank, Fin Min sign loan agreement worth USD 200 mn
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 30 (ANI): The Ministry of Finance and the World Bank on Monday announced the signing of a loan agreement worth USD 200 million for the Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project.
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Will see growth going forward, says NITI Aayog vice chairman
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 15 (ANI): NITI Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar has opined that despite the significant impact of demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the Indian economy, as projected by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, would see growth in the near future.
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Jaitley talks GST, demonetisation, Gujarat polls with ANI
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], October 15 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is in the United States to attend the annual meeting of the IMF and the World Bank, in an exclusive interview with ANI, gave a rundown of his role in the meeting, and said that the countries across the wo
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H-1B work visa holders contribute to US economy, are not illegal economic
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 15 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that he has urged the United State of America to change its perspective for H-1B visa holders as they are professionals who heavily contribute to the US economy.
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Increasing FDI inflow testament to global confidence in Indian economy: Ja
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 13 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has stated that the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to India have increased in 2016-17, over that in 2015-16, indicating improve in the global confidence of the economy.
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Cabinet approves SANKALP, STRIVE schemes to boost Skill India Mission
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 11 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved two new World Bank supported schemes of Rs. 6,655 crore - Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) and Skill Strengthening
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