Budget 2013-14 India

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  Bihar Spent Rs 67,000 Crore On Children From 2013-18: Sushil Modi

  Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Thursday said the state government has spent Rs 67,101 crore on children between 2013-14 and 2017-18 out of Rs 80,972 crore earmarked in the state's budget for them.

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  Inflation Hidden, Unfair Tax On Poor, Middle Class; Government Broke The Back Of High Prices: Piyush Goyal

  "From being the 11th largest economy in the world in 2013-14, we are today the 6th largest in the world," he noted.

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  National Agricultural Education Day: Centre Increased Agricultural Education Budget, Says Minister

  The government of India has increased the budget of Agricultural Education by 47.4% this year as compared to the financial year 2013-14, he said on the occasion of National Agricultural Education Day celebration.

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  Notes Ban May Drag Down This Year's GDP Growth To 4-Year Low: Economic Survey

  The Survey sees India's GDP growing between 6.5 per cent and 6.75 per cent in the current fiscal year - which will be the lowest in four years.

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  GDP Growth to Improve This Fiscal Year: Jaitley

  India's economic growth is expected to improve in the ongoing fiscal year (2014-15) from 4.7 per cent in 2013-14, helped by a revival in industrial growth, improved fiscal health and external economic situation, Parliament was informed on Friday.

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  Performance Review: Indian Auto Component Industry in 2013-14

  The auto component industry expects a growth of 4-6 per cent in the 2014-15 fiscal, if the vehicle sales continue to grow like they have in the last couple of months. Also, some positive initiatives taken by the Modi-led government during the union budget will also help the industry record growth, says ACMA.

• Current Account Deficit Likely to Fall to 2.1 Per Cent in FY15: Economic Survey

  India's current account deficit is likely to fall to 2.1 per cent of GDP in 2014-15 and will be fully financed in the current year, according to a government document.

• Economic Survey for Increasing Share in Merchandise Exports

  India should more than double its share in world merchandise exports to at least 4 per cent in the next five years, a government document has said.

• Economic Survey Presents Realistic Macroeconomic Picture: India Inc

  Terming the Economic Survey 2013-14 as a "realistic" assessment of the current picture, India Inc on Wednesday hoped that the Union Budget will address key issues like infrastructure development and implement measures outlined in the document to revive growth.

• Signs of Revival in Aviation Sector: Economic Survey

  India's civil aviation sector is showing signs of revival in growth after a period of turbulence with emergence of new players such as AirAsia and Tata-SIA Airline, although domestic passenger traffic handled at Indian airports grew by just 5.2 per cent in 2013-14, according to a government document.

• Protectionism, Wage Inflation Challenges for IT-ITeS Sector: Economic Survey

  India's leadership position in the IT-ITeS space globally may be well established, but challenges around protectionism, wage inflation and currency volatility need to be addressed, according to a government document.

• Cable Digitisaton to Increase Tax Collection Manifold: Economic Survey

  Both the Centre and state governments are set to benefit from the digitisation of cable television in India as it would lead to manifold increase in tax collection, according to the Economic Survey for 2013-14.

• Budget 2014: Arun Jaitley to Focus on Chidambaram's Unfinished Agenda

  Mr Chidambaram came out with aggressive targets to maintain fiscal discipline after rating agencies threatened to downgrade India's sovereign ratings. According to the roadmap outlined by the Kelkar Committee, fiscal deficit for 2014-15 has to be contained at 4.1 per cent of GDP and further brought down to 3 per cent of GDP by 2016-17. In the 2013-...

• Budget 2014: M&M Says Price Hike, if Excise Duty Cut not Extended

  The auto industry has been grappling with prolonged slowdown. Car sales in India fell for the second consecutive fiscal in 2013-14 with a drop of 4.65 per cent at 17,86,899 units as compared to 18,74,055 units in the previous fiscal.

• India's fiscal deficit likely to be 4.5 per cent of GDP in FY14: report

  Indias fiscal deficit for 2013-14 is likely to be around 4.5 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP), marginally lower than 4.6 per cent that was mentioned in the interim budget for FY15, according to a senior Finance Ministry official.