Pranab On Economy

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  Aim Of Becoming $5-Trillion Economy Possible: Pranab Mukherjee

  Former president Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said the government's ambitious target of becoming a USD 5-trillion economy by 2024-25 is possible through prudent fiscal management.

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  $5 Trillion Economy "Isn't Coming Out Of Heaven," Says Pranab Mukherjee

  Former President Pranab Mukherjee delivered an unusually sharp critique of the government over the economy on Thursday, calling out the disbanding of the Planning Commission and saying that India's widely-publicised $5-trillion GDP target would only be possible thanks to the work of the previous governments.

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  Economy May Grow Highest For Third Consecutive Year: Pranab Mukherjee

  Citing a report by the International Monetary Fund on the Indian economy, former president Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said there are chances for India to retain the position of world's fastest-growing major economy for a consecutive third year.

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  "India Should Have Been A $5-6 Trillion Economy By Now": Pranab Mukherjee

  Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction over the current economic growth of the country and stated that India should have been a five to six trillion US dollar economy.

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  Gandhian Model May Address Weak Economy Issues: President Pranab Mukherjee

  President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said the Gandhian model of innovation-based enterprises was possibly a solution to address issues arising out of a weak global economy.

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  Unlike BJP, Congress Puts Party Above Nation, PM Narendra Modi Tells Lawmakers: 10 Updates

  At a meeting of BJP lawmakers this morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch for a digital economy as a way of life and accused the opposition of being against the government's war of corruption. Union minister Ananth Kumar said after the meeting that PM Modi also exhorted the BJP to continue putting the nation before party, critici...

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  8% GDP Growth Achievable: President Pranab Mukherjee

  Stating the nation could achieve an eight per cent GDP growth rate, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday praised the Narendra Modi government's initiatives like Swachh Bharat, Make in India and Digital India which have made various countries now consider India as an attractive investment destination.

• President Shares Economic Reform Agenda of Modi Government

  India's new government pledged on Monday to make the revival of the flagging economy its "paramount" target as it laid out its legislative agenda following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's landslide election victory.

• Big current account deficit has hit rupee, we will reduce it: PM in parliament

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said the rupee fall was a matter of concern to his government, as he spoke in Parliament on the sagging economy.

• Full text: President Pranab Mukherjee's address to Parliament

  President Pranab Mukherjee, making his first address to a joint sitting of Parliament on the first day of the Budget session, set the tone for what is expected to be an austere Budget 2013-14, saying that the past year had been financially difficult for the country, with the Indian economy experiencing slower growth.

• Government burdened by economic slowdown, job insecurities: President

  President Pranab Mukherjee, making his first address to a joint sitting of Parliament on the first day of the Budget session, set the tone for what is expected to be an austere Budget 2013-14, saying that the past year had been financially difficult for the country, with the Indian economy experiencing slower growth.

• Prime Minister cannot escape blame over economy: BJP

  Sharpening its attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, BJP today said he cannot escape the blame over the current state of economy by pointing the finger at former Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

• Pranab visits ancestral home in Bengal, promises market booster on Monday

  Drums and dancing tribals greeted the man who may just be India's next president, Pranab Mukherjee, at his native village Mirati in West Bengal's Birbhum district today. He hasn't shaken off his Finance Minister hat as yet, he is set to submit his resignation on June 26, so instead of talking about being India's first citizen, he spoke economy.

• Pranab to quit as finance minister on June 26: Report

  Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will step down on June 26, rather than the previously expected June 24, as he prepares to stand in July's presidential election, a senior member of the ruling Congress Party told Reuters said late on Thursday. Mukherjee, who has held the post since 2009, is leaving at a time when Asia's third-largest economy is ta...

• Highlights: Pranab Mukherjee on Congress Working Committee meeting, petrol prices, state of economy

  Pranab Mukherjee on Congress Working Committee meeting, petrol prices, state of economy