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Published 07/06/2009 by AFP via Yahoo!


India targets return to 9.0 percent growth

NEW DELHI (AFP) India's finance minister targeted a return to 9.0 percent economic growth 'at the earliest' in a budget speech Monday that suggested the country had seen off the worst of the global financial crisis.

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...two decades. "The first challenge is to lead the economy back to the high growth rate of 9.0 percent per annum at the earliest" Mukherjee told parliament...
...2009-10 budget. "The second challenge is to deepen and broaden the agenda for inclusive development" he said. India's economy...
...the deficit. "There is nothing in the budget which is specific to help boost growth. It is a complete disappointment" said Apurva Shah, head...

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