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 12/12/07 YoY Indian industrial production rose 11.8% in October
 11/30/07 GDP in India rose 8.9%.
 10/12/07 Industrial production in India rose 10.7% YoY.
 10/9/07 India has extended its export ban of wheat for an indefinite period, while allowing the restriction-free import of wheat indefinitely.
 India: Oct. 1 Foodgrains stocks at 15.61 million tons
Rice Stocks At 5.48 Million Tons
Wheat Stocks At 10.12 Million Tons
 9/21/07 Inflation in India slips to 3.32%, a 5-year low. Forex reserves at $232.187 bn.
 4/24/07 India's central bank kept its interest rate unchanged.
 4/1/07 India's central bank raised interest rates to 7.75%.
 2/7/07 India expects the economy to grow 9.2%.
 1/12/07 India's Nov industrial production rose 14.4% YoY.
 12/12/06 Indian Industrial Production up 6.2% YoY
 11/30/06 Real GDP in India was up 9.2% YoY.
 10/16/06 India's forex reserves came down by USD 30 million to stand at USD 165.275 billion
 7/24/06 The Reserve Bank of India is expected to raise short-term interest rates by 25 basis points.
 7/17/06 India's merchandise exports rose 25.1% in June to $9.97 billion, prompting the government to raise its export target for 2007 to $126 billion.
 1/25/06 Regulators in India will allow mutual funds to launch gold ETF’s.
 1/3/06 Ten years ago, buying a motor scooter in India could take years and a stack of paperwork. These days a buyer can plunk down just $22 and come away with a scooter on credit. Sales of two-wheelers -- a characteristic of India's rising middle class -- jumped 16% YoY.
 12/12/05 India's industry grew in October at 8.5% the fastest pace in four months as rising incomes and consumer borrowing spurred sales.
 11/30/05 India's GDP was up 8% YoY.
 10/25/06 The Bank of India increased its key interest rate from 5.00% to 5.25%, they expect the economy to grow 7.5% in the current fiscal year.
 06/30/05 India's GDP increased 7% YoY
 05/04/05 U.S. News & World Reports thatIndia is turning out 82,000 engineering and undergraduates a year, versus about 60,000 in the US.
 04/28/05 The Reserve Bank of India increased its overnight rate from 5.75% to 6.00%, citing rising inflation.
 04/20/05 India's weather office on Wednesday forecast normal monsoon rains this year.
 04/17/05 India has retained its position as the fourth largest economy in the world on the basis of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), behind the United States, China and Japan.
The size of the economy is calculated according to what a nation's currency actually buys in goods and services and not on the basis of its exchange rate against the US dollar.
The United States has by far the largest economy in the world worth $10,978 billion, followed by China at $6,410 billion, Japan at $3,629 billion and India with $3,062 billion. Germany comes next with $2,279 billion. France, Italy, the UK, Brazil and Russia are other countries above the $1,000-billion mark.
 02/22/05 India is in a hurry. From zero volumes a year ago, the combined trading volume achieved on the national commodity exchange platform has reached Rs 260,659 crore in ‘04.
02/10/05 Chinese and Indian economies to overtake Japan by 2020 China and India will be the world's second and third largest economies by 2020, pushing Japan into fourth place, according to research by Deutsche Bank. The United States will remain the biggest economy. However, India and Malaysia will overtake China to become the world's fastest-growing economies over the next 15 years due mainly to strong population growth.
 01/04/05 Energy-hungry India will step up efforts to secure stable and possibly cheaper oil supplies this week, hosting Gulf OPEC states and key Asian importers in a new diplomatic push for regional solidarity.
With its reliance on foreign crude oil growing as stagnant domestic demand begins to pick up, India is keen to foster ties with oil-rich neighbours to the west and import-dependent ones to the east, hoping a united front may counter the political weight of the world's biggest oil user, the United States.
 12/29/04 India has become the fourth largest economy in the world after the US, China and Japan, in that order, a media report says here. The US accounts for 21.1 per cent of the world Gross Domestic Product, China 12.6, Japan 7, India 5.7, Germany 4.5, France 3.2, UK 3.2, Italy 3, Brazil 2.8, Canada 1.9, Spain 1.8 and Mexico 1.8, The Washington Times notes in its year-end review today.
 12/10/04 Industrial production in India was up 10.1% in October, the biggest gain in seven years.
 11/20/04 Finance Minister P Chidambaram is upbeat about the growth prospects of the Indian economy: At 6% at the least, India's growth rate will be one of the highest in the world.
 11/11/04 Industrial production in India was up 7.7% in September.
 11/10/04 India could register 10 pct annual growth for a number of years with the right mix of fiscal policies and continued economic reforms, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.
 11/09/04 Bank of India today announced an increase in interest rates on domestic rupee deposits by 25-50 basis points across various maturities.
Maturities ranging from:
7-14 days the interest rates is 3.50 per cent;
15 days to 45 days is 4.50 per cent;
46 days to 364 days - 5 per cent;
1 year to less than 2 years - 5.25 per cent;
2 years to less than 3 years - 5.25 per cent;
3 years to less than 5 years - 5.50 per cent;
5 years and above - 5.75 per cent.
 10/26/04 The Reserve Bank of India raised the repurchase rate it pays commercial banks for loans to 4.75 percent from 4.5 percent.
 10/16/04 The head of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Friday said India`s economy was poised to grow by seven to eight percent annually over the medium term, bolstered by continued economic reforms.
 09/03/04 Indians Prices Rose 8.17%, More Than Analysts Forecast
 06/23/04 CNBC estimates that 1% of Indians use the Internet.
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