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    He said that the government is keen to rationalise and simplify the FDI procedures so as to create an investor friendly environment. "Our policy will be guided by the desire to make India even more attractive for FDIs" said Dr Singh. With the Cabinet clearing greater disinvestment in PSUs, the Prime Minister said that he now hopes "to see faster progress in sale of a portion of government shareholding in the domestic market and issue of fresh equities in respect of the selected companies in the public sector." Full Article at Asian Age
    Our policy will be guided by the desire to make India even more attractive for FDIs
    Manmohan Singh – Manmohan Singh SOURCE: Asian Age 2 weeks ago
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Stimulus to end in 2010: PM
  1. We need to improve the futures markets for better price discovery and regulation. We also need to remove institutional hurdles to facilitate better intermediation
    SOURCE: Asian Age 2 weeks ago
  2. Like other countries, we resorted to a significant stimulus and we will take appropriate action next year to wind this down
    Manmohan Singh – Manmohan Singh SOURCE: Asian Age 2 weeks ago
  3. We are also better placed now than any time in the recent past to push the reform process forward
    SOURCE: Asian Age 2 weeks ago
  4. This in turn calls for a strong insurance and pension sub-sectors. Some of the reforms needed, especially in insurance, involve legislative changes
    SOURCE: Asian Age 2 weeks ago
  5. Our strategy must aim at sustaining a high rate of growth on the strength of strong domestic demand. We seek to achieve this through a large increase in investment in infrastructure
    SOURCE: Asian Age 2 weeks ago

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