- Total water in reservoirs 90.48 billion cubic metres, which is lower than the 10-year average
- Improve food production, productivity and stock management
- Adequate stock of foodgrain to meet requirements under welfare schemes during current fiscal
- Outlook for India's trade sector in 2010 has brightened
- Bank credit to the commercial sector, shows revival since November 2009
- Proposal to double the target of rural houses to 12 million through the Indira Awaas Yojana in the next five years
- Stimulus package major cause for lower indirect receipts
- Employment increases by 500,000 in July-September quarter compared to first quarter of current fiscal
- Core industries, infrastructure services show recovery signs in the middle of overall industrial growth
- Gross domestic product expected to grow 8.25-8.75 percent in 2009-10
- Economic growth during next fiscal may cross 9 percent
- Government should free grain stocks if food prices rise
- Delay in market release of imported sugar led to high prices
- Calibrate exit strategy from fiscal stimulus
- Centre, states need to begin fiscal consolidation, cap debt levels
- Poverty levels too high for growing nation like India
- Food subsidy should be given to households, instead of routing through public distribution system
- Poor families should be given food coupons to buy at discount from any shop
- Reduce excise duty to boost exports
- Liberalise foreign investment norms in education, healthcare sectors
- Sustaining current levels of domestic petroleum prices not viable
- Expenditure restraint can help contain deficit at budgeted levels
- High inflation due to supply-side bottlenecks
- Growth in telecom to continue with monthly additions exceeding 17.6 million connections
- Share of central government expenditure on social services up by 19.46 percent in current fiscal
- Foreign exchange reserves rise to $31.5 billion in current fiscal to $283.5 billion till end December 2009
- Balance of payment situation improves due to surge in capital flows and rise in foreign exchange reserves, accompanied by rupee appreciation
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