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Grant more for allied sectors of agriculture: House panel
Recommending higher allocation for animal husbandry, dairy and fisheries, a House panel has wondered as to why the sector got only 7.7 per cent of the allocated funds of the Agriculture Ministry last fiscal, even though it accounted for 31 per cent of the total farm output.

Quiet day for markets
The Sensex opened at 17,719 and soon touched a high of 17,790 - the highest level in the last 22 months. Weakness in the IT shares however pulled the index into the negative terrain to touch a low of 17,636, down 153 points from the day"s high. The BSE benchmark index kept on swinging zones for the rest of the trading session and finally ended flat at 17,701, up 15 points. The NSE Nifty is at 5,282, up four points.

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Insurers want exemption limit raised to Rs 1.5 lakh
Life insurers are pitching for increased exemption on investments in long-term policies. They have asked the government to consider raising the exemption limit to around Rs 1.5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh at present.
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Corporate awards normally go to the sultans of success and the purveyors of good news. The cautious CEO who worries about bad times and steers his ship away from choppy waters is rarely rewarded. So, it is not surprising that the same high-profile jury of a media group that rejected the name of former RBI governor YV Reddy for an award two years ago, on the grounds that he was an excessively cautious and conservative governor, has now chosen him for this year’s award for saving the Indian banking sector from the ravages of the global financial crisis.


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