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EU nears deal on €315bn plan to tackle drop in investment

EU finance ministers agreed the details of a €315bn (£224bn, $338bn) investment plan on 10 March to help revive the European economy without piling up more debt, and now aim to get the first projects going by the end of the year. Mar 10, 2015
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Union Budget 2015-16: FM announces more AIIMS, IIT and IIMs

New Delhi, Feb 28 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the General Budget for 2015-16 in Lok Sabha on Saturday. Jaitley said that the government is putting scam, scandal and corruption behind it and added the Parliament needs to look into a procurement law. Jaitley proposed to set-up an IT based student financial aid system under the PM Vidya Laxmi scheme to ensure that no student misses out on higher education due to lack of fund. He also proposed to set up All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Himachal and Assam. Keeping in view the need to augment medical services in Bihar, Jaitley proposed to set up another AIIMS like institution in the state. He further talked about setting up IIT in Karnataka and IIM in Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh. Feb 28, 2015
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Union Budget: Jaitley proposes to create national agriculture market to increase farmers' income

New Delhi, Feb 28 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is presenting the Union Budget for fiscal 2015-16 in the Lok Sabha, proposed to create a national agriculture market to increase farmers' income. Jaitley said that an ambitious soil health card has been introduced to improve soil fertility. He also proposed to allocate Rs. 25,000 crore in 2015 to rural development fund. Jaitley added that the budget ensures that it is banking the unbanked, and funding the unfunded. Feb 28, 2015