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• Private Sector Wheat, Sugar Imports Allowed

• Govt to Sell 10% of Nalco, NLC

• US Subpoenaed International Money Transfer Records

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• Govt to Sell 10% of Nalco, NLC
  The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) agreed to allow the Government to disinvest 10% of two profit making public sector non-navratna companies to raise resources for the National Investment Fund (NIF) mostly to fund social sector expenses.<More>

• Private Sector Wheat, Sugar Imports Allowed
  Concerned at rising prices of wheat and sugar, the Cabinet Committee on Prices (CCP) has approved the Government to allow private sector operators to import them and has banned the export of pulses.<More>

Democracy, Politics and Judiciary

• Budget Quota for Minorities
  The Government announced a 15 point program to focus action sharply on issues intimately linked with the social, educational and economic enhancement of the minorities including a quota of 15% of the budget for them in certain schemes. <More>

• AP High Court Castigates Govt on Film Ban
  In a humiliating verdict, the Andhra Pradesh High Court severely castigated the State Government’s “irresponsible” decision to ban a controversial movie and said that the “Constitution does not allow private censor intrusion.”<More>