New Delhi: Chief statistician Pronab Sen has said the projected 7.2% economic growth for the current financial year may be revised upwards, if the industrial production remains buoyant in the fourth quarter.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:

Sujay Mehdudia

Retaining its position as the world's second largest economy, the Japanese economy grew at a faster-than-expected pace of 1.1 per cent in the past three months of 2009.

China, the fastest-growing large economy, clocked a growth of 10.7 per cent in the December quarter, bringing it at a sniffing distance to surpass Japan as the second largest economy in the world.

The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in its quarterly review has forecast the full year

The commerce and industry ministry today asked the state governments to set up a single-window clearance system for speedy approvals of special economic zones (SEZ), even as the government granted formal approval to nine new proposals.

A Free Trade Warehousing Zone (FTWZ) proposed by Messrs Arshiya International Limited at Bori village in Nagpur district is among three special economic zones (SEZ) getting the formal nod of the Board of Approval on Thursday, two others being in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

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