India to sustain 8% growth rate: PM

Adressing the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit he said we can and we will survive this crisis

PTINew Delhi: India will sustain a growth rate of 8% despite the adverse impact of the global financial crisis, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today.
“We have the ability to sustain a growth rate of about eight per cent. And we will do so,” he said at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here.
Exuding confidence that India had the “resources and the wisdom to grapple and deal” with the crisis, Singh said all instruments of public policy -- monetary, fiscal, public investment and exchange rate -- “will be deployed” to tackle it.
Noting that the global economy was going through “choppy waters”, the Prime Minister said “we can and we will survive this crisis”.

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PM to inaugurate train services in Kashmir

Srinagar: Ten years after the laying of foundation stone of the prestigious Kashmir rail project, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will dedicate the first ever train service in the valley to people tomorrow.
The Prime Minister will inaugurate the train service in the valley by flagging off a train at Nowgam Railway Station, an official spokesman said.
Initially, the train will run from Rajwansher in Budgam district to Anantnag, covering a distance of 66 kms, the spokesman said, adding the fare for the travel will be Rs 15.
The regular service of the train will commence from October 12. There will be eight-coach DEMU Rake in the train, he said.
The stoppages will be at Budgam, Srinagar, Pampore, Kakapora, Awantipora, Panjgam, Bijbehara, Rajwansher and Anantnag, the spokesman said.
The train, which is expected to cover the 66-km in about one hour and 35 minutes including stoppage time at various stations, will be run twice a day from either side.

Source: www.mid-day.com