* AGRICULTURE: Agriculture Minister Pawar has said recommendations on sugar bailout package would be taken up by Cabinet panel in two phases.
* BANKING: Harsh Kumar Bhanwala has taken charge as chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development. All public sector banks are looking at raising capital in the current financial year, Banking Secretary Takru said.
* DAIRY: International Finance Corp will lend $15 mln to Parag Milk Foods Pvt Ltd to expand its milk processing facilities.
* ECONOMY: The government will take all necessary steps to boost economic growth, revive investor sentiment and achieve the potential growth rate of the country, the finance ministry said in its year-end review. The government has approved enhancement of the bilateral currency swap arrangement between the Reserve Bank of India and Bank of Japan to $50 bln from $15 bln.
* HEALTHCARE: Carlyle Group has bought a 27% stake in Gurgaon-based Medanta Medicity Hospital for 9.6 bln rupees.
* INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: iGate Corp has won a five-year contract from Orange Communications to transform the latter's IT infrastructure and rationalise vendor landscape in the country.
* TRADE: India 's total trade with Pakistan in 2012-13 stood at $2.61 bln, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Natchiappan said.
* BANKING: Harsh Kumar Bhanwala has taken charge as chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development. All public sector banks are looking at raising capital in the current financial year, Banking Secretary Takru said.
* DAIRY: International Finance Corp will lend $15 mln to Parag Milk Foods Pvt Ltd to expand its milk processing facilities.
* ECONOMY: The government will take all necessary steps to boost economic growth, revive investor sentiment and achieve the potential growth rate of the country, the finance ministry said in its year-end review. The government has approved enhancement of the bilateral currency swap arrangement between the Reserve Bank of India and Bank of Japan to $50 bln from $15 bln.
* HEALTHCARE: Carlyle Group has bought a 27% stake in Gurgaon-based Medanta Medicity Hospital for 9.6 bln rupees.
* INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: iGate Corp has won a five-year contract from Orange Communications to transform the latter's IT infrastructure and rationalise vendor landscape in the country.
* TRADE: India 's total trade with Pakistan in 2012-13 stood at $2.61 bln, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Natchiappan said.
