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India will stick to its earlier announced deadline for convergence with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) by April 2011, a top Government official has said. “Let me make it very clear that India is a signatory to accept IFRS.By accept, I mean convergence to IFRS by April 2011 and not adoption. Full Article

The commerce and industry ministry will review the growth of the country's export sector by the middle of this month to assess the need for extending further stimulus for the exporting community, particularly, the labour-intensive sectors. The country's exports have been declining ever since the fall of Lehman Brothers and the onset of the global economic downturn in September last year. Full Article