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TUESDAY

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS minister S.M.Krishna is expected to visit Kazakhstan for three days to draw a road map to implement the agreements and initiatives that were agreed between two countries when Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited New Delhi in January 2009.

WEDNESDAY

THE MARCH 2010 Index of Industrial Production will be announced . The data will provide a clearer picture of the economic recovery underway.

A GROUP of companies that includes ONGC Videsh Ltd, Indian Oil Corp. Ltd, Oil India Ltd, Spain's Repsol YPF and Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd is likely to sign contracts with the Venezuelan government for developing the multi-billion integrated oil project in the Carabobo 1 Norte and Carabobo 1 Centro blocks in the Orinoco region. The contract signing in Venezuela is expected to be witnessed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and India oil minister Murli Deora.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE and annual session 2010 on the theme “Implementing Inclusive Growth and Development“ organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry to be held in New Delhi. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the conference and home minister P.
Chidambaram will give the valedictory address.

ECONOMIC THINK tank Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations is jointly organizing with the International Monetary Fund a discussion to debate the contents of the fund's study “Asia Pacific Regional Out look, Spring 2010“. Indian finance ministry's chief economic adviser Kaushik Basu will participate in the debate.

THURSDAY

INDUSTRY BODY Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry is organizing a panel discussion on “India's Evolving Role in the Global Economy“. International Monetary Fund's managing director Dominique Strauss Kahn will participate in the panel discussion.

FRIDAY

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS minister S.M.Krishna leaves for Iran for a two day visit. His visit to Iran on crucial regional issues was postponed twice. Iranian foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki had invited Krishna to take part in Navroz celebrations on 28 and 29 March, which were deferred to 30 and 31 March.

THE DEPARTMENT of industrial policy and promotion will release the monthly Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation data for April. In March, WPI g inflation rate stood at 9.9%.