Daily News Monitor: 9 January 2020

HEADLINES:

1. Economic Slowdown: World Bank projects India’s growth to 5% for FY 2019-20

2. Modi’s latest gift to north-east; households, industries to be soon put on gas grid network

3. Modi govt brings in private firms to push ‘Make in India’; allows commercial coal mining

4. Budget session of Parliament from 31 January

5. India bans import of refined palm oil: Govt notification

6. Cabinet relaxes norms to mine, sell coal; entry for foreign players eased

7. Cabinet apprised of amendments in Motor Vehicles Act

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