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India's largest news agency, Press Trust of India is a non-profit sharing cooperative owned by the country's newspapers. PTI's subscribers include newspapers, television channels, the state-run All India Radio and Doordarshan, the national broadcaster, government organisations, websites and several media and non-media organisations. With a staff of 1300 including 400 journalists, PTI has over 70 bureaus across the country and corresondents in major cities in the world.

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Shey: A Ladakhi woman adjusts her traditional headgear as she take part in a prayer meeting at Shey monastry in Ladakh. PTI Photo by Kamal Kishore

Shey: A Ladakhi woman adjusts her traditional headgear as she take part in a prayer meeting at Shey monastry in Ladakh. PTI Photo by Kamal Kishore

 India's telecom sector most favourite among foreign investors

New Delhi, Sep 1 (PTI) India attracted USD 891 million
(Rs 4,023 crore) foreign direct investment in the
telecommunications segment in the first two months of the
current fiscal, the highest among all sectors.
The telecommunications sector, including radio paging,
cellular mobile, basic telephone services, had attracted
USD 612 million (Rs 3,055 crore) during April-May 2009-10.
It was followed by services sector that attracted USD 587
million investment, metallurgical industries (USD 461 million)
and power (USD 313 million) in that order during the period.
The country managed to attract USD 4.42 billion foreign
direct investment (FDI) during April-May 2010-11, while it was
USD 4.43 billion in the year ago month, according to the
latest official data.
The highest FDI of USD 1.29 billion came from Mauritius
followed by Singapore (USD 854 million), Japan (USD 369
million) and the Netherlands (USD 298 million) in April-May
2010-11.
The government is making sustained efforts to make the
FDI policy regime more attractive and investor friendly, with
a view to attract investments from all major investing
countries.
The government had floated discussion papers for public
comments to liberalise FDI in multi-brand retail and defence
sector.
The FDI for 2009-10 at USD 25.88 billion was lower by
five per cent from USD 27.33 billion in the previous
fiscal. PTI