| The finance ministry has raised lending rates on short term loans to states from 7 per cent to 7.5 per cent.
The revised rates will be applicable with retrospective effect from April 1, 2006, according to a finance ministry notice dated September 18 posted on the website.
The above rate is applicable for loans with a tenure of up to one year. For other loans, the interest rate has been pegged at 9 per cent.
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