Appropriate steps being taken to check terror misuse of bourses: P

New Delhi, Feb 15 (UNI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said ''appropriate steps'' were being taken to deal with the reported misuse of the stock market by terrorist elements.

''I do not want to create any turbulence in the stock market,'' he said parying a reporters' query on the reported statement of National Security Advisor M K Narayanan on the misuse of the bourses.

In a press interaction after his talks with visiting Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, Dr Singh also evaded a question on the controversial issue of acquiring land for Special Economic Zones (SEZs).

If the country was able to maintain a growth rate of 10 per cent, there would be enough elbow room to liberalise the economy further, he said.

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