New data is puzzling as these aren't corroborated by other data
UPA-II has yielded a 7.5 per cent average annual growth rate
The road ministry has put forward two proposals before the Prime Minister's Office and the finance ministry.
Divestment in PFC, REC, NHPC, Nalco, Hindustan Copper and NMDC could be considered
Bibek Debroy raised seven questions about the new institution.
A tightrope walk ahead, especially as govt's fiscal deficit has already reached 99% of full-year estimates
The Centre would need the concurrence of 20 states out of 29 to impose a GST on petroleum
Commercial aviation is safe because the crew is paid well and trained extensively for contingencies
Despite crude comfort, heavy spending cuts needed to offset Rs 80k-cr revenue shortfall
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The ball is now in the Reserve Bank of India's court to lift up demand, says Ajay S Shriram.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to discuss state-level issues before finalising GST.
The government is bullish on Coal India and ONGC's stake sale programme which are to be held soon.
Finance ministry maintains that all KYC requirements will be followed.
Last week, the government had introduced a fresh round of austerity measures, including bans on first class travel, creation of new posts and holding meetings in five-star facilities.
The I-T department had said Vodafone India under-priced shares in a rights issue to its parent. The tax demand was for the two financial years ended March 2011.
Though it is likely gross domestic capital formation increased in the quarter ended June, against declines in the previous two quarters, a significant revival in investment might take a few quarters more, economists say.
Arun Jaitley had proposed in the Budget to double the rate of capital gains tax on debt MFs to 20%.
The ministry is likely to go by the recommendations of a committee on liberalising external commercial borrowings, headed by M S Sahoo, a former director with the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
DEA officials to push for this at a meeting with FM Jaitley.
The former RBI deputy governor talked about the prospects of an economic revival, reforms in IMF, etc.
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