Price rise in services sector after the goods and services tax (GST) gets implemented and the pay hike of central government employees will make inflation control a tough job for the central bank
Make In India and the reduction in barriers of trade will potentially create a growth environment.
States are apprehensive of losing their rights to raise revenue during emergencies.
RBI is expected to discuss about the impact of GST in its monetary policy.
Jaitley remained steadfast in not caving in to sustained Opposition pressure.
For the government to meet its GST roll-out deadline of April 1, 2017, the states will have to ratify the Bill before Parliament's winter session, starting November.
A senior official with Muthoot Finance said the group would also want to apply for a universal licence.
Scrapping Plan and non-Plan classifications necessitates the change
Breaking a long tradition, the PMO has ensured that specific divisions in each ministry are allocated to junior ministers.
Top Congress sources said they would not hold up the Bill.
The disagreement between the Centre and states continued over administrative powers.
Interview with former Reserve Bank of India governor by Duvvuri Subbarao.
Last week, a Rajya Sabha committee had allocated five hours for discussion on GST.
"We did not abuse RBI governors," says Chidambaram.
Series of controversies related to Dalit issues have come at a time when the BJP has launched a massive campaign to win back Uttar Pradesh.
Analysts, however, said the timing of the infusion was good.
A strong currency helps in fighting some of the import-led inflation.
In its manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had criticised the Congress-led UPA regime for "policy and decision paralysis".
With EU, it is part of the FTA that we will need to negotiate.
According to Subbarao, the pressure on the currency was inevitable.
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