The arrival of new crop will start by the end of October, especially from Madhya Pradesh.
Global retail giant Wal-Mart is in talks with several domestic textile firms for its Indian operation, which is expected to begin next year
When the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission shot off notices to 14 cement producers on July 25 for allegedly colluding to raise prices, it was New Delhi's latest flank against the industry.
The cement industry consumed around 25.35 million tonnes of coal last year. Of the last year's offtake, 14.18 mt was through coal linkages from Coal India and Singareni Collieries, which in the past had been over 20 mt.
Aditya Birla Group and Holcim are rapidly increasing capacity in a bid to become the largest player in India's cement industry.
ACC, the country's largest cement maker, is setting up a wholly owned subsidiary to scale up its ready mix concrete business under a new chief executive officer.
Office rentals in Mumbai are going over the top indeed. Even suburban localities like Goregaon have seen rentals going up by more than 100 per cent, from Rs 75 a sq ft last year to Rs 175 this year.
The New Delhi realty firm is gearing up to float an IPO and has now raised its targetted mop-up to Rs 25,000cr.
The next generation of the Poddar family, the promoters of the Rs 1,500 crore (Rs 15 billion) Siyaram group, is taking charge.
Calvin Miller, senior officer, rural finance, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), is happy with the country's rural finance when compared with the rest of the world.
Whether it is jumping from a plane at 10,000 feet or just working away at his latest hospitality project, real estate tycoon Vicky, as Oberoi is fondly known to friends, believes in having fun.
The New York-based real estate investment fund Trinity Capital has lined up $10 billion, which may go up to $12 billion, to develop three satellite cities on the outskirts of three major metros - Mumbai, New Delhi and Bangalore.
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GE had also lined up aggressive investment plans for roads, airports, ports and real estate sectors.
The power ministry is considering asking Reliance Energy to match the price offered by the Lanco Infratech-Globeleq consortium for power from the Sasan ultra mega power project.
Armed with a counter offer, country's largest wind energy company Suzlon Energy is confident to acquire the German firm REpower but will refrain from getting into a bidding war if that hurts the interest of its shareholders.
The Mumbai-based Arch Pharma has raised $27 million from private equity funding in the last four years
Suzlon's Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) bid to acquire Germany's third largest wind turbine maker REpower could well turn into a bidding war
The New York-based Citigroup Property Investors will invest up to $120 million in Bangalore-based Nitesh Estates' luxury hotels.
Follow Anil Ambani group and Lanco for asset valuation.