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Instead of tinkering with roaming, the circle system should be ended.
The government's decision to opt for a non-binding attempt at conciliation and under Indian law in its tax dispute with telecom multinational Vodafone is understandable, note experts.
After 2015, all re-structured assets will be treated on a par with non-performing assets, requiring the same level of provisioning.
A few states are already running their own schemes for providing free drugs from the government health centres.
No clarity yet on whether multi-level structure would escape ban.
In 2011-12, India imported Rs 52,400-crore (Rs 524 billion) worth of telecom equipment; most estimates are that the figure in 2012-13 will match or even cross that number.
The forecast has an error margin of four days, which is considered normal
While write-off will push up its debt equity ratio, decline in equity will push up return ratios.
Takao replaced Haruhiko Kuroda, who had, in March, quit ADB to take charge as Japan's central bank governor.
As India raised its pitch for upgrade of ratings from the current lowest investment grade, Atsi Sheth, vice-president and senior analyst, sovereign risk group, Moody's Investors Service, tells Business Standard that she does not foresee any movement from the current grade in the next 12-18 months.
With recruitment numbers having dropped off sharply since the liberalisation process got under way in 1991, large-scale retirements of people hired during the 1970s and 1980s will leave large gaps in the organisational structures of these banks.
In most circumstances, this would have been the cause for widespread handwringing and lamentation. But in today's India, the response was more one of relief than one of shock.
RBI norms on foreign control of corporations will clear the air.
Clarity to help operationalise the controversial FDI policy of 2009.
The BRICS bank is simply too expensive a proposition for a group of developing countries that includes many who are already overspending domestically.
In its next meeting, empowered committee of state finance ministers set to oppose a proposal on state govt undertakings' I-T deduction.
'Fiscal and monetary space is more constrained in developing countries because of inflation and high borrowing cost.'
RBI proposes tax exemption on dividend payouts and credit for corporation tax paid in host country.
Large sectors such as metals, mining, machinery, and transportation have seen a decline.
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