The success of Anil Ambani's ambitious defence plan will depend partly on whether he can persuade government officials and international partners that he can build sophisticated equipment and partly on whether the PM can get India's notoriously slow procurement process to work, say Paritosh Bansal, Sanjeev Miglani and Promit Mukherjee.
This would make India the world's second-biggest nuclear energy market after China
The decision ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit beginning on Friday gives Tokyo an early lead over China.
The government wants to introduce a nationwide goods and services tax to revive its stalled reform programme.
Japan offers India soft loan for $15 bln bullet train in edge over China
The fields have reserves of about 89 million tonnes
Modi's reform agenda suffered a major setback earlier this month when lawmakers in the Rajya Sabha refused to support the the Goods and Service Tax bill.
This is another blow to Modi's ambitious economic reform agenda that has been stalled by a logjam in parliament
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley sought parliament's approval on Friday to increase the spending budget for this fiscal year by $4 billion, with almost half to be used to inject extra capital into state banks struggling with bad loans.
China seeks to cash in on Modi's vision of modernising a creaking train system that 25 million people use daily
Modi has made nuclear power a key element of his clean energy strategy
Irked by India's status as the world's biggest arms importer, Modi wants to build an advanced defence industry
India will issue a new decree this week for land purchases that has stirred disquiet across the country
China has invested millions in Sri Lankan infrastructure.
Modi to dilute pro-business changes to land bill.
Restrictions on buying land are among barriers holding up projects worth almost $300 billion
Modi orders coal, insurance sector reforms.
Under a 2010 nuclear liability law, nuclear equipment suppliers are liable for damages from an accident, which companies say is a sharp deviation from international norms
Critics say Modi scores high on oratory but has delivered on few of his election campaign promises.
The landmark bill to liberalise the insurance industry, which marks Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first stab at legislative reforms, will now go to a parliamentary committee, which will submit a report later this year.
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