The focus is likely to be on consolidation and improvement of existing rural-centric programmes to ensure their completion ahead of the next general elections in 2019, rather than announcement of new schemes. Sanjeeb Mukherjee and Arup Roychoudhury report.
British Prime Minister Theresa May will be in India tomorrow, but Cyrus Mistry will no longer head the Indo-UK CEO forum.
Ahead of the board meeting that afternoon, in fact only minutes before that, then chairman Cyrus Mistry was given an opportunity to step down, it is learnt. But, Mistry declined
Among the businesses that need consolidation are retail and defence
What could be the reason for this swift change in less than four years of Mistry taking charge? People in the know said it was building up. The latest trigger was Tata Power's acquisition of Welspun Renewables' solar and power assets
BMS, BKS and SJM are trying to forge common cause with outfits on the other side of the ideological divide over the government's policies they are not in agreement with.
Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian says that he hopes GDP growth will be at the upper end of the 7-7.5 per cent range.
The NITI Aayog has big plans for Indian sport.
Advertisement on mygov.in gets 8,000 applications and counting; govt to maintain bank of CVs for future use
The fund allocated for pulses buffer is more than 40% of entire farm ministry's 2016-17 budget.
Rains have been 5% below normal so far, but Met department sticks to its forecast
Assets worth only Rs 4,000 cr declared till mid-August; govt expects pick-up in last 2 weeks
February 6 or 8 likely options; development will be the main theme
PM app downloaded 2.5 million times, to see 20-fold growth in user base
The textiles sector is India's largest organised employer and critical for the prime minister's dream of creating jobs
Even so, the PM's cash in hand is among the lowest when compared with his Cabinet colleagues
Skymet said September would be much better and it expects it to end at 111 per cent of the LPA
In the global markets, pulses prices have slumped because of a bumper harvest.
'Shape up or ship out' message has been loud and clear across the new-age companies in the stressed market conditions
Many argue there's a mismatch between Prime Minister Narendra Modi's focus on international exposure and his government's diktat to officials on limiting travel.
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