Analysts expect the Reserve bank to cut rates in next monetary policy.
Investor lobbies and tax lawyers estimate the bill for international funds and banks could be as high as $8 billion
Indian reserves stood at $343 billion at the end of March 2015.
Market regulator Sebi to support stert-ups raise funds.
Indian bond yields may not spike if the government opts to increase spending when it unveils its annual budget in late February.
India only has 3.5 million workers undergoing skills courses a year, compared with 90 million in China
The Reserve Bank of India kept interest rates unchanged at 8.0 percent on Tuesday as widely expected, staying focused on containing inflation while adopting a more dovish tone in response to the government's call for help to revive economic growth.
Cleaning up India's grubby business climate is top of the agenda for both regulators and the government.
The drive against insider trading comes after SEBI last year received enhanced investigation powers from parliament, including the ability to monitor call records.
Industrial countries cannot at this point wash their hands off developing economises and say we will do what we need to, and you do the adjustment you need to, says RBI Governor.
India's consumer inflation should ease in the next two months, and will fall to 8 per cent by the end of the year, says RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan.
Policymakers have been grappling with high prices for food staples such as onions and potatoes even after the central bank raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point in each of its previous two reviews.
Data earlier on Thursday showed the annual consumer price inflation rose to a higher-than-expected 11.24 per cent in November from 10.17 per cent in October.
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SEBI has raised the investment limits for foreign investors.
Can the Indian hedge fund managers convince the wealthy to take up the expensive investment strategy?
While the country imposed limits, it also eased and simplified other restriction to attract foreign inflows. This is done to plug record current account deficit.
It believes that BSE Sensex will reach 22,500 by December-end.
Higher food prices can accelerate broader inflation by pushing up wages, while negatively impacting the government finances and reducing monetary policy flexibility, Moody's said in a report.