With gold scaling all-time high levels and now trading at $1,241 per ounce, questions arise whether this is the right time to book profit from investment in gold or time to invest more.
Growth is coming from sectors which are interest rate-sensitive, says D Subbarao.
For developers who came out of a prolonged slowdown of 2008-09, the fund raising spree could be dangerous, say consultants.
The country's largest insurer had been keen to run a bank for a long time to manage the large premium collection and claim settlement work.
DIPP's proposal is believed to have the support of the ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution and was originally mooted by the Forward Markets Commission.
Questions market regulator's showcause to insurers on conceptual, legal, structural grounds.
Tells finance ministry to allow companies a five-year timeframe
Economists forecast the benchmark food price indicator to slip to 12 per cent in near future
The process has been suspended for the time being as Agriculture, Food & Consumer Affairs Minister Sharad Pawar, a political heavyweight, is opposed to any intrusion into his turf.
The high level coordination committee on financial markets, which consists of financial sector regulators, is likely to opt for a phased reduction in the commission paid to insurance agents.
Interview with Shankar Sharma,VC & Joint MD, First Global.
With the Reserve Bank of India allowing retired teachers, kirana shop owners and public call office (PCO) operators to be hired as business correspondents, banks are set to hire over 200,000 people over the next few years to push financial inclusion initiatives.
Index products like fixed-income, volatility and weather to broaden basket for hedging.
Vedika Bhandarkar, managing director & head of investment banking, recounts how even in a supposedly bad year, the bank raised about Rs 1,00,000 crore (Rs 1,000 billion).
India Inc sells a third of carbon credits to middlemen at low rates.
RBI Governor D Subbarao explains the rationale for the moves announced in the second quarter review of the monetary policy in an interview with Sidhartha. Excerpts:
According to sources close to the development, finance secretary Ashok Chawla, who is driving the process, is working on a concept note to provide the framework for consolidation.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India said it is 'closely watching' investments made by New York-based hedge fund Galleon, whose Sri Lankan founder Raj Rajaratnam was arrested for alleged insider trading on Friday.
The consensus among FIIs is valuation could be a concern going ahead, but that is still some way off.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India plans to tighten guidelines under which promoters make preferential allotments of warrants. The proposals include prohibiting promoters from voting at shareholder meetings at which warrant issues are put to vote and prohibiting warrant issues to promoters who did not subscribe to their earlier warrants.
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