Despite the bullishness associated with India, IATA has flagged taxation and fuel charges as key areas of concern for the aviation industry in the subcontinent, which is among the fastest growing in the world.
Deven Sharma, president of Standard and Poor's, tells Devjyot Ghoshal that the market and the investor will have the final say on the way forward.
Gerard Lyons, chief economist and group head of research, Standard Chartered Bank, says that much will depend on monetary and fiscal policies undertaken.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday called for flexibility in the framework that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in the process of creating, to help countries manage large capital flows that could put economies at risk as they come out of the global financial crisis.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Wednesday assured Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee that land acquisition issues for the proposed Tata Steel plant in the neighbouring country would soon be resolved.
India's ongoing inflation-related worries must not be seen in isolation. Instead, it is a challenge being faced by several emerging economies, the finance ministry's chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu said on Tuesday, while also calling for concerted international action to deal with the issue.
After more than a year since the free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) became operational, it is now approaching consolidation.
As Partha S Bhattacharyya steps down as CMD, the search for a successor is being keenly watched.
Plans 'complete' agricultural solution in mining areas
At present, the auto sector accounts for about 60 per cent of India's current machine tool demand.
Tata had signed a memorandum of understanding with Bangladesh in 2004 for one of the largest foreign direct investment in that country.
At a time when Emami Ltd is hitting the headlines with news on acquisitions and foreign ventures, Aditya V Agarwal, a director and one of the younger scions of the group, shares his thinking with Shine Jacob.
The development holds bilateral significance, as both India and Bangladesh had decided to improve economic ties in a 'win-win' mode during Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit earlier this year.
As Air Force One landed in India's financial capital with promises of bonding between the United States and the country in many sectors, one of the key people missing from Barack Obama's 200-member business delegation was, The Dow Chemical Company chief.
The state-run miner, which recently raised a record Rs 15,000 crore (Rs 150 billion) from the markets, is running short of executive manpower, even as it looks at expanding production to meet rising coal demand in the country.
Last week, the Indian markets were all about coal. However, amidst the hype over the debut of Coal India Ltd (CIL) on domestic bourses, what was mostly overlooked was the brand new logo of the world's largest coal miner.
The Railways' first-ever TVC was ideated, executed and delivered in just over two weeks and at less than Rs 2 crore.
Bids for the proposed Rs 1,290-crore (Rs 12.9 billion) Madhepura electric locomotive factory in Bihar will be opened next week, say railway ministry officials.
A new government has taken office in Australia, which has said it will review its predecessor's controversial proposal for a 40 per cent super-profit tax on mining revenues.
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