BC Tripathi, who helms India's largest natural gas marketer and transporter -- GAIL, discusses last-mile connectivity to homes with Jyoti Mukul and Shine Jacob.
The sharp rise was also due to a statistical illusion -- low industrial numbers in November 2015, and sharp reversal of a 12-month declining trend in capital goods.
The company has chalked out a detailed plan for development of its existing KG basin assets after integration with GSPC facilities.
The mismatch between PMI and core sector could also be due to the fact that while core sector is calculated year-on-year, PMI is calculated month-on-month.
If a risk taker and young, NPS would suit her/him. Otherwise, s/he should go for EPF.
Train passenger fares may soon be linked to inflation rate, sources say, adding that the new model may be based on the Wholesale Price Index.
The Union Cabinet will soon take a call on setting up Railway Development Authority of India, an independent regulator, which will decide on passenger and freight rates
Pronab Sen, the government's former chief statistician, says contrary to perception, GDP growth won't be drastically hit in the present quarter.
A large number of people using cards at PoS Cards being used more frequently Small-ticket transactions Mastercard South Asia head Porush Singh calls these the three key trends for a cashless future. And post-demonetization India, he believes, is steadily moving towards it.
Digital-pay companies see 10x growth spurt after demonetisation, report Ayan Pramanik & Shine Jacob/Business Standard from Bengaluru.
Safety standards are thrown to the wind as government urges consumers to use mobile wallets at petrol pumps, Shine Jacob & Karan Choudhury/Business Standard report from New Delhi.
The economy could return to 8% growth by the end of 2017-2018, says Arvind Panagariya, vice-chairman NITI Aayog.
Consensus seems a problem before the current session of Parliament ends.
'Demonetisation may have been well-intentioned, but it was a major mistake. The government should reverse it. It could at least declare that Rs 500 notes, which many poorer people frequently use, are legal again,' Basu, who till recently was World Bank vice-president, wrote in an opinion piece in The New York Times.
The study says the entire supply chain of goods and services will suffer a massive liquidity shock.
'Because of the government's step, the people are now going to splurge on consumption.' 'If you ask me, would growth be 8% for 2017-2018, I would say 7.5% because of the demonetisation move would not be very significant.'
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While the government's demonetisation move is aimed at curbing under-invoicing, the worry was that retailers would de-stock in the short term, impacting sales.
Significant portion of the funds used to fuel urban demand have become illegal and inoperative.
According to a source close to the development, the government is set to come out with a notification in this regard by the end of this week.
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