FDI in the defence sector during 2000-2014 has been a meagre $4.94 billion, despite the total FDI flow into the country across sectors standing at $321.81 billion.
The market could see a fresh round of tariff war, similar to what happened in the voice market a few years ago.
Top companies added employees at 3% CAGR from 2003-04 to 2013-14, while revenues grew at 18%.
Components manufactured in India are low-value products like casing and box packaging that constitute 5% of the bill for materials required in phone manufacturing.
Removal of mark-ups to be paid by Maruti, other changes could raise funding need to Rs 6,000 crore.
LIC is one of the largest Indian shareholders in the country's largest car maker, with a 6.93% stake.
Docomo is looking to expand its reach beyond Japan and sees India and Africa as key emerging markets.
The Civil Aviation Ministry is looking to increase air seat entitlement to Dubai by 20%.
Many of the industrialists profiled in the book are no longer riding the wave of success.
DFS writes to departments that haven't responded to RBI's request for information.
The new push is being driven primarily by over 170,000 villages where household income is over Rs 1 lakh a year.
Bajaj Auto fears adverse impact on its exclusive loan deal with Bajaj Finance
Have committed themselves to investing Rs 1,85,000 crore since last year.
Says licensing of new banks should be a continuous process instead of the current stop-go system
The government will get an additional revenue of 20 per cent from the auction of the 1,800 MHz and 900 MHz bands of spectrum, based on the Telecom Commission's recommendations, compared with those of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).
The company changes the names of its many sports channels, such as the acquired ESPN and dedicated Star Cricket, to Star Sports 1-4, that will bear out its multifarious sports strategy.
According to the CEO of an Indian group with presence in the telecom segment and two merchant bankers, the Mexico-headquartered telco's bankers have been sounded out for preliminary discussions with leading Indian telecom companies for a strategic tie-up.
DoT plans to initiate move that might lower the revenues telcos share with government.
With over 40 million active subscribers (as of March 2013), DTH has grown tenfold from just 4 million customers six years ago.
The deal for 800,000-square foot plot in Gurgaon's Infospace Tikri SEZ is likely to improve real estate absorption rate, which has seen some upside recently.
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