Executives in the segment say some top European, Japanese and Korean retailers are seriously interested.
DIPP had proposed 100% FDI in Railways, which it had to now scale down to 74% in certain areas
Flaring of tempers comes atop much simmering trouble on clashing views; these stands might now get frozen.
RBI declines to accede to plea, upheld by Padmanabhan panel, for priority sector tag; feels move would dilute claims of those needing it more.
Chief Minister of the Punjab province in Pakistan and the Pakistan prime minister's brother, Shahbaz Sharif, tells Nayanima Basu that strategic issues go hand in hand with trade normalisation. Sharif believes that cordial relations are in the interest of the people of both India and Pakistan and issues such as Kashmir will also be resolved soon.
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.
A visibly elated Sharma said the decision gave India complete protection even if it breached the food subsidy limit under WTO rules
India rejected the proposed interim measure and trade facilitation agreement, risking an outright collapse of the ongoing talks.
China, Indonesia ready to agree to a four-year interim solution.
The new push is being driven primarily by over 170,000 villages where household income is over Rs 1 lakh a year.
If the WTO talks in Bali fail, it will adversely impact India.
Bajaj Auto fears adverse impact on its exclusive loan deal with Bajaj Finance
According to the final draft of the negotiating texts, seen by Business Standard, there are a few binding commitments in the chapter on TFA, under Article 13, which talks of Customs cooperation.
According to the final draft of the negotiating text circulated by WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo among trade ministers of the 159 member countries on Wednesday night, on public stockholding for food security purposes, a developing country like India can provide subsidies for farm support even if those exceed the permissible 10 per cent cap.
The country has also asked India to further reduce tariffs on goods.
Have committed themselves to investing Rs 1,85,000 crore since last year.
Pakistan had promised to grant this status, mandatory under global trading rules, to India in December 2012.
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).
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