According to a presentation by LIC to Parliament standing committee on finance, total investment at the end of March 31, 2012 was Rs 13.49 lakh crore or Rs 13.49 trillion.
The list of companies include big names such as Colgate-Palmolive, Hero, Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Videocon, Onida, Arvind Mills, Nokia and Mahindra & Mahindra.
Industry estimates R-Day sales are eight times the usual for big retailers.
Primarily trained for a career in FMCG, he shifted to insurance when the opportunity came his way.
The demand for diesel cars, which account for 58 per cent of passenger vehicle sales in India every month, has seen a steep rise, as manufacturers continue to introduce variants that have diesel engines.
Birla takes over as chairman after his group increased its stake to 51 per cent in November 2012 from the earlier 50 per cent.
Average salary of the 100 best-paid directors is 1% of their companies' net profit.
Rajesh Jejurikar had quit M&M to join Zee Entertainment Enterprise.
Puts in checks to reach customers before and after selling the policy.
Regulator fears the insurer may get away without making an open offer.
Thomas Mathew T, managing director, tells Manojit Saha and M Saraswathy about the LIC's strategy and growth plans.
Tata AIA Life Insurance has 13 people at the senior vice-president level.
The model will be equipped with a petrol engine in Thailand.
With an all-diesel line in India, it is desperate to bring the small capacity diesel engine it has developed independently, by the parent company.
Paul White is now the advisor to Indian Hotels in its second attempt to take over the Bermuda-based chain.
Since the start of October at least four new hotel properties have opened in leisure and business tourist destinations like Tamil Nadu and Goa adding more than 400 branded rooms with another 260 rooms due for launch during next week.
Bengal minister says Mamata's pullout from UPA will not hit capital flow.
From an average of about 1,800 units a month in 2010-11, Fiat sales dropped to about 900 units a month in the first four months of this financial year, according to data from the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.
The Volvo Group, one of the world's leading heavy-duty commercial vehicle (CV) and diesel engine makers, is engineering a fresh push in India, one of the world's biggest growth markets for commercial vehicles.