Raghuram Rajan remains focused on a long-term inflation target of 4 percent.
Proper planning is absolutely essential when you are thinking of redoing your home, says Rajiv Raj
This survey also shows how things have moved forward since the last large-scale sample survey conducted by NSSO in 2012-13
China's official media on Tuesday went public over India's Nuclear Suppliers Group bid for the first time, saying New Delhi's membership of the elite club will not only touch a "raw nerve" in Pakistan and increase a nuclear arms race in the region but also "jeopardise" China's national interests.
Premium valuations era started in 2006 and went hand in hand with decline in the US interest rates
Possible US envoy says India must get assurance against China.
The overall message to the middle class is: the days of freebies are over.
Stocks below a certain size in terms of market capitalisation don't attract much institutional interest
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu travelled on TGV, the French high-speed train, which can clock up to the maximum speed of 320 km per hour.
Take advantage of the reduced interest rates offered by banks and the tax benefits to make it a lucrative deal
Ajit Balakrishnan on the emerging crisis in the tech world.
'Challenges will come but we will stay the course. No big step can be taken if one is afraid of criticism. We will not flinch from criticism,' says Railways Minister Piyush Goyal.
Joseph Stiglitz accuses the US of negotiating over issues already settled at the World Trade Organization.
'While all would agree on the need to be ready to launch cross-border strikes on terror camps, there is sharp disagreement on how best to do it.' 'Through IAF fighters, or surface-to-surface missiles?' 'Or should army Special Forces be created to do the job?' 'If air strikes are the agreed priority, additional funding must be made available for the purchase of fighters and missiles.' 'If it is to be Special Forces, the army must be facilitated in raising a Special Forces Command,' notes Ajai Shukla.
The Public Provident Fund is one of the safest and convenient modes of investment.
The benchmark Sensex companies' underlying earnings per share are down 3 per cent (on a cumulative basis) since January 2015, against 25 per cent rise in the index value during the period
NBFCs are allowed to include registration, stamp duty
'My wife has done everything... She has had to give up a lot,' HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar tells Sahil Makkar.
The regulator is also planning to widen the ambit of 'deemed fraudulent activities'.
Interest rates on bank FDs have started coming down and rates on other fixed-income products will also decline. Investors should lock in to instruments offering higher returns.
Perils of retiring at 45 His goals include retirement by 45, after which he would pursue his passion for golf, travel and music.
Experts say lending rates won't come down significantly,as banks are grappling with NPAs
Madhu Goud Yaskhi, a Congress MP from the Telangana region, is an avowed advocate of a separate state. Following Thursday's ruckus, he says there is no guarantee that the Telangana Bill will go through in Parliament.
It is the duty of a tax payer to record all his/her transactions, to explain sources of payments made by him/her and to declare the true income in the returns of income filed every year.
'If we want a better life, we have to treat nature better, and behave properly.' 'That's nature's message to us.'
Economists have said if a stimulus is needed it should be different from what was provided in 2008-09, when the economy faced the ripple effects of a global meltdown following the Lehman Brothers collapse.
India has ranked 59th in the Rule of law index 2015 compiled by The World Justice Project gaining an overall score of 0.51 out of 1.
'Two years ago, had I been given even a tiny hint that my genes were tipping the scale for the development of a disease that would lock me into my body, unable to move or breath normally on my own, I would have been sad, and probably mad.' 'So now I'm running as fast as I can -- from my wheelchair.' P Rajendran on the amazing but brief life of Rahul Desikan, medical pioneer.
The new tax regime proposed by the Modi government may not have acceptance from all corners.
A V Rajwade wonders if the Modi sarkar is pursuing price stability at the cost of potential social instability in both rural and urban India.
In the past few years, banks have been reducing the spread of retail loans for new customers while keeping the base rate unchanged.
The most consistent wealth creators since 2008 are all consumer-facing companies, says Devangshu Datta.
'We have set out a timetable to reduce income tax rates for all incomes below Rs 50 lakh, and to progressively eliminate the surcharges on income above Rs 50 lakh, by 2024.' The Budget speech past CII president Naushad Forbes wants to hear.
The Graduate Record Examination is an important test for admission into masters and doctoral programmes in the US.
Delhi Stock Exchange's (DSE) struggle to end its life without hurting the diverse interests of its multiple stakeholders will continue into another year.
'The Jalan Committee has now provided very clear guidelines on how the (RBI's) balance sheet should be looked at, what kind of disclosures should be made, what are the principles on which the Contingency Risk Buffer should be maintained, what should be the revaluation reserves, and the market risk to the Contingency Risk Buffer.'
'India in 2020 is a lot better prepared than in 1962.' 'It is no longer a pushover; and anything other than a crushing Chinese military victory will be a major loss of face for China,' observes Rajeev Srinivasan in the first of a three part column.
'Howdy Modi is an unforgettable celebration of the crowning of Modi as a world statesman,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
The ED's fresh chargesheet against Mallya and his firms is likely to pave the way for him to be declared "fugitive" under a new Indian law.
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