The Congress president questioned the government over unfulfilled promises and questioned the Rafale deal.
In first half of year, firms raise more than banks on low US treasury rates.
Shah said the BJP-led government had only brought an amendment to the law which was enacted by thr Congress and whose provisions were later made stringent.
The passing of the GST bill and the failure of India to acquire NSG membership is set to rule the agenda in Parliament.
The idea of the payment banks is to provide access to banking for people, especially in rural areas.
Rediff.com rewinds the clock as it struck Noon to unravel how things went awfully wrong in Parliament on Thursday
The US president puts Pyongyang back on list of state sponsors of terrorism for first time since 2008.
India may seek US' help for extradition of Dawood Ibrahim, the mastermind of 1993 Mumbai blasts, as they vowed to make "joint and concerted efforts" to dismantle safe havens for terror and criminal networks like Lashkar-e-Tayiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, D-company, Al-Qaeda and Haqqani network.
The board rejected the government's plea to extend his detention for another 3 months.
Trump is accompanied by First Lady Melania, daughter Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Kushner and the top brass of his administration.
Supporters of Yadav created ruckus in the hospital premises protesting the decision.
A well-run non-banking company has better margins than a bank, but the objective of setting up Ujjivan was to provide comprehensive financial inclusion, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank MD & CEO Samit Ghosh tells Anup Roy in an interview.
While the Trump administration wants India to lower the trade barriers and embrace "fair and reciprocal" trade, India has raised tariffs on 28 items exported from the US in retaliation to America's withdrawal of preferential access for Indian products.
The new norms provide an operational framework for FPIs, a new class of overseas investors that club all existing class of investors like foreign institutional investors and Qualified Foreign Investors.
Technical fault was the reason behind it.
A healthy track record and 17 years of experience in financial services would be the key strengths of Edelweiss Financial Services in setting up a bank, says chairman and chief executive officer Rashesh Shah, in an interview with Business Standard.
Summers dogged by controversies over past views
Following are the names of some high-profile people who have been put behind the bars
Increased demand from oil importers for the American currency and a weak opening in the domestic stock market also put pressure on the rupee.
'Macro headwinds are rising for Indian equities in the form of rising commodity prices, especially oil, depreciating rupee, fiscal challenges, election-related uncertainty and upside risks to inflation'
The RBI had in the past expressed its concerns about allowing foreign investors in short-term paper, because it attracted hot money.
The federal government uses a fiscal year that begins in October; on that basis, the 2014 fiscal year ended in September saw a deficit of $483 billion, the lowest of Barack Obama's presidency
While the rupee depreciation in 2012 persuaded many companies in taking hedges against their foreign currency loans, industry analysts feel it might not be sufficient to counter the swift slide in the value of the local currency.
Continued outflows amid moderation of domestic investments are a concern
Asset quality stress has ballooned recently, as growth slowed and interest rates continued to rise.
Unless RBI temporarily relaxes the norms on recognising of bad loans, the pressure on this front could rise in the December quarter.
India's foreign exchange reserves are at an all-time high.
The Russians had appealed their exclusion from the Games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over the doping scandal from the 2014 Sochi Games.
A 2008-style bank run seems unlikely, but if it did happen, the sector is much better prepared.
The government had breached its fiscal deficit target given in the Budget for 2017-18 in November itself, touching 112 per cent of the limit.
The proposed increase is almost double from the present fee.
Although this may not be music to Raghuram Rajan and Viral Acharya's ears, the real reason in my estimation for their quitting is expatriate over-sensitivity, intolerance or arrogance, argues B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
'We have seen in India that radical ideology has by and large not been successful in taking root.'
Asserting that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has become the most well-funded terrorist group in recent memory, two top American senators have urged the Obama Administration to label the outfit as a 'Transnational Criminal Organisation', a designation given to Hezbollah.
The use of RBI capital to strengthen public sector banks will have many positive implications for the economy -- and a few manageable downsides, points out R Jagannathan.
Yellen is currently Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
The two Houses would now meet on December 27 as there would be no sitting on December 24 and December 26 in view of Christmas.
Led by Ajay Shriram, chairman and senior managing director, DCM Shriram, the CEO's delegation seeks to convey to their American counterparts the sense of optimism amongst Indian industry.
Banks normally park almost 27 per cent of their funds in government securitie.
Central banking is a science, not an art, Tamal Bandyopadhyay tells RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das.
