The improvement in business conditions promoted job creation, while confidence towards the year-ahead outlook for activity was at a four-month high during March.
Rajan said that despite easy liquidity, banks have passed rate cuts into lending rates modestly.
Companies that venture capitalists helped launch hauled in $34 billion from 86 public offerings and 304 acquisitions last year
RBI also retained its GDP growth forecast at 7.6 per cent
Risk sentiment received a boost after eight core sectors grew to a five-month high of 4.9 per cent in August
Murshidabad District Magistrate Subir Bhadra told PTI that the new case of bird flu was reported from Shamsherganj block of the district. With this, the total number of bird flu affected blocks in the district has risen to 10, Bhadra said. Thirteen of the 19 districts of West Bengal have been declared bird flu-affected after West Midnapore and South 24 Parganas were declared affected on Sunday.
India to see highest salary increase in Asia Pacific in 2017
Earthquakes that were once rare are becoming annual or at least bi-annual occurrences in this 'seismically volatile' region, at least that's what the recent reports suggest.
The Reserve Bank on Tuesday asked banks not to levy penalties on customers who don't maintain a minimum balance in any inoperative account as part of a consumer protection initiative.
The chances of a rate cut in September have risen.
According to the survey carried out by international marketing research firm The Nielsen Company, India has topped the bi-annual Global Consumer Confidence Index for the fifth time in a row.
The central bank tweaked the retail inflation range to 4.8-4.9 per cent in the first half of 2018-19, and 4.7 per cent in the second half.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday kept the repo rate unchanged 6.50 per cent.
The RBI is of course fighting tooth and nail to hold interest rates while every constituency, political, business and economic is baying for lowering them. So far, the RBI has held on admirably. Whether it will manage to hold on is a question mark. I strongly feel it should, because high interest rates are the last reason growth will be affected. The good news is that an economic slowdown may exert pressure on asset prices, both in the commercial and non-commercial space.
Food inflation was 7.79 per cent last month, higher than a revised 7.47 per cent in May
India's largest commodity bourse - the multi commodity exchange - will launch futures trading in raw jute soon.
Amin was not part of the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad that was involved in the fake encounter of Sheikh in November 2005 as he was then with the Ahmeabad Crime Branch.
A Bench of Justices Tarun Chatterjee and P K Balasubramanyan said it would pass appropriate orders on Thursday, but asked the Centre whether it was advisable to order a CBI probe at this juncture.
Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, while asking members to return to their seats, said Dikshit had apologised for her remarks.
It may be recalled that Sohrabuddin, his wife Kausar Bi and another person had boarded a private bus from Hyderabad in November 2005 when they were forcibly off-loaded from the bus by a team of the Gujarat police.
He said the Gujarat government has said that the CID investigations have to be carried out in four other states -- Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.
The three policemen have been charged with abduction, illegal confinement and murder and are likely to be produced before the court for remand.
The digging work was conducted largely in and around an abandoned well that is in a farm behind Vanzara's massive bungalow and is owned by him and located in Sabarkatha district, about 100 km from Ahmedabad.
The domestic business intelligence sector is fast outgrowing its infancy, thanks to an increase in mergers and acquisitions.
Investigations into the mysterious disappearance of Kausar Bi, the wife of Sohrabuddin Sheikh who was allegedly killed in a fake encounter in Ahmedabad in 2005 after being dubbed a terrorist by police, could throw up some grisly facts.
Telugu films that got cash registers ringing in the first half of 2016!
Born Jaycee Chan Jo-Ming, this 26-year old American actor, singer, composer, lyricist and guitarist is the son of Hong Kong's famous martial arts star Jackie Chan.
Some profit taking towards the end saw the Sensex pare gains and finally settle at 17,594 - up 5.2% (864 points) - third best single-day gain ever. Thus, the index today broke its seven-day losing streak wherein the index had shed 19% (4,097 points). The NSE Nifty gained 304 points to close at 5,203.
The Over-The-Counter (OTC) markets are essentially spot markets and are localised for specific commodities. Almost all the trading that takes place in these markets is delivery based.
Reserve Bank allowed banks to invest in long-term infrastructure bonds.
ADAG's push in film production will be through a new subsidiary of Reliance Entertainment, named Big Motion Pictures Ltd.
The rupee on Tuesday gained 14 paise to close at 61.88 against the dollar.
Gold price will surge to a record high of $900/oz, driven by a weaker US dollar and economic turmoil in 2008, while a surplus in the metal will narrow by 97 tonnes, possibly dipping into a deficit, keeping prices strong, according to the VM Group/Fortis bi-annual The Yellow Book.
The S&P BSE Sensex shed 286 points to close at 24,539 and the Nifty50 lost 100 points to end at 7,456.
The RBI said there is an upward bias on inflation projection.
He was, however, released after producing a personal bond as he has already got an anticipatory bail from a local court, the CID official said.
Gokhale and Pompeo expressed satisfaction over the significant progress and the quality of the India-US Strategic Partnership
China has said that it enjoys good relations with both India and Pakistan.
The Indian animation industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of 25 percent during 2006-10
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