'He consulted widely, both formally and informally and acted quickly on pragmatic suggestions.' 'To his credit, Parrikar took the initiative to reduce excessive litigation against armed forces veterans and widow over small sums of pensionary and disability benefits,' points out says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
The success stems from Titan's betting hard on wedding jewellery over the last three years. It now contributes 20 per cent to revenue.
According to property experts, this is the biggest plan by any developer at the moment.
IMF said the repercussions from India's currency exchange initiative will likely persist through the first quarter of 2017.
The CAD has been narrowing since 2012 to an estimated 1.6% of GDP in 2014
Imports rise at highest pace in more than 2 years as crude oil price spikes.
The previous highest divestment proceeds for the first half of a year was around Rs 21,000 crore in 2016-17.
Growth in the Asia-Pacific region will be low, the aqency said
Bank shares were the top losers along with index heavyweight RIL
To tap the rapidly expanding online retailing market, Philips Lighting, a subsidiary of the Dutch consumer electronics giant Royal Philips, has partnered 'exclusively' with Amazon to sell its latest product range.
Investors in LIC's insurance and other schemes are receiving a lower rate of return because LIC is subsidising incompetence at best and malfeasance at worst in institutions such as IDBI Bank and IL&FS, says Jaimini Bhagwati.
The temporary disruptions (primarily to private consumption) caused by cash shortages accompanying the currency exchange initiative are expected to gradually dissipate in 2017 as cash shortages ease, the International Monetary Fund said in its regional economic outlook.
State owned banks SBI and PNB were the top Nifty gainers along with ICICI Bank and auto shares.
Within the next two years, verification and scrutiny of returns will happen electronically through anonymised back offices manned by tax experts and officials. It will function without any personal interface between taxpayers and tax officers. Both the taxpayer and the tax officer will not know each other -- who is scrutinising whose return, and at which place, points out Kuldip Kumar, partner and leader personal tax, PwC.
Cement shares have been outperformers on the stock market
It was widely expected that this time around, the government would be less likely to initiate fresh reforms and rather loosen its belt a little to give various segments of the economy, especially the multitudes that truly constitute India, something to smile about, says Sudip Bandyopadhyay.
The IT slowdown directly threatens the well being of other industries as well as India's IT cities. This impact has not necessarily been factored in, yet.
We are much better placed than in 2013 with our overall fundamentals much stronger - higher foreign exchange reserves, a more favourable growth-inflation mix and an institutional framework for targeting inflation, says B Prasanna.
Coca-Cola's acquisition of British coffee chain Costa, its biggest acquisition of a brand in history, faces three challenges in India.
It is the fundamentals of companies that will drive stock performance.
India's GDP growth to reach 8% by 2017. says World Bank
Manufacturer Nissan plans to get aggressive with brand communication and increase the number of customer touchpoints through showrooms, experience zones and other initiatives.
India's economy grew at 7.6 per cent in 2015-16.
On being asked why he doesn't talk about his humble background like Modi, Singh said, "I don't want the country to take a pity on the basis of my humble background."
Firm to prune domestic costs through initiatives such as voluntary separation
TCS kicked-off the Q1FY17 earnings season for information technology companies on Thursday.
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 top gainers on the Sensex were Cipla, Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki, Hero Moto & Sesa Sterlite.
There are various projections about India's growth.
There is unlikely to be a rush towards the country unless New Delhi is ready with fairly applied regulations.
'If you are so blinded by the Buy American, Hire American policy, if you are not going to be fair, consistent and welcoming, in the end America will lose out.'
The broader markets outperformed the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices gained 0.4% each
Among the private banking majors ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank were down 0.2%-0.5% each.
McDonald's problems couldn't have surfaced at a worse time. Cut-throat competition, rapid expansion and a slowdown in consumer spending in the wake of demonetisation have seriously dented the overall quick-service restaurant business.
The imapsse continues over issues like bank scams and special status demand for Andhra Pradesh.
Banks are in need of government support to manage the stressed assets
Though not a blockbuster budget it does not undermine the fact that key issues were addressed and the finance minister certainly did not under-deliver, says Vatsal Srivastava.
Domestic airports across the country are bursting at the seams. And new ones are stuck.
Should you expect 15 per cent return over a period of 20 years? Dwaipayan Bose has the answer
The industry's reactions to the Budget have been mixed.
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