'How do you deliver wealth when you don't have the slightest idea about it?' asks T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.
Large trade deficit and rupee decline against the US dollar are putting pressure on the CAD, and these steps are likely to have a positive impact on the external sector.
It is also considering to hike FDI cap for public sector from 20 per cent to 49 per cent
He said no matter how much evolution happens in technology, India could never become a fully cashless economy.
The spectacles on the Gandhi bust in Kannur were broken while the Ambedkar bust had red paint splashed across it.
He said, clothing, footwear and electronic sectors are large job creators and need big reforms.
Most economists were of the view that the NSSO should release the data, as any move to withhold it will dent the image of country's statistical system.
The finance ministry official may have claimed that the ministry does not have information on the loans sanctioned by different banks to Mallya or the details of the guarantee given by Mallya against those loans, but the ministry had responded to questions in this regard in Parliament in the past.
A senior Kolkata police officer said no ransom was paid for her release.
The chief minister has asked officials for the 'factual status' of the case.
He has enjoyed prime form in first class cricket this season, but despite being excluded from the IPL auctions list, Jharkhand's Ishant Jaggi tells Rediff.com's Harish Kotian that he is mentally strong and will continue to perform. He also reckons that the auditions and the simulation tests conducted by the IPL franchises to identify players is not the right way to go about things.
The ease of doing business has not picked up in a vast number of states and Union Territories.
The Centre is grappling with the question of its fiscal roadmap not only for this year but for 2018-19
There would be no retrenchment of employees and that their services conditions would also not be affected post merger.
The wicketkeeper-batsman's quickfire knock of 113 runs helped Jharkhand reach 147 for two at close, after bowling out Orissa for 110.
Brokerage firm CLSA says in its interactions with government officials, measures such as the dollar-deposit scheme were under consideration.
The recapitalisation, the finance minister said, will enhance the lending capacity of state-owned banks and help them come out of RBI's Prompt Corrective Action framework.
Since December 2018, monetary policy has been eased substantially by RBI with policy rates being cut by 75 bps and policy outlook being changed to 'accommodative'.
The Centre's proposal to call for governance reform in the RBI could, however, take a back seat, a source privy to the development said.
Expressing disappointment over the RBI's move for not cutting the key policy rates, India Inc on Tuesday asked the government to take immediate action to revive growth and boost investments.
The Ministry of Home Affairs amended its guidelines on October 12 to include the chairman, managing director or chief executive officer of each public sector bank on the list of authorities who can issue requests for opening look-out circulars against whom an FIR is yet to be filed.
Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia vacates his post on November 30 and Expenditure Secretary Ajay Narayan Jha, the second seniormost bureaucrat in the finance ministry, retires on January 31, the day before Jaitley presents the 2019-20 interim budget.
Bihar scored 211 for seven against Tripura's 187 all out on the second day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Elite 'B' match.
The additional cash will now give the Centre more headroom for stimulating the economy.
'Our strategy should be to 'hold the line' in the north on the Sino-Indian land frontier, but maintain and, if possible, enlarge India's current edge in the maritime south.'
Central Bureau of Investigation officers who probed cases like 2G, CWG scam and horse trading in Jharkhand Rajya Sabha elections are among the 28 from the agency awarded with prestigious the president's police medal for distinguished service and police medal for meritorious service on Republic Day.
'From the investor's point of view, a real change would happen only when business environment in all our states qualitatively improves,' says NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar.
In a communication sent to Kumar, the EC asked him to be cautious in future while making statements.
'His (Das) approach to work seems that of working as a team with ease in communication.'
A total of 16 secretaries have been appointed to various central government departments.
Sitharaman further said that to mitigate genuine difficulties of start-ups and their investors, government has decided to withdraw angel tax provisions for them.
The FM said an announcement with regard to the additional steps will be made after consulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In the current fiscal it is estimated to go up to 5.7 per cent.
RBI may also be open to injecting liquidity through open market purchases of bonds but is resisting relaxing capital buffers for banks.
BoB now has over 9,500 branches, 13,400 ATMs, 85,000 employees to serve 12 crore customers.
The combined entity is set to be the third largest bank in India, behind State Bank of India and ICICI Bank.
This is the third arrest made by the STF in the case.
The Bahujan Samaj Party has resisted giving up the bungalow on 13-A, Mall Avenue, saying that it had been converted into a memorial to Kanshi Ram in 2011, and the BSP leader occupied just a small portion of it.
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