Ruling out any relaxation in regulations, market regulator SEBI on Saturday said it will soon allow real estate funds, short selling by big investors and a system of stock lending and borrowing.
23 of the DMK's 24 candidates are crorepatis!
For some of the business majors, the fund outgo for the 2019 elections has risen as much as 15 to 20 times, compared to the amount given to political parties five years ago.
Companies going for overseas listing can now breathe easy, as the government has amended the ADR/GDR norms to allow them such issues for companies going for simultaneous listing of their shares or follow-on offers in international capital market.
The government said that the massive amount of political donations were earlier made in cash by individuals or corporates using 'illicit means of funding'.
Infosys directors - N R Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, T V Mohandas Pai (head of HR) and five others - have collectively offered 1.3 crores
A total of 130 candidates with serious criminal cases against them including related to murder will contest in the first phase of Bihar assembly polls on October 12.
The government on Friday hiked foreign investment ceiling in private banks from 49 to 74 per cent and allowed foreign banks to set up subsidiaries in the country.
State-run gas firm Gas Authority (India) Ltd may list on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq by converting its global depository receipts into American depository receipts.
The markets opened on a positive note at 6,689 and climbed steadily by 30 points thereafter as sentiments were boosted after the Indian ADRs witnessed a strong rally on the US indices.
The FIPB on Friday cleared the long-pending proposal of HDFC Bank to hike foreign holding in the bank to 74 per cent.
Indian Divestment Minister Arun Shourie said on Friday that he expected to partly complete the asset sale in National Aluminium Co, the nation's second largest aluminium maker, by November.\n\n\n\n
Its being offered under the restricted stock unit plans of 2005 and 2007
The government on Friday said that the realisation rate of foreign direct investment inflows into India has been the highest in 2002 since 1991 at 191.08 per cent in rupee terms.\n\n\n\n
In his massive election rallies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi often caught voters fancy promising that each individual would get Rs 15-20 lakh in his bank account if he came to power.
Of the 137 candidates having criminal records, 78 candidates are facing serious cases such as murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping and rape.
While growth metrics for Infosys was skewed to a single vertical and it is struggling to get a handle on costs, TCS has been able to manage growth and keep cost inflation under control.
83 MLAs from the BJP, 11 from the SP, four from the BSP, one from the Congress and three Independents have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
On the education details of the candidates, the survey said 669 have declared their education qualification to be between 5th pass and 12th pass, while 380 have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above, 29 have declared themselves to be simple literates and 7 have declared to be illiterate.
Political parties in India have received funds to the tune of Rs 4,895.6 crore between 2004 and 2012, and the irony is that 75 per cent of these funds cannot be traced.
The Association of Democratic Reforms, voluntary organisation whose efforts made Central Information Commission bring six national parties under the umbrella of the RTI Act, had shot RTI applications to 45 recognised political parties of which only four have responded so far, a statement from ADR said.
'By manipulating India's electoral laws, the aim of the Modi government is to weaken democracy to such an extent that it ultimately crumbles.'
The report by Association for Democratic Reforms has the highest number of such politicians at 12.
Election watchdog Association of Democratic Reforms also reported that Janata Dal-United's Mahendra Prasad was the richest with assets worth Rs 4,078 crore.
Govt effort to curb black money in polls futile if identity of donors not known, says SC.
'Secrecy allowed in the electoral bonds scheme legalises anonymity'
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