'We have to make doing business in India easier.'
Monsoons have had limited effect on market returns for a given year, report Sachin Mampatta and Sundar Sethuraman.
Indians want change and progress. They should be willing to accept tough decisions, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
Sena said Jaitley had had merely repackaged old schemes as new in his budget presentation.
Progress on several parameters creates a tipping point situation.
While everybody is talking about the vast potential of 5G, the uptake of such services in India depends on operators getting around 100 Mhz 5G spectrum. At the reserve price proposed by Trai, getting this spectrum will cost a telco around Rs 490 billion. Which amount could be difficult for operators to mop up, given the financial stress they are undergoing, says Kiran Rathee.
For the current woes of the state to end, in city after city, town after town, village after village, unauthorised constructions have to be removed, no questions asked, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
The government will "revamp" the Small Farmers Agri-business Consortium to convert it into a venture capital fund, finance minister P Chidambaram said on Friday.
Centre meets target of 18,000 villages but household metering remains a challenge
In a bid to further deepen ties with India, Australia is looking forward to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he is expected to attend the G20 Summit in Brisbane.
Amid a spurt in terror attacks in various countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said terrorism is the "gravest threat" to the world, "equally impacting" India and Mozambique which agreed to strengthen security and defence ties and bolster cooperation in food security.
'They want (the ownership and management of PSU banks) to pass into the hands of a private sector entity.' 'Ownership of these banks will go from the public sector to private sector.'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the country needs to focus on imparting skills to its young population in order to compete with China, apart from bringing revolutionary changes in agriculture and energy sectors.
Rural budget set to increase; likely to enhance market linkages for agri commodities
A policy-related problem that urgently needs to be redressed is the 'miniaturisation' of projects.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday tabled the pre-Budget Economic Survey in the Lok Sabha.
Modi emphasised on deeper India-Africa partnership on clean energy.
Combined net profit of BSE500 companies at $ 63 bn is 2.3% of GDP; global average is 5%.
Subramanian Swamy said if income tax is abolished, middle class will deposit money in banks which can be invested in manufacturing.
India will get $35 billion from Japan over the next five years for developmental projects, including building of smart cities and next generation infrastructure as also cleaning of the Ganga, as Premier Shinzo Abe on Monday pledged to partner Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "ambitious" vision of inclusive development.
The industry's reactions to the Budget have been mixed.
The agriculture ministry believes that even a minor revival of the monsoon could affect the moisture level of the existing crop and therefore its quality.
Credit rating agency ICRA on Monday revised upwards its economic growth projection to 6.5-6.7 per cent following Budget announcements that are likely to boost investment in agriculture and manufacturing sectors.
Japan grants $900 mn concessional loan to India
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday presented the Union Budget for 2016-17.
Economists on Saturday urged Finance Minister P Chidambaram to give a "big push" to the economy by stepping up investment in agriculture and infrastructure besides rationalising taxes, introducing value added tax
