In December 2016, RBI had granted additional 60 days for repayment of certain loans
The rally in most of these stocks is partly attributed to impressive financial performance.
UBS reiterated its Nifty target of 9,200 by December as it expects growth to gather steam
The past eight months have seen vast improvement in the Indian economy, says Edelweiss Group chairman and chief executive Rashesh Shah, who feels domestic-oriented sectors are likely to do better.
'In macroeconomic policy, timing is all, and by leaving things too late, Mr Modi may have made around 50 seats in the Lok Sabha highly vulnerable,' says T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.
'Four weeks have passed after the scam was exposed, yet no big guy has been arrested.' 'This gives the impression that he wants to be soft on the biggies.'
V G Mathew, managing director and chief executive officer of South Indian Bank speaks to Gireesh Babu, about demonetisation impact, rights issue and future plans.
An analyst says, due to excess capacity, investment in manufacturing will not be forthcoming
'The quick fixes have failed; there is now no alternative to deeper reforms,' says Ajay Shah.
'It will be interesting to see how Dr Patel handles gadflies with the maturity of egregiously petulant three year olds.' 'That Dr Patel does not, in so far as we can tell, cause society matrons to gush like hormonal teenagers can only be a good thing for him.' 'Look where their febrile imaginations and breathless prose took his predecessor.'
Public sector banks' need for capital should be used to make fundamental reforms to their governance and management.
Also build a contingency fund equal to 9 to 12 months of expenses.
A combative Rahul Gandhi asked how the govt allowed liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who owes over Rs 9,000 crore to banks, to leave the country.
Janmejaya Sinha lays down Urjit Patel's agenda - cleaning up bank balance sheets, evaluating robustness of CPI and pushing for digitisation in financial services.
Next time you swipe, ask yourself, do you really need it or do you just want it?
Sectors such as Auto, Banks, Capital Goods, FMCG, Metal, Oil & Gas and Power are trading marginally lower.
According to D&B, food price levels might witness a rebound as foodgrain production is estimated to have declined during 2014-15.
'Gloom is nowhere in sight, with healthy foreign exchange reserves, a strong rupee, healthy tax collections, corruption and crony capitalism under check,' argues Gopal Krishna Agrawal.
In recent past, midcap stocks have performed well, say experts.
This is the first time in the RBI's history that a governor is leaving without willing to renew his contract
Sell the property if bought for investment purpose.
'When there is no middle ground possible between the government and the governor, the governor has to go.'
Besides 15 loan transactions to the Siva group of companies, the former directors also used unique methods to ensure the group did not get into the default list.
In order to contain Current Account Deficit and arrest value of declining rupee, the RBI last month had raised the cost of borrowing for banks and reduced availability of funds to curb speculation in the forex market.
India had a transition from 'socialism with a limited entry to marketism without exit'.
The RBI should provide readily accessible summary information on its website about all corporate debt defaulters and the amounts involved.
The local markets are expected to react to global triggers until the government announces the Union Budget.
Unless Dr Urjit Patel starts clearing the balance sheets of banks, the investment cycle will not start. Unless the clog in the drain is cleared, further lending cannot happen. If further lending doesn't happen, the investment cycle also will not happen, writes M R Venkatesh.
'Nobody expected the slowdown to go for these many days. Unfortunately, it is an unbelievably bad slow down.'
From the roll-out of GST to H1B visa problems, the government needs to quickly deal with various disruptions.
The 30-share Sensex closed down 115 points at 28,444 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 31 points at 8,524.
'Through the course of the year, we expect the economic weakness generated by demonetisation will give way to normalisation of growth conditions.'
The Bank Nifty is likely to be a bellwether.
Data used for the graph and cited elsewhere in the column were obtained from various publications of the RBI.
Inflation is down, growth is headed for recovery. RIL and subsidiary Jio are on an upswing. However, stressed loans and impending job losses are the dark clouds, says Devangshu Datta.
'Government of India has the right to give directions to RBI'.
Index heavyweights Reliance Industries, HDFC and Infosys were the top Sensex gainers.
'This year's Budget didn't give into populist measures everyone was expecting after demonetisation, so I think that was a positive step.' 'Hopefully the Budget will continue in the way it has been.'
Top companies in China are valued at 7.7 times the trailing 12-month earnings against a P/E ratio of 18.6 times for Nifty 50 companies.
'We forecast real GDP growth to moderate to 6.7 per cent in the year ending March 2018.' 'However, as disruption fades, we expect to see a rebound in real GDP growth to 7.5 per cent in the next fiscal year.'
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