In a turn of events, India on Friday said it was "hopeful" talks for a global deal on easing Customs norms, or a trade facilitation agreement (TFA), would be revived in September, even as it failed to meet the July 31 deadline due to lack of consensus among members over food stockholding and farm subsidies.
Several CII defence committee members confirm this is now the official CII position, which conforms to that of industry bodies, Ficci and Assocham.
Nitin Gadkari and Prakash Javdekar lobbied Jual Oram to change process, that may now open a Pandora's box.
With a sole mandate of inflation targeting, RBI wears many hats.
Nagaraju's dogged fight over a period of 18 years for his ancestral property began from scratch
New head of the Confederation of Indian Industry speaks.
Income-tax data released by FinMin after 15 years
The government has managed Rs 21,000 crore through stake sales and buybacks in the first six months, the highest-ever first half divestment revenue for any year by a good margin, raising expectations for the rest of FY17.
The customs duty from gold imports could be approximately Rs 8,000 crore, about less than half of what was collected a year ago.
Agreement 'endorsed' by members and being legally vetted but will be part of the main Doha agenda only after a tenuous process.
To enable large-scale vaccine studies to take place across the UK, the aim is to get 500,000 people signed up by October, which is considered vital in the fight against coronavirus.
The complaint is against Nestle's 'unfair trade practices'.
This move gives clean chit to noodles and pastas containing MSG.
In fact, no other recent Union Budget has held so much significance for the Indian economy as the one to be presented in about six weeks from now, notes A K Bhattacharya.
Bankers of HPL too have endorsed the idea and are pitching hard for the chairmanship of Chatterjee.
The lawsuit seeks an injunction to stop the entire rule from going into effect.
Limited IT staff may compel them to focus on big fish than small depositors.
The government is working on the concept of a digital locker of sorts - an online repository for all certificates and documents issued to the citizens of the country.
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Traders were up in arms, fearing huge job loss if Walmart was to enter.
Two key depts in ministry cold to rationale for one; postal dept says it's more eligible than IDFC or Bandhan, feels 'strong lobby' scuttling its plans.
Key questions remain about the operational and financial viability of a completely paperless bank such as India Post, says Mayank Jain.
This was the near-unanimous replies of 10 market participants.
Monsoon is expected to cover central and eastern India after Tuesday.
In 2014-15, capital expenditure in the April-September period was Rs 99,100 crore.
Only 2.3% of the Indian workforce has undergone formal skill training, as compared to 68% in UK and 52% in the US
Infra major's entry could queer the pitch for Jaypee and Hindustan Semiconductor.
RBI declines to accede to plea, upheld by Padmanabhan panel, for priority sector tag; feels move would dilute claims of those needing it more.
'Stumbling blocks teach a lot and should be taken as stepping stones.'
In 2015, the Reserve Bank of India cut interest rates by 125 basis points to 6.75 per cent.
IFC will act as a transaction advisor for the projects to be developed in the public-private partnership mode.
It entered India in 2006, with the aim of tapping the promising consumer market.
In 2013, Daiichi had launched the arbitration proceedings in Singapore.
However, two districts -- Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar in Punjab -- which did not record a fresh case in the last 28 days, reported new COVID-19 cases on Monday, it added.
Abu Dhabi national carrier had bought 24 per cent stake in Jet Airways for $379 million in April.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana and Make in India -- are not covered here.
Home-grown taxi booking companies which have a business model similar to Uber's might have stricter security norms imposed on them.
While IDBI Bank's 140 million customers and 1800-odd branches will come in handy for LIC to hawk insurance, the bank can use LIC's massive agent network to sell its retail loans. But if it is run the same way it had been in the past and LIC is a proxy of the government, then it has no future, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Hopefully, the grey world of central banking in a nation hit by demonetisation, will lighten up with some of his notes soon.
Should the Income-Tax Act have been simultaneously amended to exclude Sikhs and Jains from the definition of HUF once they were declared a minority by the government? Sanjeev Nayyar discusses the curious dichotomies in our laws.
While the rupee depreciation in 2012 persuaded many companies in taking hedges against their foreign currency loans, industry analysts feel it might not be sufficient to counter the swift slide in the value of the local currency.
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