India's good fortune, experts in the US feel, is not the result of a fundamentally strong economy, but because it is the best of a bad set of options.
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The value of oil imports decreased by 37.5%.
The 30-share Sensex ended 50 points lower at 28,112 and the 50-share Nifty declined 12 points to close at 8,531.
Auto stocks Hero MotoCorp and Mahindra & Mahindra gained 1-2 per cent on the back of strong sales in the month of September.
The government, he said, has implemented 'bold reforms'.
Power Minister Piyush Goyal is keen to revive the energy sector.
Power Minister Piyush Goyal is keen to revive the energy sector.
In the near term, the key driver will still be the government's fiscal spending.
Initially it will procure only e-rickshaws and e-autos for leasing to operators
Referring to long-pending insurance bill, he said "we are on the verge" of opening the sector a little more.
Analysts said with more power sector companies referred to the NCLT by banks, large companies would be at an advantage.
The market breadth ended weak on the BSE with 2,086 shares declining and 893 shares advancing.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was elected last year on hopes he would revive a languishing economy.
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'India is doing better than when we took office 17 months ago'.
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Sensex climbs higher on favourable global cues.
'Decisions on nuclear power have so far been taken by a small select group, primarily interested in profiteering from their actions, stating 'secrecy' as necessary from the national security point.' 'This argument is false, because we are dealing with the 'civilian' nuclear power sector, which is open even to the IAEA,' says Dr A Gopalakrishnan, former chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.
Santosh Kamath, partner (infrastructure and government services), KPMG in India, expects an extension of a tax holiday for the sector.
According to the amendment adopted by nations, developed countries will reduce HFCs use first, followed by China along with a large number of countries.
In a major jolt to India's solar energy programme, the Rajasthan government might cancel the 4,000-Mw solar UMPP (ultra mega power project), which was expected to come up near Sambhar Lake.
Rediff reader Kamaljit Medhi tells us how a chance meeting with Arpana rekindled their love in the sleepy town of Digboi.
Shares of IT companies were in focus with the Nifty IT and S&P BSE IT index gaining more than 2% in an otherwise lower market
Sensex closed the day 416 points higher.
Markets across the globe gained after China Securities Regulator removed its four-day-old circuit-breaker system.
The Congress party on Tuesday vowed to oppose the present format of the land bill both inside the Parliament and outside.
'The days when less government, more governance were spoken of are well and truly behind us.' 'More government, it is now believed, means more governance,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
'What made him different was that he was not a banker at all by temperament.' 'He was a businessman, a typical lalaji at that.' 'He had to win at any cost.'
Russian firms expand their footprint in India. And take bigger steps to do business with India's private sector.
Private lenders have also been expanding their branch and automate teller machine networks aggressively.
To generate ample private sector interest, there is a need to introduce market-linked tariff rates.
The Modi government's array of economic policy has been impressive.
R Rajagopalan predicts that Tamil Nadu won't have single party rule for the first time in its history.
Giving a message of larger opposition unity, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh will march with leaders of at least ten parties from Parliament House to President House on Tuesday and submit a memorandum against the new land bill.
E-auaction cannot totally end corruption in the system.
Growing foreign travel is one sign of the radical change in rising India's vacation dynamic.
Deepak Parekh, chairman of Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), India's largest mortgage lender, says the exuberance in industry about the new government is justified but big ideas articulated by the prime minister need speedy implementation.
Private participation remains lacklustre.
'What is bank recapitalisation? When the rich take loans and do not return and the government returns that money to the banks.' 'What is restructuring 5:25 scheme? The government says don't return now, just tell us you will return after five years.' 'Why don't we apply these schemes to farmers?' 'I want to increase the power of farmers to blackmail the government as everyone in the country has the power to blackmail.'
As oil minister, he has overseen India's petroleum and natural gas needs. But now he also runs the environment ministry, where he has issued permits for 100 stalled projects in a month-long spree that has delighted industry but shocked green activists.
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