Temporary workers not only lack job security, they get less pay and an inferior overall package.
Fiscal consolidation is keenly awaited.
Finance Minister P T R Palanivel Thiagarajan has proclaimed his determination to set Tamil Nadu's fiscal house in order in five years, and Friday will show how he plans to go about it when he rises to present the Stalin government's maiden budget, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
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Debt fund managers think the Reserve Bank governor might at best go for one rate cut in April.
'The fact that housing units worth a whopping Rs 4.5 lakh crore in top seven cities are stuck under various stages of non-completion indicates that there is a dire need to create stress-asset fund which will help bail out lakhs of distressed homebuyers,' says Anuj Puri, Chairman, Anarock Property Consultants, a real estate services company.
Contrary to the bragging that marked its two-year anniversary, the government's timidity on reform is simply astounding.
According to the report by the global financial services major, the FY2013-14 CAD is expected to be within $36 billion or 2 per cent of GDP, and this fiscal year CAD is likely to be slightly higher but contained at 2.3 per cent of GDP.
It is expected to bring transparency and reinstate consumer faith in the industry, says Brotin Banerjee.
Winning an election may be a breeze for the BJP but the aftermath of victory isn't always painless.
The crisis remains acute with the country's banks already closed.
'No Budget has so far has addressed the issue of the government's abysmal productivity of capital spending, improving which will be the big game changer. 'But, the government's tight lock on businesses, banks, education, and even essential services like transportation and large parts of infrastructure and healthcare is destroying capital year after year,' points out Debashis Basu.
"GST should not become a 'grossly scary tax'. It should be a 'good and simple tax'," Surjewala said.
India, he said, has opened up its markets and stepped up public investment including in the infrastructure space and is concentrating a lot on boosting expenditure to improve the quality of rural life
PSU divestment, LIC IPO, fiscal deficit: Budget 2021 marks a clear change in the Modi government's stance from fiscal conservatism to growth orientation.
'Sachin Pilot had every legitimate right to demand to become CM.'
A smartly executed reform-recap will be the best booster for the economy, says Ajay Chhibber.
'Defence does not new 'planning commissions'; it needs an implementation commission.'
'We have promised to ensure reduced tax rates.'
As the debate over the issue of leadership raged, another group of leaders put their weight behind the Gandhi family on Sunday, calling for Sonia Gandhi to stay or Rahul Gandhi to take charge again.
In the near term, the key driver will still be the government's fiscal spending.
Budget is widely seen as a test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Global economy will have to grapple with few tough situations in 2015.
'The IAS officers are after the rich people, the IRS officers are after the middle class and the IPS officers are after the poor. This is the new varnashrama created by the bureaucracy.'
Lessor market sources said with the fuel prices remaining high, IndiGo would get better rates for the fuel-efficient A320neos.
Shadow of elections may overshadow political consensus at GST Council meetings.
"Why is it that whenever there are no political overtones to a case, the CBI does a good job?" he said.
Rahul Gandhi thinks his imaginary Congress is the silver bullet; Narendra Modi thinks he himself is the silver bullet; Arvind Kejriwal seems to think that neighbourhood councils are a silver bullet. But none of them is right, says Mihir S Sharma.
Companies from the capital goods space will under-perform.
It is mind-boggling to find our prime minister putting exports on the back-burner, says Jayanta Roy.
If India Inc sincerely feels the separation of posts is not a good governance measure, it must spell out its doubts clearly to Sebi and give cogent arguments rather than mundane ones like India is different, argues J N Gupta, member, Kotak committee on corporate governance reforms.
The defence minister has 20 months to learn the military's ethos, culture and to publicly bat for an organisation that feels increasingly marginalised and underappreciated.
Modi sarkar will have to undertake reforms to prove its mettle.
GST will lead to consolidation of multiple indirect taxes
A key hindrance to a faster turnaround of these banks is the slow progress in the resolution of legacy bad loans and the need to build up provisions against those assets.
Governments find themselves expanding the entitlements of the least productive - farmers and bureaucrats - and abridging those of the more productive parts of the workforce.
We are entering a period of turbulence, but you can profit off that volatility.
Options include raising both excise and service tax rates in FY16
'When growth drops precipitously from 7% to 4.5% in four quarters, it is for all practical purposes a recession' notes T N Ninan.
Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Hyundai stand to gain the maximum, given their large portfolio of products in the sub-4 meter segment.
