'Modi underestimated Pawar.'
Most investment costs are bundled in with the financial product, and are often hidden in fine print, warns Erik Hon.
The success of the government will depend substantially on the quality of its team of key ministers, officials and advisors
'The finance minister has told the BJP's core voters we are hearing you and we are sensitive to your aspirations.'
Jaitley's Budget has the potential to change the face of Modi's Bharat
Softening the demonetisation blow, the Budget for 2017-18 on Wednesday halved the tax to 5 per cent on incomes up to Rs 500,000 but proposed a new surcharge of 10 per cent on incomes between Rs 50 lakh and Rs 1 crore and raised duties on cigarettes and pan masala while stepping up allocations for infrastructure, rural, agriculture and social sectors.
Tax expert Anil Rego answers readers' questions about how Finance Minister Piyush Goyal's Budget affects you.
It observed that there is no record of the money meant for the welfare of construction workers.
PM extended some old schemes and finally said yes to one that was legally mandated for past 2 years.
RIL has denied knowingly producing any gas from the ONGC block
Modi said bribery was not possible as the money was transferred directly into accounts of the beneficiaries.
The government, he said, has implemented 'bold reforms'.
The finance ministry and several agencies under it such as the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which are investigating the affairs of Sahara India Parivar, are worried about its exposure to National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) products.
Striker Costa ends second spell at Atletico Madrid.
Supreme Court allows more instruments to use the biometric card.
6 post offices have been identified for the pilot stage.
Close to a million small shareholders have stake in nine NCLT-bound companies
Mihir Bhat, fellow at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and Director of the All India Disaster Management Institute tells rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa that the youth of the country will swing into action to see what gets done on the ground.
Foreign Trade Policy: More incentives for exports, focus on ease of trading
In several areas, the Indian government has put out a model law.
How investors can tweak their fixed income investments to earn more in the current environment.
Insurers have eased the documentation process to file claims so that they can be settled faster
'Modi followed a prime minister whose second term was marked by such tragic passivity that Indians, it would seem, are willing to go to great pains to help this one realise his ambitions for them.'
Prez assent to Gujarat labour law with contentious provisions.
The first stage of the inclusion strategy was focussed on opening bank accounts, logically seen as creating the last-mile channels for financial access.
The fiscal deficit of the Centre remains a worry, running at over 6.5 per cent of GDP in April-September 2014, mainly because of revenue shortfalls from exaggerated projections in the government's July Budget and despite the relief on subsidies from lower oil prices.
Budget might turn out to be neutral for the sector.
SC refuses to extend the deadline for Sahara to deposit Rs 600 crore
State-run Bank of Baroda and Oriental Bank of Commerce are among those facing scrutiny.
Kumar accused Prasad of renouncing social justice agenda and making it a mere slogan for personal popularity.
"There will be no discrimination in name of caste, religion and sex. There will be overall development," Adityanath said in his address at the Maharana Pratap Inter College in Gorakhpur, his parliamentary constituency.
Modi isn't going to voters on his track record but on the fear of the terrorist across the border and the Muslims within. It's a battle on his terms, says Shekhar Gupta.
The expectation that Mr Modi would be a major reformer, capable of reinvigorating the Indian economy, were based on a complete misreading of both his actions and his performance as Gujarat chief minister, says Mihir S Sharma.
Total subsidy bill could come down to around Rs 2 trillion.
Former chairman of the UIDAI Nandan Nilekani, elucidates how Aadhaar could become the spine for alternative banking and could replace government services with cash benefits.
Here is an explainer and a timeline relating to India's purchase of 36 combat jets.
'It is common knowledge that cash is anonymous.' 'When demonetisation was implemented, one of the intended objectives was to put identity on the cash holdings in the economy.' 'With the return of Rs 15.28 lakh crore in the formal banking system, the almost entire cash holding of the economy now has an address.' 'It is no more anonymous,' says Arun Jaitley.
From Lalit K Jha Washington, May 15 (PTI) Alleging that recent trade policies of India are jeopardising its trade ties with the US, a Washington-based think tank has recommended the Congress to suspend trade benefits for New Delhi. "To be clear, a strong, growing, and collaborative trade relationshi ...
Consumers will thank the Modi government for this simple yet revolutionary move, which is long overdue, says Debashis Basu.
Chances of staying true to your goals tend to be high when you don't lose sight of what you set out to achieve, advises Arun Thukral, MD & CEO, Axis Securities.
