In 50 days, 60% of the work force was let off in retail, agri, textile and other sectors.
'There is a trade in goods, a lot of tariff.'
The government plans to rationalise trade margins for many other medical devices, besides stents and knee implants.
From Dabur to HUL, here are 10 stocks with significant rural exposure in the auto, agri-chemical and fast moving consumer goods sectors, which should see an uptick in sales growth.
The Left parties attacked the government's policies and said the country was heading towards an economic emergency.
Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu is slated to meet senior executives of Apple on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos later this month.
Investment bankers handling the IPO had said marquee global investors made big-ticket applications.
Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan on Monday warned against compromising India's interest for the sake of attracting foreign investment and said the priority should be framing transparent policies as well as resolving contractual tax disputes quickly.
India Inc is encouraged by a determined Budget.
While TCS will see demand in the US and Europe, its local business is likely to be hit on poor IT spending.
Here's everything you need to know about the Goods and Services Tax Bill.
'Rather than cutting and pasting from advanced economies, we should use basic economic principles to think about what is right for India at the stage of development at which we are,' says Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian.
'A close relationship between India Inc and the government cannot help the BJP win elections.' 'While Opposition parties may feel good about Mr Bajaj criticising the Modi regime, the BJP should be seeing the indictment as a political boon,' says A K Bhattacharya.
It makes sense to wait for govt schemes such as gold bonds.
'If India can only grow at 5%, why bother spending time on the country?' asks Akash Prakash.
The forthcoming budget is an excellent opportunity for the Government to fulfill its promise of high economic growth.
'The news about the new virus strain in the UK provided them with an opportunity to take money off the table.'
HUL, the country's largest FMCG company, saw sales volume fall by 4% for the December quarter.
'This solid verdict would further strengthen his resolve to drive forward the economic agenda to ensure that the fruits of the economic momentum continue to reach the poor, so visible during the last five years.'
Swaraj said the focus of the government is growth with eye on manufacturing, infrastructure and trade
Real reason for crashing gold prices is not Trump victory, says expert.
The Enforcement Directorate had asked for financial details from both public and private sector banks and a part of these details were submitted last week
For July-September, it pegged CPI-based retail inflation at 4.2 per cent which it saw firming up to 4.8 per cent in the second half of the current fiscal.
If you looked back at 2018 and had to give it a name, the Year of Limitations might be the most accurate.
FM should avoid proposals such as to tax financial transactions and fringe benefits
Tax problems and unfavourable WTO agreements are making Tamil Nadu's electronics corridor less attractive to companies.
The govt has hiked customs duty for metallurgical coke.
Echoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's views that improving the health of financial markets alone cannot fuel growth, G20 business leaders on Friday said vigorous efforts should be made to go beyond fiscal and monetary policy to kickstart world economy and create jobs.
To begin, the Budget has no doubt attempted to address uncertainty.
Going ahead, the likely implementation of the goods and services tax bill in July and how the monsoons play out will have a bearing on India's demand for gold and gold jewellery
Offer size could vary from Rs 1,200 cr to Rs 2,000 cr
FIA is a body of four established domestic private airlines -- Jet Airways, IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir.
World trade has been growing slower than world GDP since 2012.
According to market experts, GST Bill, movement of the rupee and uncertain global cues amid expected rate cut by the US Fed will dictate the movement of the markets.
The next 12 months will be quite challenging marked by uncertain political events and evolving macroeconomic scenario
'On the tax front, most of the Budget proposals are sensible'.
'The credit for managing Trump should go to Modi.' 'Biden is a predictable and rational person with plenty of administrative experience,' notes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
'China was the elephant in the Oval Office and Trump would have sensed that Modi's foreign policy architecture has become disoriented sans the US' pivot to Asia,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Information technology, not manufacturing or infrastructure, should be the focus of the government while implementing initiatives such as Make in India and Start Up India.
