Hurdles such as approvals for repair and fixed rates can make the process time-consuming.
Experts expect the trend to continue in the near term.
The fallen bellwether of the technology sector has a strategy to reclaim its lost position.
The BSE Mid-Cap index was currently up 0.83%. The BSE Small-Cap index was currently up 0.8%.
Most policies have a 30-90 days waiting period, during which you will not be able to claim any hospitalisation expense, except in case of accidents.
TCS kicked-off the Q1FY17 earnings season for information technology companies on Thursday.
Combined debt-equity ratio of top companies declines but interest expenses outgrow profits.
Corporate indebtedness is now twice what it was before the global financial crisis; banks' bad loans ratio is 3.5 times higher.
Critical illness plans can be bought both as a benefit cover and an indemnity cover, say experts.
Renault Kwid plays the reinvention game to suit changing customer behaviour
These firms reported a combined operating profit of Rs 26,077 crore (Rs 260.77 billion).
Indian market has been plagued by negative sentiment and triggers
'The government is encouraging consumption through fiscal spending in a bid to push up economic growth in the face of a slowdown in corporate investment and exports.'
This analysis is based on the quarterly earnings for 724 companies.
While Raghuram Rajan has said in the past that other factors, including domestic fundamentals, outweigh the US Fed policy meet, this time it would be different
The number of infrastructure projects cleared by a monitoring group set up in the Cabinet Secretariat had increased consistently in the past year.
In five years, per-employee revenue for IT companies grew at 9 per cent each year.
Promoters' holding in private sector BSE 500 companies declined to 43.4% in Sept
In the past 12 months, such earnings have grown in double digits in Europe, the US, Japan and South Korea.
The index is more expensive than it was at 2014-end or when it hit a life-time high in January.
According to Rahul Rege, business head (retail) at Emkay Global Financial Services, it is difficult to track more than 10 stocks.
Investors turn their attention to export-driven sectors.
With cash -- the primary medium of exchange -- all but disappearing, it is now unlikely that the expected fillip to demand on account of a good monsoon and proceeds from the Seventh Pay Commission payout will materialise.
A large number of successful IPOs ensured that the total investor wealth, measured in terms of cumulative valuation of all listed shares, rose by nearly Rs 6 lakh crore during the year to Rs 106.23 lakh crore
An action on the rate front is unlikely to figure in Rajan's plan for the moment.
The BSE Realty Index is on a downhill journey.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Sebi would develop new products in the commodity derivatives space apart from taking steps to deepen the corporate bond market.
An analysis of year-wise movements of average global crude oil prices versus India's GDP reveals no inverse correlation, contrary to wide belief.
Many giving double-digit returns, with India up less than one per cent; even so, it has done much better than other emerging markets.
Analysts say there is still no visibility of earnings improvement.
Analysts say traders have been building long positions on expectations the BJP would sail through in the five Assembly elections
67 companies with total debt of Rs 5.65 lakh cr were either loss-making or didn't generate enough profit to cover interest cost in FY15
If financials and oil sectors were removed, India Inc has done quite well.
Nifty 50 firms' net profit estimated to grow by a modest 3.1% in Q2, reports Krishna Kant.
Fresh investments by corporates up just 5.8% in FY17, lowest since 1992
There, however, has been an improvement in operating margins.
Though Indian banks don't have large exposure to subprime mortgages, analysts are worried at the rise in their restructured loan portfolios and deterioration in credit quality.
Lower IT exports will raise India's dependence on capital flows to fund imports.
Through the past 12 months, the Bank Nifty has risen 55%
