With an aggressive Opposition and unyielding government, important legislation could be the biggest casualty, as details of the helicopter contract surface.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday kept the repo rate unchanged 6.50 per cent.
Single window clearances for realty must.
If you looked back at 2018 and had to give it a name, the Year of Limitations might be the most accurate.
A smartly executed reform-recap will be the best booster for the economy, says Ajay Chhibber.
Education, jobs, health and more: Experts share their wishlist.
The Budget has unveiled measures that should now pave the way for India to progress from Make in India to 'Innovate in India'.
Govt is keen to push reforms in the insurance sector.
PS banks need to pull up their socks to improve cash flows.
The Bharatiya Janata Party regime will have to make good on this election slogan to restore state-owned banks to health, says Rajiv Lall.
The GST will alter the very face of fiscal federalism in India.
A day after deciding to nearly double natural gas prices to $8, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday hinted that power and fertiliser units may get gas at subsidised rates to keep electricity and urea costs down.
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The agency has kept its FY15 growth forecast unchanged at 5.6 per cent.
It is welcome that the government tried to make its intentions clear last week - especially as risk concerns return to global markets.
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Likely to set the ball rolling for Rs 1.72-lakh-cr projects today
Clearly, rich Indians have little confidence in India. Perhaps we are also chronically dishonest.
While Congress-ruled states such as Kerala, Karnataka and Assam expressed fears about the sudden demise of the planning process and wondered what it would be replaced with, also worrying about the immediate implications on annual Plan outlays, Andhra Pradesh said it was considering setting up its own NITI Aayog.
Thailand, Indonesia want unconditional access to India's multi-brand retail space.
TCS, Bajaj Auto, Adani Ports and Cipla were the top gainers on BSE Sensex while Coal India, GAIL, Dr Reddy's and Infosys lost the most on the index.
Firms are still barred from holding board positions in the special purpose vehicle that will develop the airport.
'It is vital we should form an international coalition against ISIS, because their brutality and the use of the Internet for jihadist activities is a reminder that the entire world community has to be in this together,' US Congressman Ed Royce, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, tells Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com in an exclusive interview ahead of Prime Minister Modi's visit.
FM needs to convince Indians to invest more in stocks.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said falling oil prices act as a cushion for CAD, adding it is time India does away with restrictions on gold imports
Honest tax payers need not worry about the new black money law, says finance minister Arun Jaitley.
IMF projected India's economic growth at 4.25% in 2013-14.
Gold schemes are offering attractive returns to investors.
This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India.
A good monsoon could rein in food inflation. Largely good corporate results mean better days are ahead. Nifty may reach record levels, points out Devangshu Datta.
The proposal will now be considered by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.
The RBI holds its next policy meeting in early June.
The approval was announced by Environment Minister Greg Hunt, who said "after undertaking a thorough assessment and consideration under national environment law, I have approved the Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Infrastructure project, subject to 36 strict conditions".
Lack of decisiveness and courage to deal with PSBs may turn out be the biggest impediment to the Modi government's economic initiatives, says Debashis Basu.
Mamata woos industry with boat ride to Gangasagar, Sundarbans
While he has plenty of critics at home, Rajan is a favourite among foreign investors and has been credited for bringing inflation under control.
Even before Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept to power in 2014, Subramanian Swamy was agitating for Rajan's removal.
Unless Dr Urjit Patel starts clearing the balance sheets of banks, the investment cycle will not start. Unless the clog in the drain is cleared, further lending cannot happen. If further lending doesn't happen, the investment cycle also will not happen, writes M R Venkatesh.
Some experts says that the high net-worth requirement of Rs 50 crore for setting up an IU is a deterrent.
Following up on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's Budget announcement of creating an integrated oil company, India's biggest oil and gas producer ONGC may buy all of the government's 51.11 per cent stake in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
'The cash part is the lower hanging fruit compared to the other sources.' 'To attack the cash part of black money, I can't think of anything else but demonetisation.'
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