RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday kept the repo rate unchanged 6.50 per cent.
Contract finally given for Rs 2,400-cr project, with GIFT City-like features
Govt is keen to push reforms in the insurance sector.
'National assets, created over the years through tax-payers's money, should not be handed over to business houses at throwaway prices.'
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.
'Four years ago, when Gadkari was BJP president, Fadnavis was president of the state BJP, I had gone on a fast unto death demanding separate statehood for Vidarbha.' 'They had come to meet me and promised that once the party comes to power at the Centre and in the state, we will get separate statehood.' 'Four years have passed, but no change is seen on the ground.'
The Bharatiya Janata Party regime will have to make good on this election slogan to restore state-owned banks to health, says Rajiv Lall.
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Likely to set the ball rolling for Rs 1.72-lakh-cr projects today
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The agency has kept its FY15 growth forecast unchanged at 5.6 per cent.
PS banks need to pull up their socks to improve cash flows.
The GST will alter the very face of fiscal federalism in India.
Thailand, Indonesia want unconditional access to India's multi-brand retail space.
The Budget has unveiled measures that should now pave the way for India to progress from Make in India to 'Innovate in India'.
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.
Clearly, rich Indians have little confidence in India. Perhaps we are also chronically dishonest.
Firms are still barred from holding board positions in the special purpose vehicle that will develop the airport.
It is welcome that the government tried to make its intentions clear last week - especially as risk concerns return to global markets.
'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.
A smartly executed reform-recap will be the best booster for the economy, says Ajay Chhibber.
The document titled 'Details of the steps in the decision making process leading to the award of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft order' stated that the process as laid down in the Defence Procurement Procedure-2013 has been followed in procurement of the Rafale aircraft.
IMF projected India's economic growth at 4.25% in 2013-14.
The proposal will now be considered by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.
'What are the circumstances at that time? Had you thought Modi will come after Vajpayee?'
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
FM needs to convince Indians to invest more in stocks.
This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India.
Honest tax payers need not worry about the new black money law, says finance minister Arun Jaitley.
Education, jobs, health and more: Experts share their wishlist.
If you looked back at 2018 and had to give it a name, the Year of Limitations might be the most accurate.
Gold schemes are offering attractive returns to investors.
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.
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".
The RBI holds its next policy meeting in early June.
Mamata woos industry with boat ride to Gangasagar, Sundarbans
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
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.
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.
The Congress has reasons to enjoy the BJP's discomfiture. After all, the Insurance Bill was introduced by the UPA government in 2008 but was constantly blocked by the BJP on some pretext or the other which was then in the Opposition.
Retirees and labour officials acknowledged that the city's finances were in a shambles and they would have to share in the sacrifice to help Detroit recover.
Hindalco has already bagged 4 mines in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh
