Markets will be closed on Thursday and Friday on account of Holi and Good Friday, respectively.
The rally in index heavyweight ITC has boosted the sentiment across the board.
The government has provided a long-term vision.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
Havells will acquire the entire consumer business infrastructure, people and distribution network. Plus all intellectual property of the Lloyd brand, logo, trademark and attendant rights.
The Indian government has simplified FDI policy inorder to attract global retail chains.
The two major railway unions have proposed to the government an unprecedented alternative to privatisation or inviting foreign investment, to help raise funds and improve revenue.
This Budget plans for an increase to 10.3% of GDP from 9.9%.
To redevelop cities as 'smart', investment of at least $10 billion is required. For 100 cities, it works out to $1 trillion
Arun Jaitley had proposed in the Budget to double the rate of capital gains tax on debt MFs to 20%.
A reformed Planning Commission should reflect the diversity of Indian debate.
The Survey shows fiscal consolidation despite slowdown in growth.
With a sole mandate of inflation targeting, RBI wears many hats.
A national cyber crime and coordination centre meant to fend off such attacks is still awaiting approval
'The transmission sector is going to be the next sunrise industry.'
'Demonetisation will push India onto a higher growth path after a temporary dip.'
It's time we remembered the fundamental: water cycle and life cycle are one.
Nivedita Mookerji finds out how Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma is handling his soaring popularity after the note ban as well as the criticism that comes as a package deal.
Industrialist Pawan Ruia's (think Dunlop and Jessop) arrest this month for cheating and criminal breach of trust marked a new low, but the tide had been turning against him for a while now. Ishita Ayan Dutt & Avishek Rakshit report.
GSTN CEO Prakash Kumar tells Sudipto Dey how IT can improve service delivery of government departments.
Hyderabad-based Pi Datacenters wants to be the first destination of choice for enterprises in data and cloud services.
The DGCA probe detected serious issues related to safety oversight.
FBT was an unpopular tax and withdrawn before the General Elections in 2009
The new Companies Bill will boost such spending by both public and private companies. Praful Patel, Union minister for heavy industries & public enterprises, speaks to Business Standard on the issue.
Ratan Tata was the first one to realise that Indian companies had become a prisoner to tradition and needed to radically innovate.
Jaitley's team presents a quintessential mix of foreign-educated, intellectual technocrats and seasoned bureaucrats
India Inc has few leaders who are likely to grab headlines in 2015.
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Honest tax payers need not worry about the new black money law, says finance minister Arun Jaitley.
Investors with stalled projects and mounting bad debt will refinance their loans.
EduBridge is emerging as a strong player in training unemployed youth.
...He'd be running a successful aviation business, says Anjuli Bhargava.
Starting from a team of part-time workers to an employee base that exceeds over 3,000, Wildcraft has come a long way
Getting the first tyres out from the Sahaganj plant will still require a lot of effort, but with the state government on its side, the hopes are high.
Once these banks start showing losses, they will not be able to pay dividends to the government nor pay taxes, which will further aggravate the situation for the government as its return on investment as an investor would be very negligible for the next few years, says M V Subramanian.
Phee Teik Yeoh says that the worst is behind them.
Indian economy about to take-off
Finance Minister P Chidambaram, while addressing the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on "Recapturing India's Growth Momentum" in Washington on Thursday, said that the leading think tank need not launch an initiative to explore how India will vote in 2014, declaring that the Indian polity will vote the Congress back into power.
Hepzi Anthony takes a look at the procedures the government has put in place to streamline the process of handling runaway children
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