The party's research department team, which Rajya Sabha member M V Rajeev Gowda heads, has sifted through the suggestions received in the last five months, and the manifesto is slated to be released later this month, reports Archis Mohan.
A tally around 150 in Gujarat can see the index hit 10,700 levels going ahead
The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs will meet on February 4 to decide the Budget session schedule. Venkaiah Naidu says the government is willing to advance the session if the Opposition agrees.
Banking shares saw a renewed buying interest on the hopes of a rate-cut by the central bank post the easing of macro-economic data.
NCAER said the monetary policy measures are unlikely to revive growth at this juncture and suggested providing fiscal stimulus, which too can be challenging unless it can be financed through better revenue generation.
If this Budget was not packaged and sold as a Budget for the poor and for farmers, Narendra Modi would have lost the next election.
BSE Realty index zoomed by almost 7% followed by counters like Metal, Oil & Gas, Auto, Banks, Auto, Healthcare and Power, all surging between 1-5%.
Top gainers from the Sensex pack are ONGC, HDFC, HUL, RIL and Cipla.
Motilal Oswal of Motilal Oswal Financial Services tells Puneet Wadhwa why he thinks the current market levels will sustain.
'Modi must keep his members in check or risk losing domestic and global credibility,' Moody's warned.
GST has been hanging fire with the Opposition Congress yet to come on board
The proposed ban on cash transactions above Rs 3 lakh may hit luxury goods, jewellery sales and real estate.
Most top industrialists rate PM's first 100 days in office as 'good', primarily due to his intentions, not concrete policy measures.
The poll of over 30 economists, taken in the past week, showed Asia's third largest economy will expand 7.8 percent in the fiscal year ending March 2017.
The benchmark BSE Sensex reclaimed the 28,000 mark, spurting by 409 points or 1.4% at 28,114 and Nifty settled above the 8,500 mark at 8,532, gains of 111 points.
Economic reforms seem to be on a slow train, while good old fiscal populism is alive and flourishing.
Nilekani said new-age technology markets work on a winner-takes-all basis.
The PM needs to tap into his latent support base among the aspirational classes, while keeping the loony fringe at bay to stop or reverse the change in the political atmosphere
Filing with inadequate disclosure of assets will be liable for prosecution
Gandhi accused Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik of being remote-controlled by Modi
The Congress on Monday sought a discussion on the latest report of the CAG, listing alleged irregularities in Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation's KG basin gas project and forced three adjournments in Rajya Sabha in the pre-noon session demanding a response from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
'So, why did Kejriwal, the crusader against corruption, choose such an officer as his principal secretary? He has to explain. After that, he realises that Kumar's case is not picking up, so he changes tracks and picks up Jaitley for the DDCA case.' 'I personally feel this is part of Kejriwal's strategy. If he has evidence against Jaitley, then why doesn't he file a first information report like he did in the petroleum case?'
Inflation is down and there's every chance that crude prices will be subdued through the next year.
Finance minister tries to put house in order before reforms are unveiled in February.
''We have a very difficult period ahead of us.' 'Fortunately we have a popular government and a popular leader who is ideally placed to take us into confidence,' says Aakar Patel.
If one were to go by the degree of clout, Jaitley was the undoubted No. 2 in the Modi government.
It's easy to say investors should focus on fundamentals but this risk can have a significant and lasting impact
Technical rallies and short covering may arise only if the markets break this 500 point band
A slew of challenges that are yet to be resolved include the lack of consensus between the Centre and states over the GST exemption threshold limit, dual control over scrutiny and assessment
The prime minister seems to have turned his face away from the business of introducing serious reform, says T N Ninan.
Modi is optimistic that the reforms will be passed soon.
Congress demanded a judicial inquiry by a sitting high court judge.
With less than five months left for the report of the Fifteenth Finance Commission to be submitted, its chairman N K Singh said the report will have fiscal road map for states, depending on their current situation.
Whereas the headline growth rate appears very respectable, India needs faster to growth to generate jobs.
S&P in November ruled out an upgrade in the country's rating for some considerable period, citing India's low per capita GDP and relatively high fiscal deficit.
NDA government has shunned populism.
It is worth reconsidering if this fascination with either having a single party majority or Modi's leadership or, indeed, both, is such a great idea for India, says Udit Misra.
Presenting a report card of two years of the Modi government, BJP chief Amit Shah credited the party for giving a "decisive" government.
Reliance Industries on Friday reported more than doubling of its March quarter net profit to Rs 13,227 crore as improvement in petrochemical and consumer business countered continued weakness in refining business.
The opposition, while not directly stalling Parliament, will insist all legislation goes to standing committees, delaying implementation.
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