The programme has triggered a huge debate in India.
This Budget signals a shift from a hand-out to a hand-up economy.
Low oil prices drove the growth in states' share faster than expected, says Abhishek Waghmare.
In separate statements, the two companies said they will combine Novartis' over-the-counter division with GSK's consumer business, creating a new world-leading consumer healthcare business with $10 billion in annual sales.
Given all the risks in the world today, including the political instability, economic uncertainty, public health emergence and terrorism, there is not much buffer to absorb a significant change for the worse in the operating environment
Investors accumulated quality stocks at valuable and attractive levels.
While the deal would help reduce debt at Jindal Steel, it would also be a boon for State Bank of India, which has been trying to broker an agreement between the companies
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Barring one, three are debt-free and sitting on large cash reserves.
A Chennai-based biotechnology firm on Monday said it is working on developing a chemical for application on mosquito nets, which would keep the pest away for a period of at least three years.
Can Nestle go beyond Maggi? While recovery in the March quarter has been led by the popular noodle brand, the company hopes for a different revenue mix in five years.
Judith Faulkner's entrepreneurial journey could well be a case study for people worldwide.
Eradicating the Aedes aegypti or developing a vaccine will take years. Genetic modification offers a way out; the question is how to scale it up across continents, says Devangshu Datta.
'Villages are much better prepared than towns as far as COVID-19 is concerned.'
Maruti Suzuki, Asian Paints, L&T, ONGC and Infosys have gained between 1%-1.5%.
The prime minister highlighted the gains made during his last four years vis-a-vis the previous governments to suggest that he has lived up to the promise of hope he had offered to the electorate in 2014.
The NSE Nifty, which dipped below the key 10,800-mark to touch a low of 10,755.40, bounced back on late buying to close at 10,817.70, up 9.65 points, or 0.09 per cent.
A financial turnaround in Tata Steel and Tata Motors has come as a shot in the arm for Chandra.
After years of losing money on two of the group's biggest bets - global steel business and domestic passenger cars - there are strong signs of a revival in both businesses.
'The government should refrain from 'adventurism' and 'megalomania'.' 'But this should be true of reckless government action against every Indian, whether or not they are wealthy or have access to the finance minister even when he is in hospital,' says Aakar Patel.
The company has been a part of the start-up ecosystem in a big way from early stages right up to when the companies start achieving full scale.
As wholesalers largely failed to meet GST norms, companies were in a fix. According to industry veterans like Sunil Duggal, chief executive of Dabur, the hazard led many to look beyond third-party distribution and take the leap to cover unattended markets directly.
As Modi completes a year in office, his cuts in federal welfare spending on the poorest of India's 1.25 bn people are coming in for sharp criticism.
Markets end in red; bluechips struggle to keep pace.
A crammed calender left the Indian cricketers with not enough time to prepare for the ongoing Test series against South Africa, feels Board of Control for Cricket in India Committee of Administrators (COA) chief Vinod Rai.
E-commerce has become a success in China as it overtook the US as the world largest online retail market.
All payments made via debit and credit cards, net banking and mobile wallets will be entitled to discounts.
The best way for the railways to become more professional will be to get corporatised.
India has average monthly spends of $4 per user; it is over $20 in other Asian markets
He has now to show that he can take on the vested interests within the railways which are resisting change through corporatisation
"In roughly seven years, or around 2024, the population of India is expected to surpass that of China," a UN report said.
The extra borrowing implies Jaitley will have extra spending space in the Union Budget for FY19, the last full one before the 2019 general election
There has been a lot of concern in the FMCG industry after Patanjali's revenues crossed Rs 5,000 crore, on the back of an increased focus on health following the ban on Maggi noodles.
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Broader market underperformed with the BSE Midcap and the BSE Smallcap indices losing up to 0.2%
Grains, non-mineral water might be on the list; biscuits, butter and cheese might attract GST
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