Chaos in Parliament threw a spanner in the government's efforts to revive the economy and kick-start reforms.
'Speaking this year from the ramparts of the Red Fort, he excelled himself in content, diction and delivery -- all extemporaneously flowing, replete with felicitous expressions and captivating word play. 'The only other Indian prime minister with whom he stands comparison is Jawaharlal Nehru who too shunned prepared speeches and established instant rapport with his audiences,' says B S Raghavan.
RBI will now increasingly shift focus to domestic parameters
A Balasubramanian tells Business Standard that the sector will see one of its best phases in the coming five years.
The disturbing aspect about the fall is that it comes as the US and European economies are relatively more stable and improving
TCS kicked-off the Q1FY17 earnings season for information technology companies on Thursday.
'To bring about a paradigm shift in farmers's income, we need to change our approach to agriculture, and transit from the narrow prism of cultivation to a full-fledged enterprise, by building all associated supply chain linkages.' 'This alone will make the farmer an entrepreneur in his own right.'
The dual-technology operator plans to divert its mobile customers and those who use mobile internet to the GSM side of its business, and devote the CDMA business exclusively to dongles.
We could be on the brink if our export industries actually start losing jobs, says Shreekant Sambrani.
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Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has deployed the best-in-class technologies in its Improved Oil Recovery and Enhanced Oil Recovery schemes on these fields.
It would be fair to say that markets are coming to the end of a down-cycle and are at the cusp of the next up-cycle.
BSE Bankex, Healthcare, Capital Goods and Consumer Durables ended higher.
Given the developments, analysts do not foresee a quick recovery.
The second fortnight of September saw Rs 3 lakh crore of time deposits, something unique, followed by liquidation of Rs 1.2 lakh crpre of these right after.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 224 points at 28,442 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 101 points at 8,606.
'India's sizeable forex reserves should help stem a possible fall in our currency.'
Facebook, Airbnb, Paytm, eBay join the film's cast of brands, look to connect with young audiences.
12,000: Number of people Flipkart plans to hire in FY15.
'Focus on companies with healthy balance sheets and return ratios.'
Markets are likely to go down, correct and stay subdued.
Many economists say only a substantial rise from October would point to a real recovery.
However, independent economists are not as gung-ho as the finance ministry over the likelihood of deficit target being met this time around, says Indivjal Dhasmana.
Fun and games at start-ups have ended as easy money dries up.
Wonderla is promoted by Kochouseph Chittilappilly, promoter of V-Guard Industries.
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'...and defensive until the global macro headwinds turn more benign.'
Online retail is increasing market share rapidly.
India Inc was, perhaps, watching out for a repeat of the dot-com bubble burst of the early 2000s.
Infosys' aspirations to improve revenue per employee might also prove to be a tall task, believe analysts.
Promoter holding in family-owned firms up 70 bps since 2005, 240 bps since 2010.
For India, it is business as usual with the government muddling along.
The fiscal deficit of the Centre remains a worry, running at over 6.5 per cent of GDP in April-September 2014, mainly because of revenue shortfalls from exaggerated projections in the government's July Budget and despite the relief on subsidies from lower oil prices.
'The non-implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission, almost a year after it was implemented for civilians, is gradually beginning to hurt morale in the armed forces,' says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
The Indian economy can grow if it is delinked from the slow growth in the West and the deceleration in China, says Ashok K Lahiri.
'It is common knowledge that cash is anonymous.' 'When demonetisation was implemented, one of the intended objectives was to put identity on the cash holdings in the economy.' 'With the return of Rs 15.28 lakh crore in the formal banking system, the almost entire cash holding of the economy now has an address.' 'It is no more anonymous,' says Arun Jaitley.
Fresh investments are constrained by tepid demand.
An average of 30-40 per cent automation is standard across all big automobile plants in the country
Corporate India at present is more indebted than all state govts put together.