The Budget has unveiled measures that should now pave the way for India to progress from Make in India to 'Innovate in India'.
Poor governance and mediocre short-sighted politics are destroying the paradise that Goa was as its environment, water table, culture and way of life is drastically threatened by tourism and migration, points out Ramesh Menon.
India has the ability in all respects to be a great power and address our security challenges in the best national interests, says Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd).
Firm is conducting feasilbility studies on setting up units in 40 countries, will take final call based on global fallout of trade spat.
The political stability that Tamil Nadu saw under Chief Minister Jayalalithaa may be a thing of the past, as the new administration struggles to find its feel, says R Rajagopalan.
'67 per cent of our transactions happen digitally and about 93 per cent of transactions happen outside the branch.' 'Despite that, there is ample scope for promoting banking-related activities in branches.' 'So, for some time, we will have to, probably, live with the same structure.'
Indian economy is expected to improve marginally in the current financial year with its GDP at market price projected to expand by 3.4 per cent from 3.3 per cent in the previous fiscal, think tank OECD said.
Reliance's big-bang entry across the solar ecosystem will cut dependence on Chinese imports drastically. And Ambani's repeated emphasis that RIL's new energy foray will be 'a truly global business' points that his group is playing not just for a share of the Indian pie but to be the OEM in the larger 5,000 GW global market by 2030, points out Shailesh Dobhal.
India is among the worst-performing BRICS nations along with Brazil (ranked even lower than India at 71st this year).
The World Bank report said Brand Northeast would build on elements such as healthy living, environmental sustainability, social responsibility, service orientation, among others.
The bank, however, maintained that the incremental benefit from the MCLR based lending rates introduced in April 2016 as an alternative to the earlier system of base rate, was positive.
Prices in most areas have been stagnant but some regions are showing reasonable appreciation.
The Modi government's array of economic policy has been impressive.
'This market is very expensive in some pockets, dirt cheap in some, and the belly of the market is reasonably valued.'
India has demanded resumption of export benefits to certain domestic products under GSP, and greater market access for its products from sectors like agriculture, automobile, auto components and engineering. On the other hand, the US wants greater market access for its farm and manufacturing products, dairy items and medical devices, data localisation, and import duties cut on some ICT products.
In advanced economies, growth is strongest in the United States, says IMF.
India's real GDP growth is set to exceed 7 per cent for CY-2015.
India on Tuesday asked US investors to participate in its $600-billion infrastructure programme in the next five years, even as America sought greater financial cooperation for bringing about global economic stability.
'The rise in unemployment, underemployment, discouraged workers and job insecurity is likely to continue, with very adverse consequences for the nation's economic well-being and social cohesion,' warns Shankar Acharya.
Africa is second only to West Asia as a net exporter of oil.
'Businessmen are reluctant to invest because there is a fear that private investors are being targeted by various agencies.'
'In the coming months, expect more government action that will be packaged as an assault on black money,' warns A K Bhattacharya.
A host of dynamic reforms, policies and announcements during the last five years are expected to reach its logical fruition in the second term, says Ankit Kansal.
Being one of the early commentators to flag economic slowdown and caution investors on corporate earnings, Gautam Chhaochharia, head of India research, UBS Securities, in an interview with Hamsini Karthik says the markets remain in an expensive zone despite the recent correction.
Here is the full text of the joint statement issued by India and the US.
The PM said Japan and the Indian diaspora has a big role to play in India's growth story.
Investment in market leaders with a safety-first approach could yield reasonable returns across sectors.
'Whatever happens in any part of the world affects us.'
While the Bharatiya Janata Party has gone out of its way to convert the upcoming Lok Sabha election as a contest between its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, the Grand Old Party is pitching next month's polls as a battle of two opposing ideologies. Anita Katyal reports
Indian market probably has more headroom than the US, says Geoff Lewis, senior strategist for Asia, Manulife Asset Management.
The World Bank would provide loans to India at higher than its existing concessional rates but lower than the market rate.
Had Finance Minister Sitharaman thought a little more about the middle class, disadvantaged sections, and the poor who are struggling, it would have been an inclusive Budget that would have made history, notes Ramesh Menon.
Talking about dealing with the border issue faced by India, Jaishankar, without naming any country or going into details, said, "You know again we did what we had to do. There was a very active debate which still continues to this day. It is natural for people to offer advice, often on matters which they may not have particular knowledge of, that are a human trait. But again if there was what came through it was that we were resolute, we were strong about protecting our interests."
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