While the two high-profile exits in pharmaceutical and telecom have raised concerns over regulatory hassles in the country, Japanese investors are still keen to tap into India's consumer growth story and many more merger and acquisition deals are in the offing in this space.
'By not only decriminalising routine business failures, but by ensuring that institutional lending and corporate rescue frameworks are strengthened via the IBC, the prime minister has ensured there is no room anymore for the proverbial 'reckless, prodigal debtor',' notes Sanju Verma.
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Sale at acquisition price may have been prompted by slow coal traffic and fall in prices.
He has also said that the overall mood of the Indian consumer remains subdued
The sentiment-driven rally also got support from stock specific earning results and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's statement that the Centre will step up reforms to attract more investment and fill up infrastructure deficit.
Hindalco has already bagged 4 mines in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh
Oil & gas, banking and pharma sector stocks stole the show
Deal comes within days of Abu Dhabi's TAQA pulling out of agreement.
Apart from the much-reported constitutional and political hurdles on a national Goods and Services Tax (GST), there is another basic one. Barely half of dealers in the country have a Permanent Account Number (PAN) from the tax department.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India does not seem to have understood the enormity of what funds have been up to. If Sebi does not crack down on mutual funds using cooked-up credit ratings to hide behind promoter funding, this is bound to grow into a systemic menace, says Debashis Basu.But MFs decided to become lenders without the legal backing to secure themselves, or the skillset to assess lending risk. If Sebi does not crack down on mutual funds using cooked-up credit ratings to hide behind promoter funding, this is bound to grow into a systemic menace, says Debashis Basu.
Experts hail Budget 2015 as a progressive, growth oriented one.
Broad-based buying aided sentiment and the market registers record turnover at Rs 6.86 lakh crore
The New Year, like 2014, will see brisk hiring. But, specialisation and strong domain skills will decide who gets hired.
Tata's Vistara has a very strong core team to look into daily operations.
In the long run, the decision could bring clearer rules to a sector that has failed to provide India with enough power because it has been so hamstrung by confusion and scandals over concessions allegedly handed to government cronies.
The 24-hour delivery offer applies only to select postal codes and is not available across the country.
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Nearly 40 developers participating in HDFC Indian Homes Fair in London would showcase thousands of property.
The sixth metro station on the network became operational in April, completing the Phase I network.
Petrol prices on Thursday crossed Rs 73 a litre mark, the highest level since the BJP government came to power in 2014, while diesel touched a record high of Rs 64.11 a litre.
Fifteen months after taking power, Modi's credibility as an economic manager is on the line.
Analysts were expecting the government to propose higher capital infusion for banks.
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Many of the PPPs have not evinced interest, Prabhu said.
There is a case for analysing the fiscal deficit, separately for expenditure and investment.
The only way out for DMRC would be if the lenders, a consortium of 10 banks, find another concessionaire for the project
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Since April 1, promoters of Jaiprakash Associates have released more than 225 million Jaiprakash Power Ventures shares (valued at Rs 425 crore) pledged with lenders.
Though the government says public and private shipyards compete on equal terms, public shipyards feast at the high table with the defence ministry, with only scraps being tossed to private shipbuilders.
Fresh buying by domestic institutional investors and better-than-expected June quarter results from some blue-chip companies boosted investor sentiment
FTIL prepares to challenge the order in the Bombay high court
China has invested millions in Sri Lankan infrastructure.
Government on Monday formed a multi-agency group to monitor exposes in this regard and vowed to take action against all "unlawful" accounts held abroad.
Sahara has ploughed at least Rs 1,500 crore from two of its credit cooperatives into the Aamby Valley resort project
The laggards in the Sensex kitty were Vedanta, Tata Steel, M&M, HCL Tech, Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki, L&T, Asian Paint and HDFC
Govt keen to revive business sentiment in india.
EduBridge is emerging as a strong player in training unemployed youth.
With projects worth Rs 1,28,000-cr, the group hopes to become one of the country's biggest industrial houses.
For debt-laden companies, asset sales is an obvious solution.
Move to hasten rollout and, if successful, set a precedent for new banking firms.
Experts tell Ujjval Jauhari that investors need to be careful in picking stocks given high valuations and with markets possibly ignoring potential risks
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