The Indian government and RBI must keep foreign equity investors happy and avoid crushing growth expectations, notes Akash Prakash.
PSU bank shares were the top gainers on hopes of a rate by the RBI on easing consumer inflation
'We are looking at the Budget with the hope that it will address all issues even at the cost of exceeding the fiscal deficit target.'
A large number of rich farmers, who earn more than salaried employees in the cities, get away with paying no tax at all in view of the government's lack of will to consider an agricultural income tax
There is a link between objectives and commitments.
India Inc has too much on its plate to ensure double digit growth in FY16.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on how to pick the right international education.
Things are expected to change dramatically in a few years for urban consumers.
'Swachh Bharat Cess imposed last year should be made broad-based.' 'Budget should be predominantly economy/ business-oriented and problem-solving rather than political consideration-based.'
While some CMs suggested reopening economic activity in phases, others pitched for the extension of the coronavirus lockdown, but with a carefully crafted exit strategy
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Because of corrections in property prices and oversupply in the office segment, the rich are investing in hospitals, warehouses, ATMs and other alternatives to traditional investment options.
India Inc did not perform well during December quarter.
India had its own battle over gauges.
The successful implementation of the new Act will depend on a much bigger involvement of the state through a huge new superstructure of registration, certification and supervision
'I can confidently say there will be another financial crisis soon enough, and probably more than one global crisis within the next century, given the increasingly integrated nature of the global economy.'
For India to monetise gold, it is not the institutional depositor that policymakers must target but the average retail depositor.
While Raju and Brijesh Saroj have found help from the Uttar Pradesh government as well as the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Zahid Qureshi is struggling to make ends meet.
Single window clearances for realty must.
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Q1 results indicate more pain ahead, as slowdown has spread to more sectors, pricing power has come down and rising interest cost is eating into profits.
The idea is to boost household savings and turn more of them into growth capital. If the plan succeeds, sustained eight per cent-plus rates of gross domestic product growth should be within reach in a few years.
'There is no holistic picture of our own goals and objectives.' 'For some inexplicable reason, the decision makers find it best to listen to their inner souls in dealing with these issues rather devising a carefully thought-out, structured plan,' says Vice Admiral Premvir Das (retd).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised a conducive environment for manufacturers, including a discrimination-free tax system
Fires are blazing across Jammu and Kashmir, the state of Uttarakhand and have reached the doorstep of Himachal Pradesh's capital city Shimla.
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Rohan Murty was speaking at the 50th anniversary symposium of the computer science department at Cornell University.
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The latest macro-economic numbers confirm the economy trundles along in a low growth trajectory, while inflation climbs.
He endorsed transparency and financial stability in addition to issues related to inclusive growth and development, write Puran Singh and Nupur Pavan Bang.
'The debate is not whether the Indian defence apparatus is in a state of disrepair, but whether it is capable of securing the defence of the country if any envisaged threat becomes real.'
'This generation wants to try different things, are ready to take risks and experiment with their careers.'
A majority of India's billionaires gained wealth in the last one year in spite of the stock market decline.
India's good fortune, experts in the US feel, is not the result of a fundamentally strong economy, but because it is the best of a bad set of options.
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A stumbling economy, a falling currency and high inflation, plus weak consumer demand, mean more and more become excess baggage.
Several factors seem to have corrected in India in the past six months, says the president of New Development Bank.
Railways must pull back its share of freight traffic.
'The middle class stood by the BJP, especially after demonetisation, and they expected something in return.' 'Some section of the BJP believes the middle class is condemned to vote for the BJP as they have no other choice.' 'They think they can treat them any way, still the middle class will run to vote for it.' 'That's what the Budget seems to convey.'
While the government has claimed significant increase in funds for farm credit, PMKSY and PKVY, facts show a different story.
Nandan Nilekani and his wife Rohini are trying to improve education across India.
Hard and unpopular decisions are needed - not just another round of financial repackaging to sort out the discom mess.
How has Raj Thackeray, who is as much a businessman as politician, been able to pull it off, when most Opposition politicians live in fear of IT and ED and CBI, asks Krishna Prasad after attending a Raj rally in Nashik.
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While cost pressures could partly offset the expected gains, given the currency hedging by companies the gains will not accrue immediately.
Darjeeling is on the boil over the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state. June and July are bad months to have a strike. Tea picking during its most valuable season has been affected. Those consequences will be felt all over the world and ultimately damage Darjeeling tea.
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