market rally, especially in mid-caps, has also been driven by a pick-up in the monsoon and the government's resolve to get the goods and services tax (GST) Bill cleared in the recent session of Parliament.
Inflation is down, growth is headed for recovery. RIL and subsidiary Jio are on an upswing. However, stressed loans and impending job losses are the dark clouds, says Devangshu Datta.
The repo rate has been unchanged since January, when the RBI increased it by a quarter percentage point.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
Licence winners are expected to be announced by the first quarter of 2014.
Expect more volatility in the coming year as the economy and markets price in the demonetisation drive.
Given the high cost of treating cancer and the reasonable premium rates at which these plans are available, one should opt for a cover at the earliest.
Conservative investors and those in the lower tax bracket should opt for these, experts tell Sanjay Kumar Singh
The scrutiny is expected to be over this month itself.
All payments made via debit and credit cards, net banking and mobile wallets will be entitled to discounts.
Inteview with Senior vice-president (equity research), Anand Rathi
The RBI has agreed to consider the application of India Post in consultation with the government.
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The year 2014 was one of the most challenging years for India. For two consecutive years our GDP growth was sub 5 per cent. Employment generation had declined, the revenue buoyancy was low and the country had become investment starved.
Sinha says many fund houses not abiding by rules on minimum number of investors, awareness funds
Sensex, Nifty put up a good show in closing trade.
The Prime Minister's Office has suggested that EPFO should deploy 15 per cent of its funds as loan for low cost housing saying it would generate a credit flow of Rs 70,000 crore (Rs 700 billion).
Joydeep Ghosh takes stock of personal finances after the life-altering surprises of 2016.
Raising concern about over-dependence of Indian capital markets on foreign institutional investors, eminent banker Deepak Parekh has said that something needs to be done to change this pattern.
The organisers have become savvier about marketing the game.
The government shouldn't hide behind the veil of making a domestic giant out of the HPC-ONGC deal, rather it should just say it needs cash from this divestment exercise, says Sudhir Bisht.
The fuel reforms are a very important signal of the government's commitment to tough economic reforms.
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The RBI has accepted the application withdrawal request, according to the statement.
From son of soil to Hindutva and from the BJP to Hardik Patel, the Shiv Sena has changed its stand time to time to reinvent itself.
Cyrus Mistry, who was replaced as chairman of Tata Sons last Monday, October 24, still serves as the chairman of Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Consultancy Services, Indian Hotels, Tata Global Beverages, Tata Chemicals, Tata Industries and Tata Teleservices.
As per the election affidavit of Dr Harsh Vardhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is listed on the Election Commission of India website, a first information report (number 519/2013, in Madhu Vihar police station) has been filed against him under Sections 34, 323, 509 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code.
The higher rate cut by RBI is positive for rate-sensitive sectors in the medium to long term.
ICICI Bank extended yesterday gains, rising 10% in two trading sessions
If you plan to withdraw money from your corpus regularly to meet expenses, have a portfolio of stable instruments.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' stock market queries. Ajit will offer his unbiased views on a weekly basis
Experts feel select companies in banking, automobiles, financial services & real estate will gain from lower interest rates
Parekh said divestment can unlock huge funds.
India's Padmini Rout scored an impressive victory with plenty of fireworks to maintain her joint lead in the Girls section but favourite Viddit Santosh Gujrathi suffered a shock loss in the sixth round of the LIC World Junior Chess championship in Pune.
The trust deficit has widened with buyers losing confidence in a developer's ability to construct and deliver a project on time.
On the sectoral front, rate-sensitive sectors such as Bankex and Auto gained by 1% and 0.7% respectively while BSE Consumer Durables gained 1.4%.
DFS writes to departments that haven't responded to RBI's request for information.
The Survey shows fiscal consolidation despite slowdown in growth.
MCX-SX on Friday said the rights issue would now close on April 17.
It could be a matter of concern that foreign shareholders of the NSE are registered in tax havens such as Mauritius and Cyprus.
Engineering conglomerate fended off three corporate raids but emerged stronger.
Indian bond yields may not spike if the government opts to increase spending when it unveils its annual budget in late February.
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