The main Opposition party is likely to lose some more of its strength in 2016-17
India has promised to reduce the emission intensity of its growth by 33-35 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030.
There are high hopes that the Budget for 2014-15 to be presented in Parliament may actually not tinker with the threshold limit or the other tax slabs but could provide reliefs by incentivising savings.
Attacking the United Progressive Alliance government, Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday said 4.9 per cent economic growth is not because of government's policies but due to good monsoon.
'Investors hate uncertainty and the demonetisation move certainly creates that.'
The recovery was led by pharma majors led by Dr Reddy's Labs.
'The dragon is Narendra Modi. While it may be harsh -- a tad -- to say that it was sleeping, it is fair to say that the government's approach in tackling corruption cases was lackadaisical.' 'By choosing corruption as an issue the Opposition has goaded the Treasury benches to return fire -- and the BJP has more potent ammunition,' says T V R Shenoy.
Industrialists affirm their belief that the adverse effects of demonetisation and the goods and services tax are finally over.
A total of 37 deaths were reported since Thursday evening of which 14 fatalities were reported from Maharashtra, nine from Gujarat, three from Uttar Pradesh, two each from Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh,Tamil Nadu and Telengana and one from Karnataka, ministry data stated.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging the "distressing rise" in incidents of Dalit atrocities.
Sensex is now as expensive as in early 2008
Markets closed in the red on domestic worries.
Since its peak, the S&P BSE Sensex has dropped nearly 3,000 points.
The Bill has already been passed by the Lok Sabha.
India's economy grew at 7.6 per cent in 2015-16.
The rupee had lost 10 paise to close at 21-month low of 64.26 against the greenback in Tuesday's trade.
Pranjul Bhandari, Chief India Economist, HSBC, speaks about a range of issues ranging from inflation, to how Goods and Services Tax and land acquisition bills can help India hit double digit growth, and her impressions about economic growth in the last one year after Narendra Modi took over as India's Prime Minister.
God bless Ritesh Batra, raves Sukanya Verma.
The banks says that valuations are reasonable.
We celebrate Farah Khan's 50th birthday by re-visiting some of her best choreography.
This could be the reason why Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned tomato, onion, and potato as his government's 'TOP' priority, in an election rally on February 5 in poll-bound Karnataka.
In August 2013, import duties on gold, silver and platinum were hiked to 10 per cent in order to curb the surging imports and also to check CAD.
Congress demanded a judicial inquiry by a sitting high court judge.
Reaching out to the opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday sought its cooperation in the passage of GST bill even as it asserted that government will be targeted over developments in Arunachal Pradesh and Kashmir during Parliament's Monsoon Session starting on Monday.
The third Lusofonia Games, slated to be held in Goa in November, have been postponed to January due to the slow progress of infrastructure work. The Games of 'Lusophone' (Portuguese-speaking countries) will now be held from January 18 to 29, 2014.
Here are 10 global and domestic factors.
IMF said the repercussions from India's currency exchange initiative will likely persist through the first quarter of 2017.
A look at how ace couturiers celebrated fashion at the India Couture Week 2016.
'This may be good news for Rahul Gandhi, for no matter how Modi performs, there will always be some degree of dissatisfaction with his performance among large sections of voters,' says R Jagannathan.
Making it clear that he was not opposed to the National Food Security Bill, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Friday said he would prefer it to be approved by Parliament after a debate.
The bill, considered by many in the Congress as a gamechanger which could boost its prospects in the Lok Sabha election, was tabled in the Budget Session but could not be taken up for discussion as Opposition stalled Parliament over a rash of scams under United Progressive Alliance.
Several places in Arunachal Pradesh, including capital Itanagar, were cut off by floods and landslides.
It is the highest rainfall of the season so far in 24 hours.
He said the UPA had left the economy in a dire state, with Consumer Price Index and food inflation at double digit, Wholesale Price Index inflation around 6-7 per cent and growth prospects were limited.
Flexibly targeting inflation is consistent with a demand stimulus, says Ashima Goyal.
"India's economy is projected to sustain a 7.6 per cent growth rate in both fiscal years 2016-17 and 2017-18," says the year-end update of the flagship report Economic and Social Survey for Asia and the Pacific 2016 of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
The S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices added 0.5% and 0.7%, respectively
Sensex dull at close, Infosys rules, ITC drags.
Glimpses of Republic Day celebrations across the country.
In the near term, two key factors are the outcome of the monsoon season in respect to cropping yields; and the correction in the crude oil price.
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