NSO has pegged economic growth at 5 per cent in 2019-20 in its second advance estimates.
The move may release funds locked in government securities and add to liquidity. With inflation expectations lowered, this should not impact bond sentiment in the short run
Credible fiscal consolidation has been a consistent pre-condition to easing the monetary policy stance as far as the RBI is concerned.
Small cells improve coverage in areas where traffic is high.
As the clean-up has taken hold, loan growth slipped to 10.7 per cent in the last fiscal
Prime Minister's Office wants CBI and tax dept to identify the actual beneficiaries of the transactions made in India and abroad.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan is regarded as credible by global financiers.
Fortis Healthcare has already received binding offers from four entities - KKR-backed Radiant Life Care, IHH Healthcare, Manipal/TPG consortium, and Munjal and Burman family offices.
The $100 billion Tata group conglomerate is a major beneficiary of the decision to open up aviation in India.
There is a narrow chance that the central bank may cut rates in the future, according to a poll of 15 economists and treasurers.
Air India is a brand, a brand symbolising the nation, especially amongst the Indian diaspora and travellers overseas.
The RBI expects change, presumably commencing in the next Budget, but must hold its current view until this actually happens.
Higher rural incomes, pay commission benefits, and lower interest rates are key positives: Analysts
With its gaze steadily fixed on the well-being of its people, the government is going about taking all the imperative measures that need to be taken to beat back the pandemic, observes B S Raghavan.
Four decades of federal evolution made India more secure, but coronavirus is reversing that. Modi's central government has tasted power again and is unlikely to give it up, notes Shekhar Gupta.
FMCG major HUL has posted biggerprofit on improved demand.
Explain reasons for uneven bequest in the will and make small changes to it regularly to show that your intention remains unchanged.
The MHRD plans to track various performance parameters of government school teachers and students through tablets and smartphones, reports Sahil Makkar.
'The new government will have to contend with slowing economic growth, weak private investment, anaemic exports and vulnerable external imbalances, a stressed financial system, mounting fiscal pressures (including high government debt-to-GDP ratios) and an exceptionally bad employment situation,' says Shankar Acharya, former chief economic adviser to the Government of India.
A new book may help companies in getting corporate social responsibility right, notes Ajit Balakrishnan.
The company has been developing donor-derived stem cell platforms.
In an online chat with readers, overseas education consultant NNS Chandra addressed queries related to international admissions.
SBI has been reeling under a mountain of bad loans for the past few years as the key sectors in the economy are faltering.
'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
'The AMs are a different beast and reflect the political play within the government.' 'Prime Minister Modi does not need to assuage any interest group to take the final call on any decision that belongs rightfully to the Cabinet,' points out Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.
This goes a long way in creating an ethical organisation culture that in turn helps attract talent.
If you are an ace at solving crises, you have already mastered the game.
Sanofi India is seeking approval of the shareholders for perpetuity.
Netflix and Amazon Prime gain market share at the cost of Indian platforms Hotstar, VOOT, Jio Cinema.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch on Monday trimmed India's economic growth estimates by 30 basis points to 7.1 per cent for the current fiscal, while global financial services giant Morgan Stanley downgraded its GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7.3 per cent from the earlier 7.7 per cent.
Infosys, Wipro may follow suit as investors eye a piece of the large cash kitty as growth slows.
'I have realised that if we want to make a difference in global ranking, there has to be movement in a few dimensions, but it is a bit beyond us.' Outgoing IIM-A director Ashish Nanda discusses his tenure at the revered institute with Vinay Umarji.
'ADR's success is its ability to remain non-partisan for a very long period, sheer professionalism and tenacity, and that makes it one of the good things to happen to our democracy.'
Consultants are working with various teams on manufacturing, R&D, etc, to assess per-month productivity of each department.
The approvals would be handled independently by administrative ministries of different sectors.
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