Arun Jaitley had a tough fiscal hill to climb.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 12 points at 28,517 while the 50-share Nifty ended nearly unchanged at 8,660.
If you looked back at 2018 and had to give it a name, the Year of Limitations might be the most accurate.
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The 30-share Sensex lost 22 points to close at 27,090 and the 50-share Nifty gained 7 points to end at 8,121.
'The UPA was the gang that couldn't shoot straight. The NDA is the gang that can't stop shooting. They (the Modi government) are shooting at anybody, everybody, all directions, shooting themselves in the foot.'
The Sensex ended lower on unfavourable cues.
In February 2012, Laundry Project opened its first factory in Chennai. Initially, it catered to hotels - Taj, Oberoi, Marriot, Ascot and Radisson.
Analysts expect RBI to restore 100-bp corridor in Tuesday's policy review.
A mix of industrialists and businessmen, who have inherited riches or rose from humble backgrounds and even endured boom and bust cycles, the top five MPs are illustrative of how the political stock of the wealthy is increasing rapidly.
Pharma major Lupin and mortgage lender HDFC were the top losers.
The Nifty and Sensex traded close to their respective all-time highs.
An IAF "request for information" floated on the MoD website invites Indian companies to submit preliminary bids to supply the IAF with 106 PC-7 Mk II trainers. Ajai Shukla reports
Benchmark share indices ended at record closing highs, amid a volatile trading session on Monday, with IT majors leading the gains.
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The catalyst is the run on emerging market equities, but many investors are just tired of waiting for India to get its act together.
'The overall stress on asset quality is indeed coming down.'
Dilip Shanghvi founded Sun Pharma in 1983.
The BJP's manifesto for UP elections promised many things. But, given the state's precarious financial position, fulfilling these promises is likely to prove tricky, says Ishan Bakshi.
The Reserve Bank of India cut its repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.50 per cent.
Analysts mostly prefer domestic plays beside select films with foreign exposure.
The Budget provides a reassuring message about Prime Minister Narendra Modi staying the course.
We are serious about setting up a bank and use the parent branding that is a household name in India, says Venugopal Dhoot.
Any insurance policy cannot be treated as a 'buy and hold' strategy like one may want to do with their investments.
CPI-based inflation on a (year-on-year) basis has come down from 8.59 per cent in April 2014 to 7.80 per cent in August 2014.
RBI is expected to cut policy rates by 50 basis points by 2016.
Corruption in the scheme may have nothing to do with fake children being shown to siphon out money, says Somasekhar Sundaresan.
The economic slowdown has made it difficult for companies to record financial closure of a few awarded projects.
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.
These companies had an accumulated loss of Rs 55,656 crore (Rs 556.56 billion) in 2012-13.
This issue assumes greater importance if you are a managed marketplace in the hypercompetitive online world.
These plans aren't likely to put substantial cash in your hands.
RBI must balance the need for improving domestic bank credit demand and respond to lower inflation.
The host country has been pressing for a discussion at the 10th G20 Summit on the conflicts in Syria and the worst migrant crisis since World War II.
Finance ministry considers tax sops, regulation of hospitals to make health care affordable.
The fiscal deficit for 2015-16 may eventually come down to the targeted level of 3.9 per cent of GDP.
All sectoral indices, led by realty, PSU, oil & gas and banking, were in positive zone with gains of up to 1.25 per cent.
From farmers to cement, steel, logistics, transportation and automobiles, the back-end is struggling to get going due to the liquidity crisis.
Enunciating slew of measures initiated by the UPA to augment the sector, the finance minister said 19 oil and gas blocks were given out for exploration and 7 new airports are under construction.
Index heavyweights Reliance Industries, HDFC and Infosys were the top Sensex gainers.
Markets have witnessed a gap down opening mirroring losses in the global equities with US markets taking a hit on worries about the health of Chinese economy.
The index had risen over 585 points in the previous three sessions.
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