Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday the government will take every measure to moderate the high inflation rate but the long term remedy is correcting the demand-supply mismatch in foodgrains.
No one can fault India Inc for not taking care of shareholders; in fact, it has been extra generous.
On the back of demand supply mismatch, the India's sugar prices have again begin rising up.
With infrastructure claiming a larger share, movement and distribution of cement is bound to change.
As the sugar industry is witnessing an up cycle, the government may not give due consideration to the demands of the Industry. Rather the government is already focusing on curbing the rising sugar prices.
In the past few months, 45 companies have signalled their intent to raise money through the institutional placement route.
This permission was given some time late last month, before the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on March 31 issued the indicative borrowing calendar for the states for April-June and the one for the Centre for April-September.
Suddenly, demand-supply mismatch is no longer offered as the standard plausible explanation.
Three Indian entrepreneurs build a software product that promises to give a tough fight to the world's best in the space of domain storage.
Rising prices in the real estate sector in Bangalore, the IT capital of the country has turned the attention of several realtors to Chennai, a city which is slowly but surely set to beat Bangalore in the real estate space.
After rupee appreciation and global and domestic price mismatch, it is container shortage which is harming the coffee exports from India now.
Asian Granito India IPO is attractively priced and could bring listing gains.
The top three companies in terms of the largest value of physical shares showed over 30 per cent shares are held in physical form. Two of the top three were part of the S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 indices.
The Central government hiked the minimum export price of non-Basmati rice from $650 to $ 1,000. As the govt struggles to rein in the rising inflation rates, it is clear that the farm loan waiver in the Budget is not a permanent solution. The cost of growing food is increasing each day and this will continue to push farmers to take loans to survive. To check inflation the govt will have to continue to control food prices. The move to waive farmer loans then seems meaningless.
Being creative and turning every available resource into a business is vital to improving the lives of those in poverty. Poor people often do not need outsiders to tell them about business opportunities.
'We are at $2.7 trillion and 2024 is not far away.' 'The country will need to grow by 9% every year for 5 years continuously and raise the aggregate investment rate to 38% of GDP to achieve the government's target of turning India into a $5 trillion economy.' 'Given the fact that we are only growing at about 5% and our investment rates are only about 30%, it may take a number of years before we can reach that targeted level.'
IndiGo's situation points to a deeper malaise where skill shortage can challenge India's status as the fastest-growing aviation market, say experts.
While the fresh issue portion of IPOs has been going down over the years, this financial year has been abysmally low at only Rs 2,663 crore, 82 per cent lower compared to the last financial year.
Sugar sector has welcomed the central government's decision to hike the buffer stock to 5 million tonnes.
Searches were also conducted at the residential premises of top company officials, the source said.
Managers need to find news ways to train, retain and compensate staff.
EC officials said the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections will begin at 8 am on Thursday and results are expected only by late evening.
NBFCs are facing the heat of a crisis at IL&FS, which defaulted on repayment of its commercial paper dues, leading to a contagion effect in the sector.
The general nervousness because of the IL&FS default will prevail in the system for now.
Sumit Bhattacharya lists what the leaked WhatsApp conversations reveal about the man named Arnab Goswami, and a certain PDG.
India beat Singapore 16-0 to top Pool A in the women's Asia Cup hockey tournament.
Adam Gilchrist says Shane Warne does not deserve an automatic recall to the one-day side and must prove himself at state level before being considered for selection.
In the age of robots and automation, skills such as people management, coordination and negotiations will be relevant, says Babita Shekhar.
Listed realty developers saddled with unsold properties worth Rs 1 trillion
Have you planned to file your income tax return? But, did you check Form 26AS before tax filing? If you haven't verified it, you could be looking at trouble
As parents and students seem worried about the game intruding into the study routine and fear that it may reflect in a slide in marks, psychologists say it might indeed be a good thing.
'No one cares about fiscal deficit now. Or for that matter, inflation.' 'The focus is on growth and growth alone.' 'RBI needs to break the risk aversion of banks and infuse adrenaline in their veins', says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
The idea is to get the budget passed by Parliament along with Appropriations Bill and the Finance Bill by the end of March as this would ensure implementation of the Budget proposals from April 1.
The income-tax department has created various functionalities under its Project Insight, which will provide the 360-degree profile of taxpayers, including new and non-filers to gauge their accountability and tax liability. The tax department had on March 15 put out instructions for tax officials for accessing the insight.
Sri Lanka were in record-breaking mood as they beat Kenya by 172 runs in a Twenty20 World Cup.
Owing to a mismatch between demand and supply of office space, rentals in the Bangalore's central business district (CBD) have peaked to Rs 90 per sq ft a month.
'There is something fundamentally wrong with the GST -- whether be it the rates, compliance, or the GST Network itself.'
