The government kept its nerve in the face of a massive shock. It chose not to resort to a massive fiscal stimulus. It focused instead on providing liquidity support and easing restrictions on movement in stages, observes T T Ram Mohan.
The government has taken a number of steps to address the situation faced by farmers.
Renewable energy is mistakenly restricted to electricity.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who envisioned Make In India last September was at his eloquent best as he made a fervent plea to global businesses to come Make In India.
The Economic Survey called for improving business environment.
He said both countries are opening new areas of cooperation in the energy sector, telecommunications and science and technology and they have set up funds to facilitate investment in high technologies.
Brokerage CLSA has raised its "already substantial overweight in India", its chief strategist Christopher Wood wrote on Aug. 7.
What we want from spectrum allocation is access to broadband networks at prices that will result in productivity gains.
The real estate sector is set to enter a progressive phase in 2015.
'The army has stopped short of exerting the sort of influence it may have done historically.' 'It is comfortable with its relations with the civilian government as the superior partner.'
Poor land-use planning, indiscriminate approvals of building plans and the absence of disaster-risk assessment in urban design have resulted in what experts term concentrated concretization, predisposing cities to disaster risks
BSE proposes two models for making gold trading and investment transparent
Arun Jaitley had a tough fiscal hill to climb.
The loss in Bihar has forced a change in NDA's market positioning, says Shekhar Gupta.
The Street is never short of hope and events to look forward to
The larger virtue of maintaining fiscal credibility should not be unduly diluted by quibbles on the fiscal math, says Sajjid Chinoy.
Modi placed a $12.6 billion bet in this year's budget on road building
He has a core team of engineers to develop this platform.
Investors lost around Rs 1.57 lakh crore in market valuation on Friday.
In a recent lecture, RBI governor Raghuram Rajan dished out some frank advice -- don't get into 'jugaad', instead try for the long haul. Only that will sustain in the long-run.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Abuu Dhabi on Sunday on a two-day visit to the strategically important United Arab Emirates during which he will hold talks with the country's top leadership to enhance cooperation in key areas of trade and security and address the Indian diaspora.
In a stern 'perform or take VRS' warning to officials sitting on files, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday asked them not to become obstacles in the way of India achieving world class infrastructure.
Though not a blockbuster budget it does not undermine the fact that key issues were addressed and the finance minister certainly did not under-deliver, says Vatsal Srivastava.
Govt keen to revive business sentiment in india.
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'I feel now we have a leader who is non-corruptible.' 'But he needs time as corruption is deep-rooted in our society, and people have no shame about being corrupt.' 'It will take at least 7 years to make some changes.'
Premier Li Keqiang highlighted his government's performance in the last one year and the challenges ahead in various fields. Compared to other reports by his predecessors, Li spoke more frankly about the mounting challenges faced by the country. Srikanth Kondapalli on the two recent Chinese parliament sessions.
Substantial gains can still be made with good policies and initiatives.
Consequences of China's efforts to stabilise its equity markets after three weeks of declines, which wiped out some 30 per cent of the value is far more importance to the world, says Clyde Russell.
Economist Arvind Panagariya has also argued for loosening deficit targets to boost capital spending
India's roughly $150 billion outsourcing sector generates about three quarters of its revenue from the United States.
Eyeing greater cooperation with South East Asian countries on economic and security issues, India on Thursday announced a separate Mission for ASEAN region to be set up in Jakarta with a full-time resident Ambassador.
It is important to note that slowdown in activity is really confined to a selected few regions within China.
The government should now focus on governance and monitoring the supply side to manage inflation, says M V Subramanian.
Inputs by the Petroleum Ministry were found among stolen documents.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay details HDFC Bank's digital journey.
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Over lunch, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley breaks down his Budget. Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com reports.
Realtors, consultants and foreign universities vie for big share.
