'By not only decriminalising routine business failures, but by ensuring that institutional lending and corporate rescue frameworks are strengthened via the IBC, the prime minister has ensured there is no room anymore for the proverbial 'reckless, prodigal debtor',' notes Sanju Verma.
Investors have another reason to wrinkle their noses at emerging economies - fading labour productivity.
There would be a marginal 3% increase in freight rates.
The two major railway unions have proposed to the government an unprecedented alternative to privatisation or inviting foreign investment, to help raise funds and improve revenue.
Finance minister Arun Jaitley has delivered a Arun Jaitley delivered a bold, far sighted budget
An interplay of Modi government's outreach in Bihar and the sequence of events in Chirag Paswan's life could make Bihar a game of musical chairs when the results are out.
Comptroller and Auditor General has pulled up the finance ministry for flaws in double taxation avoidance agreements
The bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justice Pradeep Nandrajog issued notices to the Centre, Foreign Investment Promotion Board and Commerce and Civil Aviation ministries and sought their responses by October 30.
Sidbi acquires Ahmedabad-based start-up at hefty premium; founders deny link to govt.
It further said India is facilitating external commercial borrowings by startups in order to encourage innovation and promote ease of doing business.
On the lines of Shariah-compliant products, intermediaries ask exchanges to consider investment benchmark.
There is a large population standing outside the coverage of primary healthcare, says Praveen Gupta of Raheja QBE.
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Foreign investment cap in insurance sector raised to 49 per cent.
Lower interest rates needed to boost manufacturing, officials say.
Bentonville-based Walmart has also raised apprehensions about the ongoing probe by investigating agency Enforcement Directorate, said an internal note of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
It is likely he will rope in an international ATM manufacturer as a strategic partner with equity stake.
The company will spend Rs 10,141 crore to buy 15.5 per cent stake from minority investors.
'Our target is to award Rs 25 lakh crore worth of projects that would result in creating 25 million jobs'
Rationalisation in the rates offered by small savings schemes is a must.
MCX said it has no exposure to crisis-hit NSEL, which has to settle dues worth Rs 5,600 crore to investors after it suspended trading.
The problem of stressed assets needs to be addressed with effective recovery.
Mihir S Sharma outlines why this year's Union Budget does not respond to the needs of India's economy, or attempt to frame the economy's future.
The Civil Aviation Ministry has submitted replies to the CVC on a series of allegations raised by Nishikant Dubey against the deal and clarified all concerns raised by him, official sources said.
What does Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee thinks about India's education sector?
The growing interest in alternative sports is encouraging Ronnie Screwvala to extend the U Mumba brand from kabaddi to football and volleyball.
Combining affordable IT with native Indian ingenuity and entrepreneurship F C Kohli believed would enable Indian small businesses match anyone and thrive.
Lenders say settlements will cross over 100 accounts in the March quarter.
Pranabda hasn't given us any indication of the tough period when he realised Sonia Gandhi had decided to give the presidency not to him, but to then vice-president Hamid Ansari. He wrested the presidency from her, and handed her the biggest defeat of her UPA years, observes Shekhar Gupta.
The expansion in equity market volumes is driven by retail speculators indulging in heavy trading of complex derivatives that are economically unproductive, say Praveen Chakravarthy and T V Somanathan.
Modi said the push towards a gas-based economy where the share of environment-friendly fuel in the energy basket will be increased from 6.2 per cent to 15 per cent by 2030, will create lakhs of jobs and help meet India's COP-21 commitment of cutting emission intensity by 33-35 per cent.
Such a move, Obama argued would attract larger foreign direct investment to the US.
The Governing Council of the Champions League T20 tournament confirmed, on Wednesday, that the T20 cricket competition will be discontinued with immediate effect.
The second-longest serving chairman introduced quite a few measures for the primary market and implemented a new corporate governance framework.
One of the biggest ways in which recent government actions have been seen as investor-unfriendly is New Delhi's decision to unilaterally revisit almost every Bilateral Investment Treaty it has signed with other countries, says Mihir S Sharma.
In the aftermath of the Karvy incident, lending against third-party collateral facility raises questions over regulations concerning banks and brokers which are at loggerheads. While Sebi and NSDL have ordered the transfer of securities, which were kept as collateral, lenders followed the old business model of sanctioning loan against shares and allegedly overlooked certain parameters. Legal experts feel that this could lead to a collapse of the loan-against-shares market as it raises questions over the sanctity of the pledged securities.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) are set to pump in more funds in debt securities, as the next government under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to be a stable one and is seen as growth-oriented by market participants.
With this win, Australia have now gained a 12-2 lead in the series. The team had already secured the Ashes in the first T20I.
Fintechs need to behave with responsibility and transparency. A lot of mis-selling has been happening. Other issues have been plaguing the fledgling industry -- high interest rates, even higher processing fees, harsh collection process and, most critically, data leakage leading to rampant frauds, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
SSTL is the second operator after Vodafone that has approached FIPB for raising FDI limit.
Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu aligns priorities, funding and organisation to shape a transformation agenda.
