Analysts attribute this outperformance to the government's proactive economic reform measures
The members of Association of Southeast Asian Nations are Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar.
Some developers point out that what comes in the way of low-cost housing is the sky-high price of land
'Here is a man who can steer the country out of the woods. That sense of hope towards Modi was already there. And now that he has actually visited this region, it will go to the next level.' Zafar Sareshwala, a close confidant of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, shares his impressions about the PM's historic visit to the United Arab Emirates.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi enjoys a close relationship with Shinzo Abe. For Abe, "a strong India is in the best interest of Japan, and a strong Japan is in the best interest of India."
Low consumer demand, a slide in investments and troubles in the banking sector should prompt the government to recalibrate taxes and expenditure. It is also important to ramp up spending on health care and education, says CII president Sumit Mazumder.
Finance minister Arun Jaitley has delivered a Arun Jaitley delivered a bold, far sighted budget
'Look at the number of billionaires, the number of new billionaires in India.' 'Adani and Ambani are not the only ones.' 'What's wrong with people making money as long as it benefits us?'
'Jaitley should get the GST and multi- brand retail bills passed to achieve 9%+ growth.'
New York raised the curtain on its new $1.4 billion transit station in lower Manhattan on Sunday, a long-awaited connection between the World Trade Center site and the rest of the city more than 13 years after terrorist attacks ravaged the area.
Agriculture and processed food exports dropped to a five-year low of $24 billion in 2015-16.
Drishti, an affordable eye care chain has lit up the lives of scores of people in rural areas.
The government, he said, has implemented 'bold reforms'.
Quarterly results of many of these banks show significant losses.
Emphasising that revival of growth should be the number one priority of the RBI at this time, industry groups said apprehensions about inflation rearing its head again may prove to be misplaced.
'National assets, created over the years through tax-payers's money, should not be handed over to business houses at throwaway prices.'
The sector is witnessing weak tendering.
The deal, part of the Jaypee Group's plan to cut Rs 60,000-crore debt, follows months of negotiations.
While gold returned 12 per cent annual gain in 10 years, Nifty didn't exceed 9 per cent.
Data used for the graph and cited elsewhere in the column were obtained from various publications of the RBI.
New Delhi can strengthen its leverage by having better relations with the two than they have with each other.
'Success will require political skill, not just economic expertise'
'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.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday presented the Union Budget for 2016-17.
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.
Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu aligns priorities, funding and organisation to shape a transformation agenda.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay offers some unsolicited advice for a government wh,ich came to power, with brute majority and the nation's pragmatic chief money man.
The 'Make in India' concept in the defence sector has the potential to help India meet 70 per cent of its defence needs in a few years.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day visit to Britain has seen India and the UK agreeing on Rs 90,000 crore deals.
The success story of Adani's Mundra Port in Gujarat, in terms of efficiency, technology and management, should be replicated at Vizhinjam to ensure that this ambitious project does not fail, say Shehzad Poonawalla and Riya Sinha.
The idea is to set up renewable energy generation capacity, including both solar and wind, along with the associated evacuation infrastructure, at a mega scale in the four Indian deserts -- Thar in Rajasthan, Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, Lahul & Spiti in Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh in Jammu & Kashmir.
Opt for an affordable house on a metro's periphery, invest and wait it out.
Most companies often subsidise the sale and the delivery, making losses on their books.
Instead of a consumption stimulus the government must address the NPA issue with a war footing and invest in infrastructure, affordable housing and exports, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
Getting the balance between fiscal restraint and growth-contracting policy remains a problem.
20 Indian CEOs and 350 companies are participating in the Hannover Fair.
The Budget has evoked mixed reactions from Silicon Valley investors.
While consumers will be paying a higher upfront cost for smart metering, the share in the efficiency gains could more than offset this higher spend
Shares of IT companies were in focus with the Nifty IT and S&P BSE IT index gaining more than 2% in an otherwise lower market
To do so, the government will have to tackle a number of broad development challenges successfully, says Shankar Acharya
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