To do so, the government will have to tackle a number of broad development challenges successfully, says Shankar Acharya
A Cabinet note of the much-awaited legislation is ready and is likely to be put before the state Cabinet in the next 15 days.
US President Barack Obama on Sunday affirmed his commitment to enhancing India's 'voice and vote' in global financial institutions like IMF.
India has planned 14 strategic railway lines in areas bordering China, Pakistan and Nepal, but most of these projects are stuck for want of funds. Anusha Soni reports
Be a fox by temperament and a hedgehog by conviction, Gaurav Dalmia tells Bhupesh Bhandari. Then, he explains why.
Amendments to RBI Act likely soon
Voices from the Treasury are clamouring for lowering rates as this would boost demand.
The second-longest serving chairman introduced quite a few measures for the primary market and implemented a new corporate governance framework.
While naysayers say the economy is on a downward spiral, optimists point out that India has experienced a shift of gears in the realm of policies, thanks to several initiatives of the Narendra Modi government, says Ashok K Lahiri.
To redevelop cities as 'smart', investment of at least $10 billion is required. For 100 cities, it works out to $1 trillion
Firms generated free cash flows in 2013-14, for the first time since the 2008 Lehman crisis
'Swachh Bharat Cess imposed last year should be made broad-based.' 'Budget should be predominantly economy/ business-oriented and problem-solving rather than political consideration-based.'
Modi govt has a unique style of working, say experts.
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.
Renewable energy is mistakenly restricted to electricity.
There is a link between objectives and commitments.
BSE proposes two models for making gold trading and investment transparent
'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.'
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Investors lost around Rs 1.57 lakh crore in market valuation on Friday.
Brokerage CLSA has raised its "already substantial overweight in India", its chief strategist Christopher Wood wrote on Aug. 7.
The Economic Survey called for improving business environment.
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.
Arun Jaitley had a tough fiscal hill to climb.
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
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.
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Tamal Bandyopadhyay details HDFC Bank's digital journey.
'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.'
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.
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.
Govt keen to revive business sentiment in india.
Suriya Prabha trains students from government schools in rural Tamil Nadu to code and use Artificial Intelligence to solve problems.
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.
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