Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu aligns priorities, funding and organisation to shape a transformation agenda.
'Success will require political skill, not just economic expertise'
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday presented the Union Budget for 2016-17.
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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day visit to Britain has seen India and the UK agreeing on Rs 90,000 crore deals.
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.
For the current woes of the state to end, in city after city, town after town, village after village, unauthorised constructions have to be removed, no questions asked, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Most companies often subsidise the sale and the delivery, making losses on their books.
Opt for an affordable house on a metro's periphery, invest and wait it out.
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.
'National assets, created over the years through tax-payers's money, should not be handed over to business houses at throwaway prices.'
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.
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.
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
US President Barack Obama on Sunday affirmed his commitment to enhancing India's 'voice and vote' in global financial institutions like IMF.
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.
Amendments to RBI Act likely soon
'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.
Be a fox by temperament and a hedgehog by conviction, Gaurav Dalmia tells Bhupesh Bhandari. Then, he explains why.
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
Voices from the Treasury are clamouring for lowering rates as this would boost demand.
'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?'
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
To redevelop cities as 'smart', investment of at least $10 billion is required. For 100 cities, it works out to $1 trillion
The second-longest serving chairman introduced quite a few measures for the primary market and implemented a new corporate governance framework.
Firms generated free cash flows in 2013-14, for the first time since the 2008 Lehman crisis
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.
Modi govt has a unique style of working, say experts.
'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.'
There is a link between objectives and commitments.
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.
Renewable energy is mistakenly restricted to electricity.
The Economic Survey called for improving business environment.
Brokerage CLSA has raised its "already substantial overweight in India", its chief strategist Christopher Wood wrote on Aug. 7.
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.
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.
