Services attracted the most FDI during the first eleven months period of 2015-16.
At a pre-Budget meeting, the FM was asked to ensure that NBFCs come out of the liquidity crisis they are facing with the help of RBI. They also spoke about the futility of trying to achieve a 3 per cent fiscal deficit target over the medium term.
'The huge amount of investments being made by telcos in India for telecom gear, there is no way this demand could be met only by Europeans.' 'The Chinese are quick in installation and offer great value for money.'
Narendra Modi might on Saturday ask the Apple CEO to make in India instead of importing and selling refurbished phones
'Nationalism built on divisiveness cannot strengthen the country, or help the economy improve its performance,' points out T N Ninan.
A total of 27,920 people have been cured of the disease with 1,685 in the last 24 hours, taking the recovery rate to 34.06 per cent, the ministry said.
If we are to realise the full potential of biologics' ability to improve people's health, it is essential to encourage public policy and support R&D.
'This market is very expensive in some pockets, dirt cheap in some, and the belly of the market is reasonably valued.'
A policy-related problem that urgently needs to be redressed is the 'miniaturisation' of projects.
Lower interest rates needed to boost manufacturing, officials say.
Foreign Direct Investment into India rose by 13 per cent in 2020, boosted by interest in the digital sector, and while fund flows "declined most strongly" in major economies such as the UK, the US and Russia due to the Covid-19 pandemic, India and China "bucked the trend", the UN has said.
Make in India has few advantages and some disadvatnages too.
Firms that should borrow abroad do not do so enough, and those that should not borrow abroad do.
The First Advance Estimates of National Income, 2016-17 did not reflect the impact of demonetisation, effected on November 9 and are based on sectoral data for only seven months to October.
Indians want change and progress. They should be willing to accept tough decisions, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
22 companies won bids for the 31 contracts on offer; 15 were new entrants to the oil and gas business. Three years on, none of them have started production.
'We will be voting keeping in mind the brunt we bore because of demonetisation and high GST rate'
Some of the policy measures announced are expected to go a long way in removing current challenges on financing faced by businesses and also increasing economic activity, especially in areas of construction and manufacturing.
Chandrasekaran, who is the co-recipient of this year's USIBC Global Corporate Leadership Award, also said it is possible to have a limited deal between India and the US before the elections there in November if both sides work together to get something done and not try to solve all issues at once.
'In difficult times as now, the call of the village is all that these migrants can hear,' observes Vijaya Pushkarna.
If we have to develop this nation, says Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, it can only happen in a public-private partnership, when you and we work together as one.
Indian Railways to bring on board ready-to-eat food companies
If the real economy is indeed looking up, then it no longer needs hand-holding and fiscal laxity
Kerry is scheduled to head to India later this month for the fourth annual US-India Strategic Dialogue.
After talks between the King and President Kovind, the two sides inked three pacts providing for cooperation in polar science, innovation and research and in maritime spheres.
Reliance is leveraging the technological change of building a virtualised 5G network which would see the current hardware-dependent networks shift to software-centric platforms.
Some of the key proposals of the agenda relate to transforming the banking sector, addressing agrarian distress, countering hate crimes and discrimination, and spurring employment generation.
China tops the list with 3.5 million, followed by Brazil with 918,000.
Regardless of how the stalemate ends, the government needs to learn that regardless of its parliamentary strength it cannot take people for granted. A little bit of humility would do it a lot of good, recommends Virendra Kapoor.
'What prevents infection are masks, physical distancing and good ventilation.'
'Is standing in a queue any bigger sacrifice than that of a soldier's family?'
The key proposals from the IT industry that were not addressed included removal of dual levies on software products
The PM said Japan and the Indian diaspora has a big role to play in India's growth story.
Customers won't shift to electric cars until there is countrywide infrastructure for charging stations, which should be as spread out as petrol pumps now. Two, the price of the lithium ion battery, which constitutes 30 to 40 per cent of the cost of an electric car, has to fall substantially, so that the vehicle is as affordable as a gasoline one.
The two countries want to broaden and deepen their economic and commercial ties as well as strengthen bilateral national security partnership.
Mandatory prescription of generic names is not a complete solution. Rather, in the absence of a range of approaches, it could mean passing the choice of selecting a drug from a doctor to a pharmacist, says Chandrakant Lahariya.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised a conducive environment for manufacturers, including a discrimination-free tax system
The electric vehicle market in India needs a policy push that goes beyond targets, says Vandana Gombar.
'Chinese experts estimate that the new US administration is 'at the crossroads of how to re-manage and control' Sino-American differences and strategic divergences and Biden's bottom line is that the US would have 'extreme competition with China, but won't allow competition to develop into conflict',' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
India is in the midst of its biggest crisis since Independence. It is a national emergency and begs to be dealt with. Politics can wait. Lives need to be saved. We need to vaccinate India at a pace faster than any country in the world, asserts Ramesh Menon.
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