Ahead of the Budget, India Inc has asked Centre to up divestment target to at least Rs 25,000 crore (Rs 250 billion).
Entry of top chief executive officers of large MNCs and Non-Resident Indians into the boards of leading domestic companies will help India integrate with the prevalent global corporate culture, says a survey.
The United States has said outsourcing to India was 'unavoidable' and that it was actively considering increasing the H1B visas for Indian workers.
Industry body Assocham estimates that trade between India and Pakistan can touch the $10 billion mark by 2010 from $345 million in 2003-04, provided the execution of South Asian Free Trade Agreement is not thwarted and the trade basket is diversified
Apple, which is seeing declining sales elsewhere in the world, is betting big on India for growth as sales here saw an impressive 56 per cent growth in the January-March 2016 quarter.
The rising prices characterising the steel industry have been primarily due to hike in input costs besides increase in demand, a study has found out.
Foreign direct investment in many other sectors may be hiked to 100 per cent and procedures for External Commercial Borrowings would be further simplified, a senior finance ministry official indicated on Tuesday.
the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday said the country's IT industry is slated to grow by 26 per cent this year driven by strong economic performance.
Even as basic and cellular operators have been unable to reach an agreement on the contentious limited mobility services, the two sides have now approached Communications Minister Arun Shourie for continuing dialogue on issues such as spectrum.\n\n\n\n
Oriental Bank of Commerce on Friday said its profit will dip this fiscal due to acquisition of the ailing Global Trust Bank and hinted at another round of voluntary retirement scheme to cut excess flab.
'It is a balanced and prudent Budget that sets the foundation for future growth in the economy.'
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Ahead of the visit, Chinese embassy officials briefed Indian scholars that investment promised would be $100 billion. How this figure came down to $20 billion is a mystery.
The government on Thursday exuded confidence in sustaining GDP growth of over 8 per cent in the next fiscal following a slew of economic policies announced during 2003-04.
Latin America has emerged as a major trading partner of India in 2004-05 with its trade growing by 77.66 per cent to $3.596 billion as against a negative trade of 0.81 per cent in 2003-04, according to industry body Assocham analysis.
Elevated gold prices have led Indian investors to eye diamonds and platinum as a lucrative investment opportunity.
Terming Kelkar panel's proposals as "radical", Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said a comprehensive tax reform will be implemented in the next Budget after a consensus from all sections.
The proposed changes are forward-looking and non-specific, said Nasscom
Worried about the administrative logjam in Indian boxing, recently-crowned WBO Asia Pacific champion Vijender Singh pleaded with the officials to put together a new federation at the earliest for the sake of country's pugilists.
"Tax exemptions granted to dedicated export units located in EPZs, SEZs and EoUs should continue up to 2010."
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs said despite the electronic way or E-way bill mechanism there has been rampant evasion and there is a need to increase compliance.
The business process outsourcing market is expected to touch $1 trillion by 2006, registering a compounded annual growth rate of 9 per cent.
Risks are increasing with 55 times increase in such transactions over the past three years, says a Assocham-PwC report
Today pay-later services are available for practically anything under the sun. And these include small purchases like clothes, gadgets, movie tickets, and even food.
India Inc on Thursday rallied behind the Army's move to conduct surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the Line of Control and said it was the time to act tough while ruling out any negative impact on the country's economy and trade.
TRAI to soon put in place a new set of 'service quality benchmarks' to monitor call drop
Snapdeal, which has raised about $400 million since its inception, has invested about $100 million in logistics and operations to expand its presence in the $3 billion Indian eCommerce market.
Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday expressed confidence that the Indian economy has the resilience to face any problems that might crop up in the event of a war in Iraq and said the soft interest bias would continue despite a rise in price level.
Global sales made via mobile devices are expected to top $638 billion.
Passenger fares and freight rates were left untouched
Inflation, which has been at high levels, is also a key challenge for the country, Thomas J Richardson, the IMF's Senior Resident Representative in India and Nepal, said in New Delhi on Wednesday.
In 2011, India's share in global nanotechnology research publications had reached six per cent from a mere two per cent in the year 2000, the study found.
Aam Aadmi Party swept the Delhi polls with 67 seats.
The RBI on Tuesday maintained status quo on interest rates, saying there have been no developments to warrant further easing since an unscheduled rate cut about a fortnight ago.
'We will be able to provide 450 square feet house in Rs 5 lakh,' Nitin Gadkari said.
Beijing wants assurance that its investments won't come under scrutiny
'Why can't a country that builds and manages airports of acknowledged excellence at home and abroad produce passports of durable quality for its citizens?' asks Sunil Sethi.
Reversing a six month declining trend, WPI inflation moved up marginally to 0.11 per cent in December mainly because of increase in prices of food items.
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