Broader markers outperformed their larger peers.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
'He is not looking at the interest of farmers. He only wants to do the politics of elections.' 'This Budget is for the new super India. It is exploiting the villages of Bharat.'
Naxalites on Monday carried out multiple improvised explosive device blasts in Jharkhand's Giridih district, injuring 12 security personnel.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
Attacking Congress for disrupting Lok Sabha proceedings in the Monsoon session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said 40 members of Parliament are "conspiring" and "playing" with democracy by "blocking" parliamentary process.
FIXES BY THE GOVERNMENT: Energy price fixed, tax issues linger.
Conversion into jewellery during redemption would entail 15-20% wastage and making charges, rendering the scheme inefficient
Thousands of ex-servicemen across the country on Sunday converged at Delhi's Jantar Mantar to protest over the delay in implementation of the 'One Rank, One Pension' scheme.
Welcoming the government's decision to implement One Rank One Pension, agitating ex-servicemen on Sunday announced withdrawal of their hunger strike, but decided to continue their protest till all the "sticky" issues are resolved.
The chief minister said the Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance will win an overwhelming majority in the assembly polls and get more than 300 seats in the 403-member House.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had came out with a host of proposals last month.
T C A Anant, former chief statistician to the government, will soon be heading a panel to decide whether the monthly payroll data released by EPFO, ESIC and PFRDA could replace the quarterly enterprises-based survey on job creation by the labour bureau, the prime minister's office decided last week.
All Jan Dhan bank accounts should be linked to Aadhaar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday while asking bankers to speed up this process and redouble efforts on financial literacy.
The government's Rs 20.97 lakh crore COVID-19 package lacks in addressing the immediate concerns of the economy as the actual fiscal impact of the additional stimulus is only about 1 per cent of the GDP as opposed to the claim of 10 per cent, Fitch Solutions said on Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 12 announced a stimulus package of Rs 20 lakh crore, or nearly 10 per cent of GDP, to deal with the economic fallout of COVID-19. The contents of the package were broad-based and announced in five tranches.
He also emphasised on the need for saving water and planting trees to preserve the environment.
Says GDP growth rate from 2014-15 to 2015-16 will be greater than that of 2014-15 from 2013-14
The government has opted for the RuPay debit card over the Aadhaar-based platform for "last-mile" authentication in its Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation and the Labour Ministry are in touch with the Prime Minister's Office for the purpose, a senior official said.
If your account is idle for over five years, there could be issues with acquiring EPF details.
Governments must encourage micro-irrigation, use of natural manure and pesticides in a big way. Farm income can be doubled by reducing cost as much as by increasing MSP, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
IDS-2 and raids to uncover black money stash keep receipts flowing
The victory in the assembly elections, the first in Telangana after its formation in June 2014, might well act as a springboard for the leader, often accused of perpetuating family rule and promoting nepotism, to realise his ambition of playing a greater role in national politics.
The stories of exclusions illustrate so tragically, the need of the hour is to bolster biometrics and 'smart' technologies with something more old-fashioned - the good old fashioned, compassionate human touch, says Geetanjali Krishna.
Retirement fund body EPFO will provide permanent or universal account numbers on the pattern of core banking services to its over 5 crore active subscribers.
The Prime Minister's Office has decided to set up a panel, led by former chief statistician T C A Anant, to deliberate on whether the enterprise-level quarterly data, which is released by the labour bureau, should be discontinued.
BJP-ruled states push through amendments to laws, aim to get larger share of FDI pie
The defence sector is seeing renewed interest by Indian corporates, says Jyoti Mukul
Jean Dreze, a noted economist who was was a member of Sonia Gandhi led National Advisory Council, was dropped from the list of speakers at the Delhi Economics Conclave organised by the finance ministry and inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Changes in threshold not to have a significant revenue impact, say officials
GST rate cut for real-estate, income transfer scheme, farm loan waivers execution and recapitalisation of PSU banks have the potential to boost India's growth in a few months, says Neelkanth Mishra.
A six-point comparison by Anil Chopra, Group CEO & Director, Bajaj Capital
Unique Identification Authority of India said the alleged data breach took place on a website that does not belong to it.
Even if they score administratively, state governments ruled by the party suffer from an inability to communicate positively, say observers.
Experts have started giving comments on provisions that the govt must make in Budget 2016-17.
The election campaign finally ended on Friday, May 17. Arindam Majumder reveals what he discovered on the election front on a long rail journey.
The second fortnight of September saw Rs 3 lakh crore of time deposits, something unique, followed by liquidation of Rs 1.2 lakh crpre of these right after.
A Balasubramanian tells Business Standard that the sector will see one of its best phases in the coming five years.
A profile of Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot.
These people don't know that time has changed and they should not treat people as fools, Modi said.
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