India on Monday said it could consider imposing "some kind of safeguard duties' on Chinese imports to bridge the huge trade gap as it cannot be sustained in the long run.
Midcap stocks continued to remain on buyers' radar with BSE Midcap index up 0.1%.
Even as the policy on spectrum for 3G services is yet to come, State-run BSNL has sought additional spectrum for introducing the advanced third generation mobile services in the country.
Combining affordable IT with native Indian ingenuity and entrepreneurship F C Kohli believed would enable Indian small businesses match anyone and thrive.
CEOs expect populist measures in the Budget, to help the poor and marginalised, who make up for the largest section of voters.
The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal has wrapped up hearings on the government policy allowing fixed-line telephone firms to offer cheaper limited mobility services and will rule later on the issue.
Wooing overseas investors, government on Wednesday decided against challenging the Bombay High Court decision favouring Vodafone in the Rs 3,200 crore (Rs 32 billion) tax case and adopt a similar approach in transfer pricing litigations involving other MNCs like Shell.
BSNL Employees Union on Wednesday demanded that tariffs announced by the telecom corporation effective from May 1, be reduced in the interest of the common subscriber and BSNL itself.
The change in stance follows a strong opposition by automakers of the proposed government plan to ban two-wheelers (below 150cc) and three-wheelers by 2023 and 2025, respectively
The Joint Parliamentary Committee on 2G spectrum allocation has concluded that Attorney General G E Vahanvati was aware of the procedure approved by the Department of Telecommunication on first-come-first served criteria in file notings.
The first step you need to take is link your mobile number to Aadhaar.
There was no word on whether or when Patel would be talking to the media about his priorities and plan of action as head of Mint Street
The NSE Nifty too recovered over 100 points, or 0.96 per cent, to end at 10,576.85.
Likely to seek FIPB approval to raise holding; deal could bring FDI of about $696 mn.
'The economy is in a free fall.'
'And it's been declining for so long, so consistently, that the promise of growth and better days now looks a fantasy.' 'A mid-1970s kind of pessimism, even hopelessness, is growing among the young.' 'This isn't what Mr Modi promised them.' 'Their aspirations and needs are clear and present, and not being fulfilled,' notes Shekhar Gupta.
India's cellular and WLL additions exceeded 67 lakh (6.7 million) during April-July, against 14 lakh (1.4 million) additions a year-ago, owing to the adoption of growth oriented and forbearing tariff policies, TRAI said on Tuesday.
About 40 per cent of respondents felt fraud had gone up in India, while 67 per cent said the new Act would improve governance.
For stressed loans, the need is to prevent disruption in cash flows from a systemic perspective, conserving employment and assets in untainted enterprises with the potential for recovery, says Shyam Ponappa.
The government is considering to tweak FDI policy in retail sector so as to allow global chains like Walmart, Carrefour and Tesco to open multi-brand stores in non-hilly cities with population less than one million.
Critics say the programme, launched 10 months ago in India in collaboration with operator Reliance Communications, violates principles of net neutrality
The RIL stock has halved from an all-time high of Rs 1,626 made (intra-day) on January 15, 2008, to on Wednesday's closing figure of Rs 800.55.
The ED said that Chidambaram has remained evasive and therefore grant of pre-arrest bail at this stage would be highly detrimental to the investigation.
Idea may have to shell out Rs 4,500 crore in cash
How sustainable and prudent is the policy of boosting services without commensurate growth in infrastructure in the relevant sectors, asksA K Bhattacharya.
Appropriate policies will increase connectivity much more than spectrum auctions, says Shyam Ponappa.
In 2012, India attracted $22.78 billion of FDI, according to the data by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
Mobile tower radiation reaching us is more than a thousand times weaker than that from the handsets we use and the Indian standards are 10 times more stringent than the global norms recommended by the World Health Organisation, points out T V Ramachandran.
No one expects the government to publicly concede policy mistakes. But it can shed denial; and, stop the point-winning debating style to the formulation of public policy, says Rahul Khullar.
Private participation remains lacklustre.
Corporate legal cases kept India Inc on its toes in 2014 as high stake matters on coal, telecom and mining came up in the Supreme Court, which also sent Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy to jail.
A brief report card on Modi's ministers.
