Prior to this assignment, he held the position of chief general manager in Reserve Bank of India and was heading the department of banking operations and development. During his stint in the RBI, he has had a wide experience in regulatory and other functions.
'Prashant Kishor is a businessman before he is a politician, and given that the expected average turnout for JSP candidates is 5,000 to 6,000 votes and since Bihar has a significant number of seats where the margin between the winner and runner-up falls within that range he will capitalise on exactly that to showcase his presence.'
Voters are weighing a stark trade-off -- between preserving a socially driven policy and reversing course to revive revenue, restore fiscal balance, and rein in the underground liquor economy.
If women voters are mobilised in big numbers to the voting booths on November 6 and 11 by the Nitish Kumar-led NDA, then it will be quite difficult for the Tejashwi Yadav-led Mahagathbandhan to defeat the incumbent government, points out Sheela Bhatt.
College students in Bihar, many first-time voters, express concerns about job opportunities and education quality ahead of the state elections, desiring a government focused on employment and strengthening the education system.
'In times of adversity, families unite, but the reverse is happening in the Lalu family.'
Left to its machinations, the BJP would have loved to cut Nitish down to size, but it can't afford to do so as the JD-U is in alliance with the BJP at the Centre, and cannot form a government on its own in Bihar. For now, both need each other: Nitish for legitimacy, the BJP for numbers, points out Ramesh Menon.
Nowhere are the stories of the coming election better told than on the roads of Bihar.
Internal discord within the INDIA bloc has led to alliance partners contesting against each other in at least eight assembly seats in Bihar. The Congress, RJD, and Left parties are facing challenges in seat-sharing arrangements for the upcoming elections.
The Supreme Court has stated it will intervene if there is mass exclusion in the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, emphasizing the Election Commission's role as a constitutional authority.
As the election nears, political positions on prohibition are shifting.
Prashant Kishor termed as "excessive" the 2 years' imprisonment awarded to Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case.
Film folk are celebrating Diwali with a lot of light and love on social media.
"There has not been much emphasis on ethics (among market participants) as there should have been," Sebi whole- time member, Prashant Saran, said at a Ficci-IBA seminar in Mumbai.
The Sahara's is a high-profile refund case involving an estimated Rs 24,000 crore (Rs 240-billion) payment to over three crore (thirty million) investors.
The meeting was attended by Sebi executive director Usha Narayanan, Sebi wholetime member Prashant Saran and Reserve Bank chief general manager foreign exchange department Salim Gangadaran among others.
In September this year, Sebi had proposed to bar investment advisers from acting as agents for promoting financial products.
Finding "serious irregularities" in the functioning of Delhi Stock Exchange, Sebi on Wednesday withdrew the recognition granted to the bourse.
Sebi Chairman U K Sinha has often chastised listed companies for not having enough women on their boards.
The promoters, instead, raised it to 63.15 per cent, while reporting they'd brought it down to 28.6 per cent.
Sahara group has been engaged in a long-running regulatory and legal battle with Sebi.
Defending the liquor ban in Bihar, he said that the state's prohibition policy has benefitted several people and a large number of people have given up drinking alcohol due to his measures.
The Supreme Court Wednesday said the new system of mentioning cases for urgent hearing before apex court officials instead of its benches directly has been put in place to ensure that senior lawyers are not given "special priority" over their junior colleagues.
Pitching for greater transparency in rule-making and other functions of regulators, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has asked Sebi to work towards attracting more retail investors to the capital markets.
Jaitley assured that both the banking system and the government will make the resources available to them.
Busting a major 'front running' case in the stock market, Sebi on Friday ordered impounding of unlawful gains worth nearly Rs 15 crore (Rs 150 million) from brokerage firm Sharekhan and 15 other entities.
'A one-party State is not possible in a diverse country like India.'
The Centre directed Uttar Pradesh and Bihar on Sunday to prevent dumping of dead bodies in the Ganga and its tributaries, and focus on their safe disposal and a dignified cremation after corpses were seen floating in these rivers following a spurt in the number of coronavirus cases.
Amount more than twice the size of Sahara's; collective investment scheme operator has 3 months to return money and wind up.
The markets regulator made it easier for banks to acquire control in listed companies.
Sebi also ordered freezing the voting rights and corporate benefits of promoters of these companies.
The regulator is unhappy with the exchange in the market crash case that occurred in 2012.
The man's Indian citizenship was denied on the ground of discrepancy in the name of his grandfather.
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