'It is in electronics that the gap between where we are and where we need to be is most obvious and most persistent.' 'It is not only a national security issue, but also a commercial issue,' argues Rajeev Srinivasan.
While information technology companies will benefit, firms with high foreign borrowings or heavy dependence on imports will be hurt.
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'She adds value to life in many commendable ways. Apart from her many contributions to our consumer products business and Godrej Properties, she dedicates her energies and resources to charity, to philanthropic causes and most of all how she has managed her time as a wife, mother and entrepreneur brilliantly,' says Adi Godrej.
In the past two years, investors in gold have lost money.
'As each week brings fresh tales of the woes of Rio on the eve of the Olympics, I wonder whether my friends had a foreboding that the Gods of the Olympics will bring only misfortunes to their country.' 'For, surely, Brazil is now getting ready to host the Games with a joyless spirit, says B S Prakash, formerly India's ambassador to Brazil.
South and South-West Asia could witness an economic growth of 5.3 per cent in 2015, which will be a four-year high.
'It has a natural inclination to foster as much competition among civilian politicians as possible.'
GIFT is a financial centre almost entirely devoid of bankers and, indeed, of people.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Rate sensitive sectors rallied the most led by banks while metals surged on rebound in commodity prices
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The toxic brew of fiscal populism, crony capitalism and bad economic management has ensured the collapse of economic growth, industrial stagnation, stubbornly high consumer inflation, declining savings and investment, shrinking employment opportunities, and a dangerously vulnerable external financing situation.
Deepak Parekh, chairman of Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), India's largest mortgage lender, says the exuberance in industry about the new government is justified but big ideas articulated by the prime minister need speedy implementation.
Education remains one of the key focuses of the new government.
'What gives hope is that Modi's own leadership is vitally linked to his capacity to deliver on the economic front. Indeed, if he succeeds, India's foreign policies will have changed beyond recognition,' feels Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Re-instatement of 5% custom duty on crude imports will help.
Indian economy about to take-off
