Trouble is brewing for the Congress in Haryana with its Gurgaon Lok Sabha Member of Parliament Rao Inderjit Singh making a statement that Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra must be punished if he is found guilty of 'sham land deals' in Haryana. Reenu Mittal reports
'It will cause problems for people who deal in small amounts of cash.' 'I hope it does not cause law and order problems.'
Reaching a consensus might also get tougher, as already seen with issues like inclusion of natural gas in GST and imposition of a sugar cess, both central proposals being resisted.
The manufacturing sector during the fourth quarter recorded a growth rate of 9.3 per cent while the farm sector grew at 2.3 per cent.
Investors cheered a sharp decline in the Current Account Deficit, which stands at a 4 year low as exports picked up and gold imports reduced.
The Sensex closed higher by 170 points at 26,128 and the Nifty rose 59 points to end at 7,943.
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The year 2014 was one of the most challenging years for India. For two consecutive years our GDP growth was sub 5 per cent. Employment generation had declined, the revenue buoyancy was low and the country had become investment starved.
'It will take a long time for the effects of demonetisation to wear away, and I am not even sure that a year lost, can at all be even recovered.'
'The slide in growth has arisen primarily because we have an NBFC crisis on top of a banking crisis,' points out T T Ram Mohan.
...He'd be running a successful aviation business, says Anjuli Bhargava.
Most Asian markets ended with gains.
A minor fix in tax laws can make start-ups bloom, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
A minor fix in tax laws can make start-ups bloom, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
'Can he be the statesman that a divided nation needs?' 'Not remotely, but by following his gut, he may yet surprise the scores upon scores of naysayers,' says Vikram Johri.
While some companies, such as HSBC, have closed retail operations, big players such as India Infoline is scaling down.
The EB-5 Programme has been in effect since 1990 as an opportunity for the immigrant and their family to obtain permanent residency to the US.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India and the United Kingdom are economically made for each other.
Read the investor-developer agreement carefully before signing the cheque
The progress of the GST Bill in Parliament is also likely to remain in focus
The time the companies have to get ready for GST is 6 to 12 months.
FY16 saw the highest number of new product launches in a year from Maruti
Brokers like Vasudevan are struggling to keep themselves in tune with this super-informed, new-generation retail investor.
Your choice should be based upon your strengths and goals.
Would it serve India's interest to go to war with China over the Maldives, asks Aditi Phadnis.
Tech major's shareholders will receive total dividend of Rs 15,474 crore in FY15
Snapdeal's rival Flipkart had last announced its GMV in March this year -- $1 billion. Many rounds of funding later, sources estimate Flipkart's GMV at about $3 billion, a figure Snapdeal is trying to catch up with.
Today, India is one of the fastest-growing eCommerce markets in Asia/Pacific along with China.
As part of their deal Diageo agreed to pay Mallya, $75 million for stepping down as chairman of United Spirits and for entering into a non-compete pact
The chain readies to expand its footprint as Bharti focuses on its retail venture.
India's online listing space is witnessing phenomenal growth.
Sensex in green in afternoon trade.
'While the GST is structured to be an all-encompassing tax and to create a vastly expanded digital network of recorded transactions, no one knows how traders long used to avoiding taxes will apply their ingenuity,' says T N Ninan.
'The government has used the current macro situation to its advantage.'
N Sundaresha Subramanian, Karan Choudhury and Shreya Jai report on the sorry condition of homebuyers who invested in Jaypee Infratech and the Amrapali group's Noida-based projects.
Faced with a clutter of coffee houses and cafes that also serve the brew, the chain that has 119 stores in seven cities in India is looking at ways to differentiate its brand from the rest.
In February 2012, Laundry Project opened its first factory in Chennai. Initially, it catered to hotels - Taj, Oberoi, Marriot, Ascot and Radisson.
Tata Cha cafes hope to create a feel of a roadside tea cart, casual college canteens, old Irani cafs and even the chai joints encountered on journeys through the Indian countryside.
In January this year, Tata Sons invested an additional Rs 2,500 crore (Rs 25 billion) in Tata Teleservices which was used to repay loans of the wireless telephony company.
Private equity investing can be rewarding, but an investor needs to be patient as exiting can be tricky and these assets do not provide instant liquidity.
According to the draft, in the northeastern states the threshold is at Rs 500,000.
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