As India emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, the ninth budget under the Modi government, including an interim one, is widely expected to focus on boosting spending on job creation and rural development, generous allocations for development schemes, putting more money in the hands of the average taxpayer and easing rules to attract foreign investments.
Hyderabad-based Andhra Bank is aiming to get a significant proportion of the state government's business, to boost its share of low-cost deposits
After a gap of about five years, a public sector bank (PSB) has decided to rope in a cricketer to boost its brand.
It was a roller-coaster week for the markets, amid talk of a fiscal stimulus by the government. Saurabh Mukherjea, chief executive officer, and Prashant Mittal, strategist, at Ambit Capital tell Puneet Wadhwa the recent flows into equity mutual funds are largely speculative in nature and pose a risk of reversal.
'The market movement will be largely driven by earnings growth.'
Blind spots of the company were two-fold - managing cash flow and investments to upgrade technology and continue research and development.
Investors should now be looking at trimming their portfolio and making prudent investment decisions
Tokenisation acts as an additional layer of security as it masks sensitive card data such as the 16-digit account number, expiry date and security code. However, the security level of the app and the customer's mobile itself also needs to be taken into consideration, say experts. Nikhat Hetavkar explains the whole idea of tokenisation, how it is enabled, its impact on card transactions and related security guidelines.
While FMCG companies lose Rs 98,928 crore in m-cap, consumer durables stocks are down Rs 20,673 crore since November 8.
We need a change in mindset, says the RBI Governor.
ICICI Bank on Friday reported 13 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 2,698 crore (Rs 26.98 billion) for the second quarter ended September 30, 2013.
Bajaj Finserv has few opportunities and challenges to overcome in 2015.
Index heavyweights ITC was the top gainer along with RIL and HDFC
'The idea is to align the HR policies and work culture with changing times'.
The Reserve Bank of India's ongoing inspection of the book of accounts of Syndicate Bank is unconnected with last week's arrest of S K Jain, its chairman and managing director.
Over the short to medium term, valuations are more likely to move down than up.
Experts tell Ujjval Jauhari that investors need to be careful in picking stocks given high valuations and with markets possibly ignoring potential risks
Contrarian stocks can help investors generate much higher returns than buying shares of companies that have shown consistent high growth for years.
Under Sharma Axis Bank has also taken the lead in focusing on technology, which has now become core to almost every other lender's strategy.
Oil & gas, banking and pharma sector stocks stole the show
'The finance minister has told the BJP's core voters we are hearing you and we are sensitive to your aspirations.'
China's economy grew 6.7 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier.
In an interview with Business Standard, Arundhati Bhattacharya says she expects stalled projects coming back on track in two quarters.
A rate cut will bring positive sentiment around the Budget.
Russian firms expand their footprint in India. And take bigger steps to do business with India's private sector.
While stocks are at cheap valuations, the volatility can be unnerving.
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'Though federal, the Constitution is unitary in nature. All matters relating to revenue are centralised. It is necessary that matters related to finance have to be decentralised... States need more freedom in designing schemes with their interest in mind. There has to be a Constitutional amendment to give more powers to the states. A special session of Parliament should amend the Constitution, especially the 7th Schedule,' Kerala Finance Minister K M Mani tells Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier.
The state government has formed two committees under the chief secretary and the cane commissioner on the matter.
Closing banks and restricting the flow of capital can build pressure for a solution as finances get squeezed.
The problems are being compounded by perceptions that India is ill suited to defend the currency in the near-term.
Even as there is a strong anti-incumbency mood in Punjab, the multi-cornered contest has made the 2017 assembly polls prediction more difficult.
If the Modi government's approach to economic policy making is any indication, expectations of a sudden spurt in economic reforms after the assembly election results appear to be grossly misplaced.
Traditional plans are the biggest area of concern for consumers.
A series of modest support measures from the government over the year helped stave off worries of a more dramatic slowdown
Markets end in green with auto, banks on a steady climb.
Aditya Puri thinks the government is on track.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' stock market queries. Ajit will offer his unbiased views on a weekly basis
Index heavyweights Reliance Industries, HDFC and Infosys were the top Sensex gainers.
The move to ban Rs 500 and 1000 notes may not curb the root cause of black money.
