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The benchmark has gained 2 per cent this week on continued hopes the incoming Narendra Modi government would unveil substantial economic reforms.
If this Budget was not packaged and sold as a Budget for the poor and for farmers, Narendra Modi would have lost the next election.
Mr Modi, it came across, did not want to be seen as favouring any one business group.
To check fiscal deficit, government needs to drastically cut Plan expenditure.
The revision will do little to help the Congress party-led ruling alliance, which faces an uphill battle in elections due by May amid allegations of economic mismanagement, corruption scams and high inflation.
Sun Group CFO S L Narayanan's interview.
Almost half the overall projects costing at least Rs 150 crore (Rs 1.5 billion) are facing a time lag as on March 31. Of 558 projects, 272 were running late when FY13 came to an end, official data showed.
Regulators in the US and some other countries have often used tapped phone conversations to prove insider trading and other charges, including in the famous Rajat Gupta case.
A lot has been written about the impact of the recommendations.
Rumours about a spike in taxes for equity investors are flying thick and fast.
Both sides to enhance cooperation in combating international terrorism.
Most, save Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu, were silent on Bihar polls; it was business as usual for the PM.
Modi govt says its economic score on all coutns is very good.
In a Q&A with Doordarshan, Jaitley discusses how he chose the areas on which he would spend more.
With an aim of boosting manufacturing and exports amid sharp fall in the rupee, the government has decided to take a slew of steps, including enhancing steel production capacity to 300 million tonnes and raising textile exports by 30 per cent this year.
Beijing wants assurance that its investments won't come under scrutiny
Many of the industrialists profiled in the book are no longer riding the wave of success.
A tussle between the Delhi government and the Lt Governor has left bureaucrats vulnerable to sudden transfers.
Mamata Banerjee said availability of land won't be a problem in Bengal as the state government has a land bank.
Foreign Trade Policy: More incentives for exports, focus on ease of trading
Estimates suggest subsidy outgo on these proposals would be at least Rs 1,000 crore
The share capital of the company is Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million).
'A foot-in-mouth disorder seems to grip the government, and is growing chronic by the day,' says Sunil Sethi.
'There exists a 'brotherhood' of sorts for a very long time and corrupt dealers and corrupt OMC officials are in it together,' Ashwani Attrish, founder, Empowering Petroleum Dealers Foundation, tells Sudhir Bisht, a veteran of the petroleum industry.
Dhirubhai Ambani lived in a one-room chawl in Mumbai with his wife and children and went on to establish the Reliance Group.
Appropriate policies will increase connectivity much more than spectrum auctions, says Shyam Ponappa.
Besides Nair, others named in the charge sheet include the then K R Sridhar Murthy, Ramachandra Vishwanathan and M G Chandrasekhar.
Industry is displeased over the failure of the National Manufacturing Policy, which has failed to invite any sizeable investment since it was launched more than two years ago.
Weak monsoon forecast rekindled fears of higher inflation.
APAs are part of govt's aim to move to a non-adversarial tax regime.
As the mercury keeps moving up in the wake of rising temperature, poll fever is also soaring northward in Tamil Nadu which will witness a fierce fight for the 39 Lok Sabha seats between ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, even as a six-party BJP-led alliance is trying to play spoilsport.
Modi's minimum government, maximum governance will go a long way?
National Demorcatic Alliance ministry's list of assets is fairly wide -- from land and property to vehicles and, for quite a few, guns. Nivedita Mookerji reports
The NITI Aayog's vice-chairman's charge holds ground.
India must change approach and have better access to networks to fulfil its digitisation dream.
When it comes to key hands-on management positions, India Inc is still largely run by men.
Budget was a mild disappointment. Yet, the bull run continues.
Govt wants to up investment in Railways
The 30-share Sensex is up 253 points at 29,263 and the 50-share Nifty has gained 68 points at 8,829.
Despite Uber facing a ban across many states, including Karnataka and Maharashtra, for Lingaraju, a driver employed by the company in Bengaluru, it is business as usual.
