Declaring demonetisation a complete failure may turn out to be hasty, argues economist Ashok K Lahiri.
But it is disappointing to note that Sitharaman's third Union Budget continues to promote a few problematic ideas, observes A K Bhattacharya.
Only Rs 16,050 crore out of the Rs 15.44 lakh crore of the old high denomination notes have not returned.
'They will not get more than two seats in Haryana if elections are held now.'
The recent default on deposit payments by a couple of Yash Birla Group companies has brought to surface difficulties an investor has to face in recovering his money.
The Nifty50 slipped 33 points to close the session at 8,509 after hitting an intra-day high of 8,587.
The origin of the challenge is the so-called "fresh start" process. Many in the MFI industry apprehend that such a law in India will encourage small unsecured borrowers to default and destroy the credit culture. So, while'Fresh start' is a welcome step as it will free up the debtors from the archaic laws of the colonial era, debtors need handholding and counselling to prevent any misuse, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
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The Centre has to bear the maximum burden of borrowing NSSF loans to the tune of Rs 1 lakh crore.
The banks also wanted disclosure of assets of Mallya's other close relatives and former relatives, including his ex-wife, which was objected by his counsel.
Rajan tells RBI colleagues he will be returning to academics
FII stance, progress of monsoon, crude oil and rupee movement are likely to dictate the trend.
Be careful if you find your postal mails/ bank and financial statements intercepted, pilfered or tampered with.
The prosecution's pursuit of this tiny detail was because they believed the charge from Google, on Indrani's account, was to restore Sheena's Gmail account, via the Google account recovery toolkit, since Indrani did not have the password.
From discounts to hundred per cent financing to talks of a price hike, companies are doing everything to ensure retail sales pick up this month.
'The people let off by the NBFCs have little bargaining power and willingly settle for a 20% to 25% cut in their existing salaries when hunting for new jobs.'
The rupee depreciated by 19 paise to trade at almost seven-month low of 61.94 against the US currency in early trade today at the Interbank Foreign Exchange on capital outflows amidst the dollar's gain against other currencies overseas.
The lockdown that crippled the entire logistics, delivery and supply chain network to near zero, was enough to deal a body blow to India's fastest growing unicorn whose very business model saw a severe disruption, like several other firms and sectors.
'If the RBI board forces the management's hand on all the key issues, it should be prepared for resignations by the governor and the key deputy governor, Viral Acharya,' warns T N Ninan.
Ma and the other co-founders had finalised the name "Alibaba" after much research on its acceptability.
"If we do surgical strikes (in this area), you can imagine what all will come out," the prime minister said.
The biggest catch in a reverse mortgage is that you cannot move out of the house
The Committee, which has been set up in pursuance of the announcement made by the Minister in his Budget speech, will also suggest whether the unclaimed deposit should come to government or be kept in a separate account.
A time has thus come when state encouragement for rural students led to empowerment of the socio-economically marginalised sections of the population. It included women. Today, with greater exposure and consequent enlightenment, it has gone beyond 'empowerment' to become 'entitlement', says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Positive cues from the global market front aided the rally.
While PNB did not name the other lenders, Union Bank of India, Allahabad Bank and Axis Bank are said to have offered credit based on letters of undertaking (LOUs) issued by PNB. Foreign bank branches too are under investigation.
The company contented before the tribunal that the amount was paid outside India.
Modi said there was a need to make transactions 'transparent' in India.
'The corporate tax cuts will obviously result in lower tax payments by companies,' says Central Board of Direct Taxes member Akhilesh Ranjan who retires after 37 years in government service.
The domestic currency hovered in a range of 60.59-60.85 per dollar during the late morning deals.
Allegations abound that traders milked the scheme to artificially keep prices down, while a significant amount of growers didn't even register owing to multiple difficulties in registration and were deprived of the payout.
Thanks to rupee depreciation, India has a chance to fundamentally rework its stifled manufacturing sector.
The higher rate cut by RBI is positive for rate-sensitive sectors in the medium to long term.
Tracking a recovery in local shares, the Indian rupee on Friday snapped a two-day declining trend and bounced back by 39 paise to end at 61.44 against the Greenback on fresh dollar selling by exporters and some banks.
The home ministry said exercising the powers conferred under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, the registration of Sabrang Trust has been suspended for a period of 180 days with effect from September 10, 2015.
I-T lens on current account deposits over Rs 12.5 lakh. All the news and more post demonetisation.
'The sooner Pakistan and India face these geopolitical realities, the better it will be for their own security and prosperity,' observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
World Bank's Doing Business Indicators ranks India (out of 189) at 132 for trading across borders.
Depending on your liquidity requirement, invest in the right debt instruments.
Overseas funds have also become strong buyers of debt, with net purchases of $5.6 billion so far this year.
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