Setting the tone for annual Budget-making exercise, agriculture economists on Friday demanded revamping of the farm credit system even as they voiced opposition to any fresh development scheme for the sector.
The mega campaign, to start on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, will be conducted just before the elections in three major Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states and also before the 2019 general elections.
Indian government expects LIC to have better business this year.
Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates wants to become Toyota's chief Formula One sponsor.
India's software services industry, which has been battling tougher market conditions, wants the government to restore a tax benefit in the annual Budget on Friday.
The Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the proposal to hike foreign direct investment limit in civil aviation sector from 40 to 49 per cent, official sources said.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday exempted bonds from the new transaction tax and reduced the levy on day traders and arbitrageurs from 0.15 per cent to 0.1 per cent.
'Modi had promised to deposit money in the accounts of people, but he has done it only in the case of some rich businessmen like the Ambanis'
Inclusive growth is about enabling wider participation in the growth story, but the current if fiscal debate is about how to compensate losers using annual Budgets, says Rathin Roy.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India will hold it's Annual General Meeting on September 21 as per its existing constitution and is expected to wait for the Review petition verdict before getting into the implementation phase of the Lodha Committee Reforms.
In fact, no other recent Union Budget has held so much significance for the Indian economy as the one to be presented in about six weeks from now, notes A K Bhattacharya.
'The government is unwilling or unable to provide the kind of relief that Vodafone India is asking for.'
The official cited it as an example of 'how the Chinese military is trying to resolve issues through dialogue mechanisms'.
The fiscal situation is an improvement over the previous year.
India, the world's largest gold consumer, is unlikely to announce a cut in customs duty on gold in its annual budget on Friday, despite demands by a leading industry body, traders said on Monday.
Subramanian, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, attended a news conference in New Delhi at which his appointment was announced.
The government is examining a proposal to raise the 20 per cent ceiling on foreign fund holdings in State Bank of India, the bank's chief said
Force India set their sights on breaking into Formula One's top three at the launch of their new car on Wednesday and hit back at suggestions that they lack the budget to match the manufacturers in a spending 'arms race'.
Government has pegged the annual budget of the Department of IT at last year's level of Rs 470 crore (Rs 4.7 billion) for 2003-04 even as DIT scaled down its original demand by over 50 per cent.
Maria Sharapova's lawyer blasted WADA chief Craig Reedie for making remarks about the five-times grand slam champion at a conference in London on Monday and said the Russian tennis player was owed an apology.
Indian Railways has tied up funds for the next two years for its ambitious modernisation programme.
If the Puja as a brand can be marketed more effectively outside Bengal, even overseas, it might do wonders for the economy, says Atanu Biswas.
The Nainital high court on Wednesday declined the Centre's plea seeking more time to argue Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat's plea against President's rule in the state.
Going by the number of changes Mr Jaitley's next Budget is likely to see, he will go down in the history of Budget-making as the finance minister who ushered in the largest number of changes in a single Budget, says A K Bhattacharya.
The government is moving ahead slowly but steadily.
Exports in January 2014 stood at $26.89 billion.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) wants to give more power to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in the fight against drug-cheating by athletes, it said on Saturday.
Rahul Gandhi exhorted local Congress workers to put up a united face to take on the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in the next year's elections to the municipal corporation in Mumbai.
Search is on for reliable indicators of underlying activity.
Sirisena's sacking of Wickremesinghe was the culmination of an year of bitter relations between them on several policy matters. The president has been critical of the prime minister and his policies, especially on economy and security.
The BJP's oldest ally Shiv Sena remained silent on the performance of the National Democratic Alliance regime.
The decision, taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, comes less than a year before next general election.
'At least one specially designed fully accessible railway car should be added to every train'.
China is battling a property downturn, industrial overcapacity, sluggish demand and struggling exports.
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Last year, the US assistance to Pakistan was $534 million.
With no payments coming in, HAL for the first time ever taken a bank loan of Rs 7.81 billion.
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