Centre shows optimism of achieving the target of 4.1% at back of recent measures and turn around in manufacturing.
The finance ministry has short listed 11 PSUs for a possible buyback of shares in the ongoing financial year
Ten of top 15 companies in 1991 were PSUs; now, there are only six. Their revenue share has also fallen from 86% to 45%
The market breadth in BSE remains healthy with 1,829 shares advancing and 721 shares declining
Pharma shares were the top gainers led by Lupin after the company received EIR from USFDA for its Goa facility
BSE PSU index rallies 10% in one month; nearly a third of the stocks on the index has gained 20% over the period
Going by the experience of the previous years -- when the actual proceeds from stake sale were much lower than the targets -- the government's disinvestment target for 2014-15 appears too ambitious.
On Wednesday, FIIs sold shares worth Rs 1,573 crore.
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Railway Board Chairman Arunendra Kumar said the discussions at the day-long meet involved an overview of five models of participative policy, framework of engineering, procurement and construction contracts and sectoral guidelines for foreign and domestic investment.
There are 30 listed PSUs in which the public holding is less than 25%.
Metals bucked the trend and shone across the board.
World Bank lowered its global economic growth outlook for 2016 to 2.9% from 3.3% earlier.
With inflation down, the government's twin deficits are largely under control.
In a major jolt to India's solar energy programme, the Rajasthan government might cancel the 4,000-Mw solar UMPP (ultra mega power project), which was expected to come up near Sambhar Lake.
Power crisis has deepened in Uttar Pradesh with closure of one more unit of Anpara thermal power project due to a technical snag, prompting Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan to ask officials to find a solution to meet electricity shortage in the state.
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Combined net profit estimated to grow 14.6% year-on-year, against a 5.7% decline in the Dec 2015 quarter
New Delhi has missed its target for partial privatisations for the past five years
Sectoral index up 10% in past month, as market takes hope from higher order book, revenue and operating margins in September quarter.
The road show was the virtual launch of the Congress campaign for the assembly polls slated later this year, in which his party has the tough task of dislodging the Bharatiya Janata Party, which has been ruling the state for the last 15 years.
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Two major hydel projects being built by construction majors GVK and L&T have suffered severe damages in the floods which hit Uttarakhand last week.
India Inc gets about Rs 67,000 crore worth of fresh orders in the Sept quarter, a rise of 45% sequentially.
In less than two months since the announcement in March, the state has mobilised an armada of small and medium enterprises keen on making components for large equipment manufacturers.
Asian shares ended higher after a string of positive US economic data.
Banks stocks continued to trade weak along with FMCG major ITC.
Arun Jaitley will aim for jumps in other revenue streams for the government.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 39 points at 26,265 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 1 point at 7,954.
The good news is that within the first 14 months, orders for manufacturing and commissioning of the entire 88,537 Mw capacity for the 12th Plan have been placed, according to the Central Electricity Authority, the country's apex power planning body.
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The Sensex was around 18,600 by the end of August.
During campaigning, P Chidambaram has been addressing villagers, explaining his efforts to improve life in the constituency and blaming the state government for not supporting him. He has also been introducing his son in the 10 villages across 250 km.
Hike in planned public-sector capital expenditure will be credit-positive for infra cos
Biggest ever share sale by any private or public sector co in India.
Ajit Balakrishnan on mapping the Business Serengeti.
Imported components account for up to 30% of the firm's total production cost.
Sensex ends in green on boost from bluechip stocks.
The amount is around a fifth of the cumulative investment in fixed assets by these companies.
Customers won't shift to electric cars until there is countrywide infrastructure for charging stations, which should be as spread out as petrol pumps now. Two, the price of the lithium ion battery, which constitutes 30 to 40 per cent of the cost of an electric car, has to fall substantially, so that the vehicle is as affordable as a gasoline one.
The Sensex ended 290 points higher at 29,095 mark and the Nifty gained 94 points to close at 8,806 levels.
India Inc will report good set of numbers in Q4.
