The promoters of large companies such as Wipro and Tata Communications will have to shell out more stake to comply with the public shareholding norms after the Sebi said capital issued outside India would not be accounted for in the calculation of "public shareholding".
India is affected by a 'resource inefficiency curse'.
Over 23 million people were brought above the poverty line in China last year as about 100 million people from rural areas moved to cities for work.
'Expenditure on gold jewellery in Kerala is the highest in the country.' 'But the robust demand has been affected by the floods.'
The 5G road map pursued by India should not only move the country forward but also result in progress of weaker sections of society.
Addressing the conference, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said as a developing country, China may boast a fairly large economy, but its per capita income ranks around 90th in the world.
Over the past three decades, a global labour market started taking shape.
Global deforestation, destruction of wetlands, dumping of pesticides and fertilizer into waterways, and global warming are all taking a terrible toll on the Earth's fragile water system, writes Dr Nitish Priyadarshi
A top supercomputer expert said productivity per employee at India's celebrity companies like TCS, Infosys, Wipro and Satyam was almost a factor of ten lower than some top IT companies elsewhere in the world.
'Look at the number of billionaires, the number of new billionaires in India.' 'Adani and Ambani are not the only ones.' 'What's wrong with people making money as long as it benefits us?'
Aayog to present its performance review - since its existence - before the governing council
Technology can play an important role in almost every sector of the economy in enhancing productivity and production.
Dismissing the CSO (Central Statistical Organisation) projection of 4.4 per cent GDP growth this fiscal, Planning Commission member N K Singh said the economy will grow by six per cent this year.\n\n\n\n
The mid-year analysis lowered the growth projection for the current financial year to 5.7-5.9 per cent from 7.6 per cent estimated earlier.
Malik said that some ministers have been talking about taking back PoK from Pakistan by force.
Outlay for cultural activities increased, for social welfare schemes slashed
Rediff Labs analysed the data on happiness, peace and human development for countries all over the world.
With the rapid growth of the emerging markets, the global economy is experiencing a seismic shift, points out the latest study by HSBC. Titled, 'The World in 2050', the report highlights that the economic shift is likely to continue.
However, the Indian economy is expected to bounce back in 2021, the World Bank said.
Life in Hong Kong was very different 40 years ago.
For those of us who are interested in the US presidential election, it might be useful to take stock of how well or badly the Obama administration has done on the economic front over the last four years
The World Bank said improved infrastructure, specifically rural electrification, has had far-ranging effects
The Lok Sabha was adjourned on Wednesday following uproar over fresh poverty estimates released by the Planning Commission, which pegged the poverty line at Rs 28.65 per capita daily consumption in cities. As soon as the House met, National Democratic Alliance convener Sharad Yadav and Communist Party of India leader Prabodh Panda were on their feet, demanding suspension of the Question Hour for a discussion on the latest poverty estimates of the Planning Commission.
There are some countries in the world that are really rich.
A consortium involving the designers of London's 2012 Olympic Stadium and Silverstone's new layout has won a contract to plan a Formula One circuit in Mumbai, it announced on Monday.
China currently ranks as the world's second-largest economy after the United States.
'It is almost certainly wrong in assuming that the Modi government will use its strong mandate to undertake some serious reform measures.' 'For it is fairly clear that the government's priorities lie elsewhere, in the powerful home minister's domain,' notes T N Ninan.
China is the world's second-largest economy, after the United States.
'He has attacked our enemies in their own backyard.'
Among the major states, Orissa recorded the steepest fall in poverty from 2004-05 to 2009-10.
Even though emerging markets generally do not have the level of market efficiency and strict standards, they are most sought after by investors.
According to the 66th round of National Sample Survey carried out between July 2009 and June 2010, all India average monthly per capita consumer expenditure in rural areas was Rs 1,054 and urban areas Rs 1,984.
These states make India one of the fastest growing economies in the world.
Farm activists say low MSP is fine, if salaries revised under the Sixth Pay Commission are lowered.
'Mr Kejriwal is almost exactly the package that Mr Modi offers: Personal aggrandisement, the building of a personality cult through full-page newspaper ads day after day, populist schemes involving subsidies (whether affordable or required), abandonment of secular principles, exaggerated claims and no checks on leadership,' points out T N Ninan.
Under attack over the Rs 32 per capita per day (in urban India and Rs 26 per day per person in rural areas) cut off for poverty line, the Planning Commission on Monday distanced itself from the controversial definition presented to the Supreme Court saying it did not represent its views.
'Second-generation neoliberal policies, coupled with multiple failures on the food front, could do to the UPA what India Shining did to the NDA in 2004,' says Praful Bidwai.
The annual pay of a PSU employee on an average increased by 13.7 per cent to Rs 6.6 lakh in 2010-11, the Public Enterprises Survey for 2010-11 has revealed.
Moody's assigns a 'Baa3' rating on India, with a stable outlook.
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