The growth of six core infrastructure industries eased to 1.8 per cent in July, the lowest this fiscal, as petroleum refinery acted as a drag on the sector.
'Quality of management, corporate governance, allocation of capital, full disclosures should form the basis to decide investing in a particular stock.'
The Indian operation of the Swiss food group employs more than 5,000.
Growth rate of eight core sector industries declined to 1.8 per cent in November, from 7.8 per cent in the same month last year, due to drop in production of coal, natural gas and cement.
This partnership will help us improve our own capability, says Munjal.
Ramdev made nature-to-goodness products popular, and reaped benefits. Then he seemed to lose focus and the last thing it needs is more distraction, like the passionate founder shooting his mouth off yet again
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The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of ACC Cement, ruling that if a product is manufactured by one firm and sold by another with the latter's brand name, that sale would attract sales tax, not the first transaction.
It was the third and last leg of Modi's three-nation tour to the UK, Sweden and Germany.
Colombo seems to be veering to the middle path between China and the US on global matters, but in regional matters of strategic security, it is increasingly identifying with India, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
The BSE Midcap and the Small-cap Index have run up 25.3 per cent and 31.3 per cent respectively over the past year. Valuations are no longer cheap, notes Sanjay Kumar Singh.
India's infrastructure industries grew by a faster 8.7 per cent in February 2008, lending hopes of a revival in industrial production growth and in turn a higher rate of economic expansion.
'He wrote a letter to his parents every night, and read the Gita every morning before going about his work.'
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Improved performance of manufacturing, services and trade sectors helped boost GDP
India's infrastructure growth slipped to 9.6 per cent in March 2008 from 10.5 per cent in the same month last year. The slowdown in core growth might set back the nation's economic growth, as the 2007-08 Economic Survey had pointed out.
Birla patriarch, B K Birla's decision to give Kesoram Industries to his grandson Kumarmangalam Birla has brought to focus the possibility of unlocking value in Kesoram through the demerger of its two main businesses - cement and tyre.
'The farm bills will not bring in corporate zamindari'
During December 2011, the core sectors recorded a growth of 3.1 per cent against 6.3 per cent same period previous year.
The NCEAR has indicated some improvement in the fourth quarter of the current financial year.
Growth in output of coal, cement and electricity slowed to 0.3%.
'There is no need to do anything, let your SIPs get deducted every month, and stick to your allocation between equity, fixed income and emergency funds and your risk covers.'
India's key infrastructure industries posted a handsome growth of 4.4 per cent in August on the back of a surge in electricity generation, and production of crude oil and petroleum products.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
India's infrastructure sector witnessed a decline in growth at 3.9 per cent last month from 4.1 per cent in January and 4.4 per cent a year ago, mainly due to decline in production in electricity, cement and coal.
'If we cannot conclude a trade deal, both sides are likely to take trade actions that will further impair our government-to-government ties.'
This year, Dell will launch new smartphone models and venture into the printers segment to cement its position as a hardware company in India.While the company believes that the biggest growth driver in 2011 will be smartphones, it is also eyeing the enterprise and small business segment with the launch of eight new printers.
Travis Head, D' Arcy Short and Chris Lynn have been dropped, while the pace trio of Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood have been rested.
The broadening of the market rally sends the signal that growth will be broad-based, observes Akash Prakash.
'What did we get out of this agitation? Nothing... Now we feel it was all a mistake. We have no work, and our land has turned infertile. We are living in abject poverty'
Govt keen to revive business sentiment in india.
Apart from the growing adoption of the internet in the country, brands are drawn to the agility of the medium, its targeted and data driven approach and the increasing cost of offline channels for sales and distribution.
100-day agenda: Commerce ministry pushes for separate logistics department
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Production grew by a mere 0.5 per cent year-on-year, a significant comedown from the 3.5 per cent clocked in June.
Consolidation is the prime mood of the Indian equity market at the moment.
Stagnant coal production and a slowdown in power, cement and steel sectors lowered overall infrastructure growth to 5.1 per cent in May 2006 as compared to 8.1 per cent in the same month last fiscal.
Analysts worry about possible loan waiver.
Growth in six core infrastructure industries, which have a combined weight of 26.7 per cent in the Index of Industrial Production
'Growth would have to be 7% in the October-March period, if the year as a whole is to clock 6%.' 'Who would bet on that when, in the world of real numbers, both exports and imports have continued to fall, car sales have continued to slump, and the industrial production index shows yet again a drop in output?', asks T N Ninan.
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