Stocks and sectors impacted most by GST.
Expenditure cuts necessitated by slowing revenue growth, weak industrial activity worrisome portents
The WPI inflation stood at negative 2.4% in May 2015, compared with a negative 2.65% in April 2015.
Analysis of the 7th Pay Commission's recommendations.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers's queries on stocks they own or want to buy.
Sachin Bansal, who had co-founded Flipkart with Binny Bansal in 2007, would exit the company
Indian rupee appreciated by 35 paise to end at two-week high of 63.03 against the greenback.
A good monsoon could rein in food inflation. Largely good corporate results mean better days are ahead. Nifty may reach record levels, points out Devangshu Datta.
Praising villagers where he went to lay the foundation of a toilet for naming it as Izzatghar, Modi said, "I liked this word so much".
The public-private partnership model is a compulsion, says the minister.
Most adult Indians should have access to bank deposits, credit and remittance facilities as well as insurance and mutual fund products in the next decade, and technology will play a big role in this transformation, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Realistically, coal will be the major fuel for electricity generation in India, as in America, for a long time.
While three operational mines in Chhattisgarh had a capacity of 12 million tonnes (mt), six were yet to start production.
Major corporates are staring at an uncertain future after investing substantially on their projects
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The need for larger investment in infrastructure that is the biggest shortcoming, says A V Rajwade.
In the last financial year, GDP growth was 7.3 per cent.
The bilateral talks took place as the formal heads of government meeting got underway in London on Thursday, following a formal launch by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
The Aditya Birla group's decision to merge two companies, each with an existing clutch of diverse businesses, flies in the face of the accumulated wisdom regarding conglomerates, says T N Ninan.
Since most Indian firms have kept their forex exposure unhedged, credit profile of companies in the highly sensitive sectors such as oil & gas, metal & mining, airlines could weaken substantially, says Anup Roy.
CEOs fear any change in status of the mines will mean disruption in production, loss of investment and increased production cost for user industries.
The past eight months have seen vast improvement in the Indian economy, says Edelweiss Group chairman and chief executive Rashesh Shah, who feels domestic-oriented sectors are likely to do better.
Operations at 26 mines are set to commence again within a couple of months.
After the 2019 election, one thing is sure: GST will see a number of changes, explains Indivjal Dhasmana.
A vilification campaign against Rosneft has begun in right earnest, says M K Bhadrakumar.
Together, they controlled nearly Rs 26 lakh crore of assets at the end of FY16.
Veteran British journalist and broadcaster Sir David Frost, best known for his series of interviews with disgraced United States President Richard Nixon, has died after a suspected heart attack while on board a cruise ship. He was 74.
Indices reversed all its losses during late trades.
GST stabilisation, DTC implementation and banking reforms are crucial for sustaining high growth for a long period, says Rashesh Shah.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 142 points at 29,462 and the 50-share Nifty gained 26 points to end at 8,895.
'India is likely to do better than other emerging markets.'
Most analysts expect growth in the sales of Nifty-50 companies to decelerate, albeit marginally, in the quarter ended December compared to the corresponding period of 2013-14, with metals and real estate companies pulling down earnings.
The policy statement by the RBI governor is also expected to be upbeat.
The superstar refuses to endorse any label except for one regional cola brand at the start of his career almost four decades ago.
If government statistics are at variance with private data flow, chances are high that the latter presents a picture closer to reality.
China has cast a long shadow on India's economy.
Demonetisation will wipe out the likely benefits of a good monsoon this year, says Christopher Wood of CLSA.
She faced intense and protracted struggle to eventually head the AIADMK.
'Is standing in a queue any bigger sacrifice than that of a soldier's family?'
The endorsement career of India's megastar Amitabh Bachchan displays his relevance in diametrically opposite roles and product categories.
