Chary also says some government officials have played an important role in favouring organisations that MCX competes with.
North Block and Mint Road seem likely to now stick to the earlier convention of the RBI governor coming to Delhi and being the only MPC member meeting the finance minister and senior bureaucrats on pre-policy meetings
The Telugu Desam Party, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam continued to raise the issue of the dam over the River Cauvery and special status for Andhra Pradesh in both the Houses. While the Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day soon after it met at 11.00 am, the Lok Sabha saw repeated adjournments, but managed to pass the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill amid the din.
Indira Kannan picks Made in Bangladesh, Greed, Moothon.
With the festive season approaching, e-tailers are going all out to woo consumers.
'The CEO will neither be able to guide the senior team in operational matters nor decide on their appointment, compensation or removal.' 'Yet, the CEO is responsible for the profit and loss of the bank!' 'Why would the senior executives listen to him?' 'Which self-respecting professional would want to be a CEO with these constraints?' asks Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
In rural areas, the poverty ratio was estimated at 28.3 per cent whereas in urban areas it was 25.7 per cent, stated V Narayanswamy, Union Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs in Rajya Sabha on Thursday, in response to a question by independent member Parimal Nathwani.
According to sources, Russian energy giant Rosneft or its affiliates, Saudi Aramco and Reliance Industries are in race for BPCL's three refineries - Mumbai, Kochi in Kerala and Bina in Madhya Pradesh - 16,309 petrol pumps, 6,113 LPG distributor agencies and more than a fifth of 256 aviation fuel stations in the country.
Gokul wrote letters to the couple under the name of archbishop suggesting that they opt for a divorce, police said.
Punishing brand ambassadors shows that the government is only interested in going after the low hanging fruit, says Tanmaya Nanda.
'The prospect is of a self-confident and self-sustaining India will make it a more effective player in the global arena,' External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar points out delivering the Sardar Patel Lecture-2020: India and the Post-Covid World.
The 21st meeting of FSDC comes against the backdrop of the economy hitting a six-year low growth rate of 5 per cent in the first quarter of 2019-20. Even some of the macroeconomic data for the second quarter does not portray an encouraging picture of the economy.
Just like China wants Trump to lose the US presidential poll, it may want Modi to lose the Lok Sabha polls. So months before the 2024 elections, China may take possession of an important area, say one of the Char Dhams, warns Sanjeev Nayyar.
The passing of the GST bill and the failure of India to acquire NSG membership is set to rule the agenda in Parliament.
Paytm plans to induct 5,000 manufacturers and sellers; has started programmes to identify and train new sellers.
Revenue share from India has inched up to nearly 0.8 per cent of its global sales. The revenue growth rate is in stark contrast to the firm's performance in volume terms.
Negotiations on with three brokers holding 5% of about Rs 5,500-crore (Rs 55 billion) overall dues
It is hard enough to make a profit in e-commerce without having to deal with excessive paperwork, legal fees and the constant threat of harassment by revenue officials.
Five of these have wound up since, according to records of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Hike would have led to higher cost of fertiliser, electricity and even CNG.
'No commercial bank will be allowed to fail. There is nothing to worry about.'
BJP said Gandhi's remarks were condemnable and he should apologise in the House.
Indeed, if you look at this hypothesis with sufficiently jaundiced eyes, you will find plenty in common in the way 'Team India' conducts its affairs and the way 'Team Modi' does, argues Krishna Prasad.
The aim is to replace nearly 40 per cent of its existing last mile fleet of delivery vans with EVs by March 2020. o start with, the company is looking at deploying nearly 160 e-vans by the end of 2019.
Congress on Wednesday said that it was open for discussions on the GST Bill on which it has "very genuine concerns".
Regulators find it difficult to track down illicit transactions with no limit on the number of subsidiaries.
A dedicated physical gold exchange could lead to standard gold pricing in India.
Unlike other SM sensations, 'Khan Sir' became a star with well-researched news-related videos, not 30-second inanities. Syed Firdaus Ashraf tracks down the elusive coach to IAS aspirants.
Subramanian's paper comes at a time when concerns have been raised in various quarters about the official economic growth numbers. The Economic Advisory Council-PM said the Base Year of India's income calculations were shifted to 2011-12 on the basis of recommendations of several committees with experts in national income accounting.
When buying extra rechargeable batteries look for a number suffixed with AMH. The bigger the number, the more powerful that battery is.
Chief Information Commissioner R K Mathur rejected the contention of the ministry that details of the amount, reference numbers, dates of bills raised by Indian Air Force and Air India for the foreign visits undertaken by the Prime Minister are scattered across various records and files and collation of information in the manner sought by the appellant would involve searching of voluminous records by a significant number of officials.
The decision to increase the quantum of capital infusion was taken at a meeting between Finance Minister P Chidambaram, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram in New Delhi.
GoM meeting regarding petro product price hike has been postponed and a decision on the prices will come only after Jan 28.
Unless the judges factor in the ungovernability of technologies and their beneficial owners, present and future Presidents, prime ministers, judges, legislators and officials handling sensitive assignments may become redundant with reference to their age-old roles for securing 'national resources and assets', warns Dr Gopal Krishna.
Mods let Lenovo fight the features battle with premium players like Apple and Samsung and keep the price of the phone low, thereby drawing in aspirational customers who can't afford high-priced feature-rich handsets.
'We have promised to ensure reduced tax rates.'
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.
The Modi government caved in under American pressure without even token resistance. Two countries similarly placed as India with high dependence on Iranian oil -- China and Turkey -- have shown the grit to stand up to Washington, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020.
Both industrial and domestic consumers will have to shell out more money for electricity following a hefty 14 per cent hike in the royalty that states charge on coal, the major input for power generation.
