There were heightened expectations from Budget 2017 after the impact of note ban on different sections but most remain unfulfilled.
There are some 20-odd schemes with this default provision, or something close to it.
Parrikar refused to share further details about the attack, saying the NIA is already investigating the matter.
Ordering more Akash systems is essential for the Indian defence industry.
Which were the five businesses Ratan Tata had great hopes for, but his successor failed to deliver?
Maharashtra has the opportunity to solve all these problems by voting for the Congress and NCP, he said.
'I could have joined the BJP in 2014, the doors were open.' 'I stayed on with the TMC, a party I was involved with since its very inception.' 'But today enough is enough.'
Despite all of the PM's many strengths, it is increasingly clear that he does not necessarily have a coherent and clear worldview on matters of macro policy.
For the first time, consumers, including those at the so-called bottom of the pyramid, are monetising gold by taking loans from banks, offering the yellow metal as collateral, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
'I think governments -- whether this one or the ones earlier -- have not understood the strength of the Indian Railways... that it can easily add 2.5 per cent to GDP.'
In the four-paragraph letter, Jaitley said he had orally informed Modi about his desire not to be a part of the new BJP government to enable him to concentrate on treatment and health.
Here are five talking points from the weekend's action:
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The Congress chief said if his party is elected to power, its government would spend 6 per cent of the GDP on education.
The White House has strongly opposed the conditions on United States aid to Pakistan by the powerful House Armed Services Committee in the National Defence Authorisation for the fiscal year 2013.
'Chinese experts estimate that the new US administration is 'at the crossroads of how to re-manage and control' Sino-American differences and strategic divergences and Biden's bottom line is that the US would have 'extreme competition with China, but won't allow competition to develop into conflict',' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Excise duty reductions will help lower prices and stimulate demand for 2&3 wheelers and small cars
Higher disposable incomes, rural push and infra push to boost auto sector
There would be a marginal 3% increase in freight rates.
The vehicle can attain a maximum speed limit of 25 km per hour and is the first of its kind in the small variants of bullet proof vehicles.
The official said the finance ministry will impress upon rating agencies the resolve of the government to contain fiscal deficit at 4.1 per cent this year and lower it to 3 per cent by 2016-17.
India will need an annual investment of Rs 15 trillion in infrastructure over the next five years, says Chandrajit Banerjee, DG, CII.
The President may not have agreed with the government on many occasions. Not once was this ever made public -- though he told off ministers in private.
He said RSS men were planted in each ministry.
Narendra Modi has made it easier for businesses to buy farm land.
'Defence and aerospace show huge potential thanks to the government's Make in India push.'
Faced with a $487 billion slash in its budget over the next 10 years, the Pentagon has announced that it will downsize its military forces by 100,000, even as Defence Secretary Leon Panetta asserted that United States will remain a force to contend with anytime and anywhere.
The successful test firing of medium range surface-to-air missiles is welcome news for the IAF.
As the Modi government enters the fourth year of its tenure, it is looking more confident, shedding its earlier inhibitions about offering sops or new opportunities to big business, says A K Bhattacharya.
The challenge of achieving fiscal deficit targets for the next two years seems daunting.
Modi accused the TMC of killing the aspirations of the middle-class people in the state and said the ruling party in West Bengal is known for 'triple T -- Trinamool Tolabaji Tax'.
Most of the 400,000 Pentagon staff sent home amid the US government shutdown have been ordered to return to work even as the deadlock over the federal budget between Republicans and Democrats entered its sixth day on Sunday.
There is also a buzz about Shah joining the government. About 60 ministers may take oath.
Two former defence ministry officials and a retired army man were on Tuesday sentenced to four years in jail by a Delhi court for causing loss of over Rs 7.3 crore to the state exchequer by drawing payment for material which was never supplied.
China and India, it says, will register the world's biggest increases in defence spending through 2030, measured by percentage, says Washington-based 'Defence News'.
Mere shuffling of resources or cosmetic changes to prove a point would be counterproductive in the long run, observes Commodore Venugoptal Menon (retd).
As India's international role expands, so must our capabilities, says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
They will be remanded to 11 days judicial custody.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 142 points at 29,462 and the 50-share Nifty gained 26 points to end at 8,895.
In his hard-hitting speech at a gathering of ex-servicemen, the prime minister referred to the Bofors scam, AgustaWestland chopper scam, Rafale issue and inordinate delays in procurement of critical military platforms and ammunition by previous government.
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