Budget might turn out to be neutral for the sector.
NGO rebuts Enforcement Directorate's charges.
UK-based retail major Tesco Plc on Tuesday filed the first application for setting up multi-brand retail outlets in India.
Private labels remain big business for e-commerce marketplaces. They comprise almost 15 per cent of the total business of such firms.
RBI chief Raghuram Rajan said Asia's third-largest economy is being hampered by a drop in public and private investments.
The panel also suggested that Know Your Client rules should be based on the risk profile of investors.
The UK-based retailer can add to the best practices it already brings to Tata's retail business.
A leading Brazilian poultry company has also expressed keen interest in joining hands with Kishore Biyani's Future Group to sell their products in the country
The real estate sector is set to enter a progressive phase in 2015.
As Amazon India, Flipkart are forced to shut down 60 categories and push out 45 mn products, a new lobby group comprising sellers is in the making to take up e-com concerns.
In another round of economic booster, Sitharaman announced steps to help homebuyers and push exports.
"As an organisation committed to the rule of law, our operations in India have always conformed with our national regulations. The principles of transparency and accountability are at the heart of our work.".
Many private economists consider the deficit target optimistic, citing weak tax receipts in a sluggish economy and high federal expenditure commitments.
More companies with unconventional business models to get into messy legal hassles in India.
India has been ranked as the most attractive investment destination in the world for the next three years.
The regulator last week reached out to custodians for beneficial ownership information of investors coming from China, Hong Kong, and 11 other countries.
Overseas airlines can operate unlimited number of flights into and out of India.
Amid hints that the government might be exploring capping royalty payments by India-based subsidiaries to US companies, experts warn Subhayan Chakraborty why such a move will only hurt the Indian economy.
The main issue has been that of a higher Asset Management Ratio as has been prescribed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore for qualifying full banks from India.
After ending its wholesale partnership with Walmart, Bharti Retail has decided to merge with the Future group
The USS John Paul Jones acted like a dog marking the lamp post, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Even as the government's move to hike import duties on 45 items is seen as a sign of protectionism, the prime minister was himself involved in the process.
After clearance in 2012, single-brand showpiece still to decide on a single location, with first store unlikely before 2017.
With a stable government at the Centre and the a renewed sense of confidence among the industry, there is expectation that there will be more demand for office space.
India-China relations have always attracted Parliament's attention and there have always been useful and productive and constructive discussions how to engage with China, notes Rup Narayan Das.
The G20 chair has suggested three areas for the talks in Argentina - the future of work, infrastructure for development and a sustainable food future, areas where India has a lot at stake.
The Aam Aadmi Party government's first 100 days in power in Delhi have been a mixed bag
'Only on two occasions has the RSS thrown itself completely on the side of the BJP.' 'In 1977 in the wake of the Emergency. And in 2014 with Modi.' 'Now, I've been told that this is not going to happen in 2019.'
A brief report card on Modi's ministers.
Instead of announcing new schemes, focus will be on those already announced and key sectors.
The need for larger investment in infrastructure that is the biggest shortcoming, says A V Rajwade.
Private equity players believe it to be lucrative to invest in designer labels.
The threat may be a decade away, but it has brick-and-mortar sellers rethinking their strategies and banking on the govt to regulate online companies.
Real estate sector cheers reforms in the Budget.
Raghuram Rajan optimistic about passage of GST
Trade and economic issues, including visa, totalisation pact and impediments hampering investments, are likely to figure at Monday's US-India CEO Forum meeting, which will be jointly addressed by visiting US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Indian economy is expected to expand at 8.5-9 per cent over 10-15 year time frame once the structural issues hampering growth are addressed by the government.
Members of Parliament (MPs) across the political spectrum have written to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), seeking a probe into a stake sale deal between Jet Airways (India) Ltd and Gulf-based carrier Etihad Airways.
It is watching e-commerce policy fineprint before spelling out India plan
