The prime minister had openly said the retail sector should be open to competition, domestic and foreign.
India's overall retail inflation eased to 4.41 per cent in September, helped by falling commodity prices, but rural inflation was at 5.05 per cent
Building toilets, however essential, must not be confused with sanitation and the crying need for a revamp of India's sewage systems.
The S&P BSE Sensex dropped 1 points to end at 26,396 and the Nifty50 slipped 2 points to end at 8,109.
Water from as many as 78,508 rural habitations is contaminated by arsenic, fluoride, iron or nitrate, finds out Chaitanya Mallapur/IndiaSpend.com.
The move to ban Rs 500 and 1000 notes may not curb the root cause of black money.
'The Cauvery is not dependable as Karnataka will never consider our needs.'
The Council also discussed process to make return filing simpler with just one return to be filed every month.
The government has also announced a slew of measures to ease cash flow for the rural sector.
Indian Railways has plans to decongest network and become more self dependent.
Curbing the federal deficit is the government's absolute priority on February 28.
Auto, tourism exceptions but major sectors otherwise saw decline in FY13 inflows.
The US needs to do three things to help the newly elected Nawaz Sharif government in Pakistan, says Stanley A Weiss
A government that confuses PowerPoints for policy is delaying structural change too much.
This is the story of a biotechnology engineer who, at age 22, founded Terra Greens Organic -- a company that aims to engage at least 10,000 farmers in organic farming in the next one year.
Farmer suicides have nearly doubled in the drought-hit Marathwada region of Maharashtra.
Without cash flows, one can hardly aspire to better living conditions.
GST will make it easier for governments to spend more, says T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.
'Success will require political skill, not just economic expertise'
Loan waivers will never be enough. Reforming the agricultural marketing system is essential to addressing the concerns of farmers in a sustainable manner, says Nitin Desai.
Expectations are that the government will use the Union Budget to create an environment, which is conducive for growth.
Companies to hold rates in Delhi until new government is formed.
Are we adopting an idea whose time has come and gone? My feeling is, yes, says ex-banker C Joseph Chacko in the fourth article of the series on inflation targeting.
Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and warring uncle Shivpal were conspicuous in their absence.
'Drought in the 1990s was essentially the drought of a poor India.' 'This 2016 drought is of a richer and more water-guzzling India.' 'The severity and intensity of the drought is not about lack of rainfall.' 'It is about the lack of planning and foresight, and criminal neglect.'
It could also clear stalled projects and review various subsidies on the energy, food and fertiliser fronts.
'There are 25 million farmers in India with at least 2 to 3 cows each.' 'If all them use biogas to cook, millions of LPG units and firewood can be saved.'
India could gain four times over by winding up dysfunctional subsidies.
Trade sanctions on Russia by Europe and the US offer an opportunity for India, but the devaluation of the rouble may play spoilsport
We are all 'Chasing the Monsoon', notes Ajit Balakishnan.
Politically, it will not be easy for Modi to take hard decisions such as raising fuel prices in the first budget, given the risk of higher inflation.
Forty years on, ironically, the managerial attention to new businesses has meant almost 40 per cent of revenues now come from the non-tobacco business.
The issue of lynchings resonated in the Rajya Sabha; while in the Lok Sabha, the Opposition accused the government of not being sensitive towards farmers' issues.
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the Modi government of "abandoning" farmers at a time when the country is faced with an agrarian crisis.
At 15.05 PM, the 30-share Sensex was up 281 points at 28,238 and the 50-share Nifty gained 86 points at 8,577
If this Budget was not packaged and sold as a Budget for the poor and for farmers, Narendra Modi would have lost the next election.
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The catalyst is the run on emerging market equities, but many investors are just tired of waiting for India to get its act together.
Almost half the overall projects costing at least Rs 150 crore (Rs 1.5 billion) are facing a time lag as on March 31. Of 558 projects, 272 were running late when FY13 came to an end, official data showed.
Here's a look at how key Tata group companies fared under Cyrus Mistry's stewardship.
Following is the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 73rd Independence Day.
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