FIPB had taken up these three proposals in its meeting in August, but the decision on them was kept in abeyance.
'Banking is a business of trust.'
Ajit Balakrishnan reflects on pariahs, small businesses, and blockchains.
India is among 120 countries which backed the draft resolution put forward by the European Union and several other countries.
To facilitate foreign direct investment (FDI) in high- speed rail projects, the government is likely to allow private sector entry in operations.
Analysts attribute the surge to a host of factors, particularly the interest shown by the retail investors in these two market segments.
Sebi is looking at further tightening the norms for P-Notes to address concerns raised by the Special Investigation Team on black money.
Each of the defendants was associated with the Micropower Career Institute, a for-profit school with five campuses in New York and New Jersey, or the Institute for Health Education, a for-profit school located in New Jersey. Suman Guha Mozumder reports.
BSE is world's largest exchange in terms of listed companies and figures among top 10 globally on various other parameters.
The onus is on you to reject financial products that don't suit your needs.
The company is in talks with investors and the deal could be closed in a few weeks. At present, it operates in 37 cities in India.
Insurance firms want more clarity before increasing foreign partner's stake.
More and more the buck will stop at the board. Look no further than Infosys, says Amit Tendon.
The company has pointed at the possibility of fines and financial penalties.
Restrict investment to Rs 50,000 for tax benefits, experts tell Sanjay Kumar Singh, but caution that taxation at maturity and compulsory annuities are dampers.
The Shanghai Composite Index eased 0.2 percent in subdued trading on Wednesday morning.
P-Notes are mostly used by overseas HNIs.
Rupee logs longest winning streak since 2012; up 19 paise.
The Delhi high court on Wednesday allowed Greenpeace India to use two of its accounts for the purpose of receiving and utilising fresh domestic donations for its day-to-day functioning.
In a short span of time, with the help of Amazon, Cloudtail was able to devise a model that could protect it from the vagaries of online retail business.
Experts tell Tinesh Bhasin how to pick one to save money as well as some troubles later
'Rather than cutting and pasting from advanced economies, we should use basic economic principles to think about what is right for India at the stage of development at which we are,' says Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian.
Overseas investors buoyed by recent rate cut by RBI and hopes of a good monsoon
The Union Budget 2016-17 has cheered the NBFC sector
He has had a productive first year at the RBI -- one which saw, also, India's economic imbalances improve and the unexpectedly strong general election outcome.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday hiked tax on petrol and diesel, raised import duty on gold, levied additional surcharge on super rich and brought a tax on high value cash withdrawals as she sought to spur growth with reduction in corporate tax and sops to housing sector, startups and electric vehicles.
Fintechs need to behave with responsibility and transparency. A lot of mis-selling has been happening. Other issues have been plaguing the fledgling industry -- high interest rates, even higher processing fees, harsh collection process and, most critically, data leakage leading to rampant frauds, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 556 points at 27,886 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 158 points at 8,444.
The number of local youth joining militancy has shown a declining trend during the current year. Check out information revealed by ministers in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
Pranab Mukherjee's stewardship of the economy will stand out as much for the manner in which he managed controversies as for creating quite a few of them, says A K Bhattacharya.
The government would take a number of steps to energise and deepen the country's corporate bond as well as currency derivatives market.
Fatca aims to track all US residents with non-US accounts and US citizens, too.
A lack of adequate disclosures raises the financing costs of corporate firms, especially sub-investment grade ones, and keeps the capital markets small, believes RBI deputy governor Viral Acharya.
Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman said the drive against tax evasion is an ongoing process and the government has taken various steps under a multi-pronged strategy to deal with the issue of black money.
Before considering reducing the freedom of private investors in the derivatives market, we need to check if the maladies in markets elsewhere exist in India, says Susan Thomas.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday carried out searches at premises of social activist Teesta Setalvad and her organisation in connection with a case of alleged violation of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act in receiving funds from abroad without taking prior permission from the home ministry.
The manner in which India has allowed the rule of law to be subverted for over eight years is tragic, notes former additional solicitor general of India Bishwajit Bhattacharyya.
Protectionism and a rollback of regulation. Defusion of tensions with Russia and a lowering of geo-political risks. Looser fiscal policy and tighter monetary policy. At least Donald Trump can't be faulted for not trying something different where existing policies have disappointed, says T T Ram Mohan.
Banks should start looking for ways to generate more internal capital as the leeway to get additional funds from the government would be limited due to the ongoing fiscal consolidation process, Mundra said.
