The government is looking at building by-laws and floor area ratio so that you can build up instead of out, thus requiring less land.
Markets ended lower amid volatile trade with Sun Pharma leading the decline.
'If these two parties come together, there could be amalgamation of OBC, Dalits and Muslim votes.'
The 30-share Sensex ended down 538 points at 26,781 and 50-share Nifty ended down 152 points at 8,067.
India is only on the starting block.
A mix of industrialists and businessmen, who have inherited riches or rose from humble backgrounds and even endured boom and bust cycles, the top five MPs are illustrative of how the political stock of the wealthy is increasing rapidly.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the larger interest of the public sector would be fully protected.
The government allocated Rs 650 billion for petroleum subsidies in FY14, of which Rs 450 billion was used to pay oil marketing companies for the subsidy gap incurred in the previous financial year.
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'India is likely to do better than other emerging markets.'
The automobile segment is our preferred area, and old favourites such as Tata Motors, Bajaj and Maruti Suzuki continue to entice us.
The maximum death toll has been reported from Idukki district, where 43 people have lost their lives so far, as per official estimates. 28 deaths were reported in Malappuram and 27 in Thrissur.
China's economy is in transition, with rising wage costs and massive overcapacity.
The Budget touches a few highs and lows as far as personal finance is concerned, and one needs to be aware of them in order to optimise on one's investment plans.
Sops for middle class, poor and farmers on cards.
Singh also claimed that the insurgency situation has improved considerably in the last 18 months since the BJP came to power at the Centre and appealed to all militant outfits in Assam to give up arms and come forward for talks.
Donald Trump denied it. Hillary Clinton avoided saying it. But the Climate Change crisis is frighteningly real, says Sunita Narain.
Against a turbulent and uncertain background, Budget 2017-18 hewed a steady, forward-looking course, says Shankar Acharya, former chief economic adviser to the government.
S Naren of ICICI Prudential says long-term investors needn't worry.
'The transmission sector is going to be the next sunrise industry.'
Weakness in Infosys, L&T and Hindalco cap index gains.
Railway Budget has not discriminated against any state.
The government is determined to stop generation of black money, he said.
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The government is scheduled to release index of industrial growth for November and consumer price inflation for December later today.
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The 30-share Sensex ended down 339 points at 28,119 and the 50-share Nifty closed 100 points lower at 8,438.
Officials say a fall in global oil prices will reduce the government's subsidy burden, giving it a greater chance of hitting its ambitious fiscal deficit target of 4.1 percent of gross domestic product in the fiscal year to March.
The government, he said, has implemented 'bold reforms'.
American media has taken a critical view of his accomplishments, saying his flagship 'Make in India' drive is "so far mostly hype."
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'India is doing better than when we took office 17 months ago'.
Economic growth in the last two years has stayed above seven per cent.
The 30-share Sensex jumped 729 points to end at 28,076 and the 50-share Nifty soared 217 points to end at 8,494.
Sensex falls at close; metals, banks perform well.
Creating many more half-decent jobs for the 10 million plus new entrants to the labour force each year must surely constitute the primary development challenge for India today.
'Today, bankers don't want to take risks as the good decisions taken by them were not protected.' 'There is risk involved in all decisions, like businessmen taking risks in their businesses.' 'A banker must have taken a decision when the economic condition was different, and you cannot question him on the basis of the present situation in hindsight.' 'Naturally, this has affected the morale of bankers.'
If you are not already lost in the zeros this wealth stands at Rs 257 lakh crore or Rs 257 trillion, according to a report unveiled by Karvy Private Wealth for the year 2014.
The GST will alter the very face of fiscal federalism in India.
Amid a grim global scenario, India will have to labour hard to hold on to seven per cent growth in 2016-17.
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