Accusing the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of having "reaped benefits" of communal polarisation in the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress on Wednesday said the government should now focus on good governance and deliver on promises.
Accusing Congress of holding democracy to ransom over the National Herald case, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the government has no role in the issue.
India is not so worried about meeting fiscal deficit target.
No mention of cab aggregators in GST bills
With tempers rising on intolerance, it will be hard to run House proceedings.
The government last month introduced the GST Bill in Parliament.
The indirect tax reform Goods and Services Tax is stuck in the Rajya Sabha.
The stormy monsoon session of Parliament came to an end on Thursday, becoming a virtual washout and delaying legislations which could not be passed because of continuous acrimony.
In UK, France and Germany, the president and CEO of Edelweiss Securities, anticipates votes incrementally in favour of local protection and de-globalisation.
The benchmark BSE Sensex reclaimed the 28,000 mark, spurting by 409 points or 1.4% at 28,114 and Nifty settled above the 8,500 mark at 8,532, gains of 111 points.
Experts suggest domestic factors rather than the Greece crisis would determine the course of the Indian equities.
Grains, non-mineral water might be on the list; biscuits, butter and cheese might attract GST
On the stalled goods and services tax bill, Modi said the Congress has made it a prestige issue but expressed confidence that the evolving arithmetic in Rajya Sabha would ensure that the legislation would be passed soon.
Index heavyweight RIL surged 3% to end above Rs 1,000 mark while IT majors were also the top gainers.
In the metal pack, Tata Steel was up 3.7% while Vedanta was up 1.8% .
Modi is optimistic that the reforms will be passed soon.
Markets crashed due to domestic worries; bluechip stocks tanked too.
The Sensex closed higher by 170 points at 26,128 and the Nifty rose 59 points to end at 7,943.
The Modi administration has been unable to initiate key reforms.
The opposition, while not directly stalling Parliament, will insist all legislation goes to standing committees, delaying implementation.
Opposition does not stall legislative agenda; Upper House passes two bills.
Congress is opposing the GST bill in the current form.
'The government must keep bad news out of the newspapers. If you have news about a fight everyday, it is not a climate where investment takes place.'
Consensus seems a problem before the current session of Parliament ends.
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India's macroeconomic environment is improving, but it is still not past the point where it can ignore the developments in the global markets
Government on Thursday accused Congress of being "irresponsible" for not allowing Home Minister Rajnath Singh to make a statement in Rajya Sabbha on the Gurdaspur terrorist attack, which it said had originated from Pakistan.
Mamata Banerjee said availability of land won't be a problem in Bengal as the state government has a land bank.
At 11:37 am, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 28 points at 27,037 and the Nifty50 was up 2 points at 8,268
A slew of challenges that are yet to be resolved include the lack of consensus between the Centre and states over the GST exemption threshold limit, dual control over scrutiny and assessment
''We have a very difficult period ahead of us.' 'Fortunately we have a popular government and a popular leader who is ideally placed to take us into confidence,' says Aakar Patel.
The list of exempted goods from central excise duty has shrunk from 400 items in 2011-12 to 300 now.
Market breadth continued to remain strong, with 1899 gainers and 674 losers on the BSEs.
Slowdown persists in China. India's GDP estimates for 2015-16 are liable to be pared; projections for 2016-17 are lacklustre.
There will very little direct impact from the US Fed's rate hike this time, as we are well prepared both to handle liquidity, outflow of FII funds and managing our currency. But that doesn't mean India will be out of the woods anytime soon, says M V Subramanian.
Rajan's remarks come as the Modi-led government completes one year.
There are a few factors that can spoil the party
This weakness is likely to continue in the near-term.
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