The government is auctioning 42 coal mines among 204 coal blocks.
All investors are value investors. Or they at least like to believe this. So let us see why VI is so difficult to achieve, even though philosophically it is easy to understand.
City police, metros, airports, even power utilities are using pop culture and social media to reach the young and encourage public ownership of public services. Amritha Pillay reports.
In an urgent need for its image makeover, the scam-tainted coal sector will require mammoth efforts in 2015 from the government and the corporates too.
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Indian companies are keenly waiting for reforms on rules related to land acquisition, labour, coal and power sector, and foreign direct investment in insurance sector.
Under the hybrid-till model, a portion of non-aeronautical revenue (commercial revenue) at the airport is taken into consideration while fixing the landing and parking charges, user fees and other aeronautical charges.
India Inc is either shutting loss making businesses or is hiving off allied verticals to enhance revenues.
Pooling will also kick-start projects of Reliance Power, Torrent, Lanco.
Eight Sensex biggies such as Reliance, L&T, BHEL, SBI and ICICI Bank are among the worst hit.
Happy at the clear mandate given by voters to the BJP-led NDA, India Inc on Friday exuded confidence that Narendra Modi will initiate bold and decisive policy reforms to promote economic growth.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' stock market queries. Ajit will offer his unbiased views on a weekly basis
More than 10% (40 of 498 companies) have lost at least half their market value.
Experts say investors should be careful, as even a 50-100 bps cut in rates will not help such companies if their business is not doing well. Check what is the problem and consider
Companies write off investments, shed assets as initial projections go haywire
Private airports are much better but because of poor regulation, the tariffs have shot up.
The Reserve Bank of India cut its repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.50 per cent.
On the last day of FY!5, the Sensex ended lower by 18.37 points at 27,957.49.
Affected firms note practical problems in getting discoms, consumers to pay for costlier supply; viability shadow on investments
Many top corporate groups hit hard, in penalties and sunk investments, beside loss of future revenue
Acquisition of stressed infrastructure assets has pushed its debt to over Rs 1 lakh crore, highlighting concerns about its growth strategy.
A sluggish economy and stalled bureaucratic decision-making for the past two years thwarted capital investment and dented earnings, making it tough for the companies to raise funds.
Domestic airports across the country are bursting at the seams. And new ones are stuck.
M-cap of 35% of BSE-500 companies, excluding financial ones, is below their debt or just a shade above
Inter-ministerial group to meet on Thursday to finalise model concession pact.
The RBI should provide readily accessible summary information on its website about all corporate debt defaulters and the amounts involved.
Stressful work schedules and limited growth opportunities are taking a toll on a large number of senior professionals in airlines.
While some companies used that to become world leaders, others squandered it by over-borrowing.
Tight liquidity will hit over-leveraged and cash-hungry companies, spare conservative ones
The assumption clearly was that project execution timelines would be adhered to and revenues would flow in as scheduled.
The future certainly looks good for Bangalore.
It is hoped that the decision of India's apex court will send a signal to politicians and their cronies from the world of business that the rule of the law does eventually prevail, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
Eleven things we learnt about Rahul Gandhi's style of functioning from former Union minister Jayanthi Natarajan's November 214 letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
But he is actively pursuing greenfield steel plants in Karnataka and Jharkhand; ultimately, only one of these might come up.
The Modi government's e-auction policy for coal, meant to shield the consumer against hike in electricity charges, has already led to serious allegations of cartelisation among the bidding corporates. Matters came to such a pass that the government at one point last week was considering inviting the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the matter, reports Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com.
In an hour-long chat on rediff.com on Thursday, A K Prabhakar, senior VP and Head - Equity Research (Retail), Anand Rathi Financial Services Ltd, answered some important questions on the market.
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India's fear of small states derives from memories of Partition and the paranoid view that it will break up under 'too many' states. It's time to shed such fears and bite the 'states' reorganisation' bullet. India won't crumble under a few more Telanganas, Vidarbhas or Gorkhalands, says Praful Bidwai.
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