Determining the direction of the dollar in Trump's America will be more critical for asset allocation than getting your call on interest rates right, says Akash Prakash.
Milind Deora, minister of state for communication and information technology and shipping, is one of the Congress' young guns under Rahul Gandhi. He tells Kavita Chowdhury that the core problem for the United Progressive Alliance in its second term has been its inability to communicate effectively. Edited excerpts:
Demonetisation should be judged to have delivered some immediate gain if at least around Rs 2 trillion gets immobilised.
The Prithviraj Chavan government wants to retain its strongholds and ensure there is negligible anti-incumbency. That many of its decisions can run into legal problems is not an immediate worry, says Neeta Kolhatkar.
Most experts said indices would open higher on Monday and rally might sustain for a few sessions
We can hope that some of the benefits of the rural spending - on irrigation, roads, etc -- will spur rural demand and improve rural productivity, says P V Subramanyam.
We can hope that some of the benefits of the rural spending - on irrigation, roads, etc -- will spur rural demand and improve rural productivity, says P V Subramanyam.
We can hope that some of the benefits of the rural spending - on irrigation, roads, etc -- will spur rural demand and improve rural productivity, says P V Subramanyam.
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Sharp fall in capital goods production and manufacturing activity also dented sentiments.
History would indicate that a recession is not that far off.
The recent market crash in China has triggered sympathetic drops.
Shreekant Sambrani is confident that today's adversity will make the country emerge even stronger
The Congress is hopeful that the new messiah of the middle classes will cut into the BJP's votes in urban India, thus damaging the chances of the saffron party and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, believes Renu Mittal
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A stumbling economy, a falling currency and high inflation, plus weak consumer demand, mean more and more become excess baggage.
'The temptation of governments, to have a finger in the RBI pie will be just too great to resist, unless extensive amendments are carried out in the RBI Act treating it almost as the fourth branch of the government.'
Over the last four days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the heads of over 50 African nations, some of whom have extremely unsavoury reputations. Meet the 10 most controversial leaders who visited Delhi this week.
Biju Janata Dal members had staged a walk-out while NDA ally Shiv Sena did not participate in the voting.
Sectors such as Auto, Banks, Capital Goods, FMCG, Metal, Oil & Gas and Power are trading marginally lower.
Rules applicable from April 1, 2014; investors who have already redeemed will also have to pay tax
India's existing web of federal and state sales taxes is levied at different stages of the supply chain and often results in double taxation, while forcing trucks to spend nearly a quarter of their road time in border checks or other inspections.
The pre-dawn signals are on the balance negative.
China is slowing down, Europe is barely afloat and the US is meeting a larger chunk of its own demand.
'It would be too sweeping to say that the elites and the middle-class don't care about liberty.' 'It is just that they are always calculating the trade-offs: What's in it for me, what could it cost me?' 'To that extent, we haven't changed in 40 years,' says Shekhar Gupta.
While the Delhi and Haryana governments have declared that they are all set to roll-out the food security programme on August 20 -- Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary -- there is confusion among the chief ministers about the implementation of the ordinance which gives the right to people to receive adequate quantity of food grains at affordable prices. Anita Katyal reports.
'We have the political will to take this to the very end.' 'But what eventually happens depends on the effectiveness, honesty and missionary zeal of the officialdom in the frontline of the battle against corruption,' says S Muralidharan.
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The GDP numbers destroy any hopes of an economic rally prior to the elections, and the installation of a new government.
A glance back at some important events that occurred in 2018.
While the US is definitely recovering, Europe, Japan and, now, China are all going through another wave of what some fear could be a multi-year slowdown.
After 3 weeks of consecutive rally, this week was a breather for the index, which corrected by almost 1.5%.
'EPFO's investments this financial year should be Rs 1 lakh crore'
Here's everything you need to know about the Goods and Services Tax Bill.
FIXES BY THE GOVERNMENT: Energy price fixed, tax issues linger.
There are many collateral advantages of taking the tough decision.
In a recent lecture, RBI governor Raghuram Rajan dished out some frank advice -- don't get into 'jugaad', instead try for the long haul. Only that will sustain in the long-run.
'People are trying to save money because of uncertainty and insecurity.'
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.
DoT committee rejects most Trai suggestions for freeing airwaves for sale.
The industry employs about 10 million workforce.
Optimism about a stable govt at the Centre, a demand revival and falling oil prices buoyed the markets.
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