Rupee will weaken against the dollar in next 12 months, says Reuters poll.
Loan waivers will never be enough. Reforming the agricultural marketing system is essential to addressing the concerns of farmers in a sustainable manner, says Nitin Desai.
The government's fiscal deficits have reduced over the last five years.
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RBI seen cutting repo rate 25 bps on Sept 29, says a poll
Residents in Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra continue to struggle as floods leave them in a watery hell.
RBI could opt for a 'deep cut' after winning inflation war, say experts.
Lush agricultural lands have turned parch as groundwater levels deplete to new lows, and wells and water reservoirs go dry. While the administration points to deficient rainfall as a reason, experts and activists say the drought is mostly man-made.
The RBI's projections for consumer inflation over the rest of the year indicate some acceleration, with the rate reaching eight per cent in its baseline scenario.
Softening rural consumption and the likelihood of weak corporate earnings in the March quarter saw investors dump stocks.
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The past eight months have seen vast improvement in the Indian economy, says Edelweiss Group chairman and chief executive Rashesh Shah, who feels domestic-oriented sectors are likely to do better.
Many analysts argue with limited space for a fiscal stimulus, the burden of lifting growth lies squarely on monetary policy.
Managing Brexit, inflation and banking reforms, along with the political environment, will be tough.
'Modi's visit is path breaking in the sense that India has come out of the closet and is prepared to deal with Israel openly and in a host of fields, military as well as civilian,' says P R Kumaraswamy, one of India's leading experts on the Middle-East, currently in Israel.
More than 180 people have lost their lives and nearly one crore people were affected in floods in West Bengal, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Odisha.
Schools and colleges, closed since October 31, were shut on Saturday as well, while several universities postponed their exams.
Perhaps India needs to implement these for Achhe Din to happen.
'Nothing differentiated us, neither religion nor money.' 'We were all in a crisis together and we survived together.' 'We plan to assemble on the bridge every year on the same day, to thank for giving us a second life.'
Since 2000, India has had three serious droughts.
FII stance, progress of monsoon, crude oil and rupee movement are likely to dictate the trend.
However, some analysts say RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan may delay the rate cuts amid mounting concerns over the government's fiscal health.
Mangoes from India are popular in the Middle East, the Far East, the United States and European countries.
The poll of over 30 economists, taken in the past week, showed Asia's third largest economy will expand 7.8 percent in the fiscal year ending March 2017.
While the UK will possibly go into recession, the bigger fear is copycat referendums from other EU nations.
'The rivers that caused the maximum problem were the ones that had dams built on them.'
The current debt market scenario is balanced from rates perspective.
The RBI may grant licences for setting up small finance and payment banks by April 2015.
Two years ago, India was touted as a rare bright spot in a gloomy global economy with GDP growth outpacing a slowing China.
Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru on the sidelines of the Eighth National Conference on Krishi Vigyan Kendras 2013, Pawar also ruled out the possibility of traders exporting onions to other countries where prices are less than India.
Home loans of up to Rs 75 lakh (Rs 7.5 million) would now be available to fresh borrowers at 10.10 per cent against the existing rate of 10.15 per cent, State Bank of India said in a statement.
Credible fiscal consolidation has been a consistent pre-condition to easing the monetary policy stance as far as the RBI is concerned.
RBI has brought down forecasts of both year-end inflation and growth.
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare said on Friday he will start a 'satyagraha' in New Delhi on the first day of winter session, for the passage of Jan Lokpal Bill in Parliament.
RBI will be cautious easing rates further given oil price uncertainties
After two surprising, successive rate cuts in January and February 2015, RBI governor Raghuram Rajan decided not to reduce them further in his first policy announcement in the new financial year. Is he playing spoilsport for consumers of homes and cars?
High drama was witnessed in Lok Sabha on Thursday as an exasperated government brought a motion to suspend 11 members from Andhra Pradesh, including seven from Congress, for protesting over Telangana issue, but an aggressive opposition scuttled the move.
The RBI expects inflation in 2015 to hover around 6 per cent -- its target for January 2016 -- and sees risks to the target evenly balanced.
Canada was behind India at the fifth place with 65 per cent economically confident citizens.
RBI has cut the rates thrice so far in 2015 by 25 bps each.
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