Akhilesh said people feel that they have been misled (by the BJP) for forming the government.
Showing signs of recovery, industrial production grew at 4.7 per cent in May, the highest since October 2012, on account of improved performance of manufacturing, mining and power sectors and higher output of capital goods.
Growth acceleration will be gradual and it is still early days for a sharp recovery, says Gautam Chhaochharia, executive director and head of India research, UBS.
Investors widened their bets on optimism that upcoming general budget -- to be unveiled next month - would contain incentives for corporates, which will help boost the economy
Broader markets broke the winning streak and ended lower, underperforming the benchmark indices
In an apparent dig at the Aam Aadmi Party over its poll pledge to reduce power bills, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday wondered how such promises could be made by political parties in states which are dependent on electricity supply from outside.
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On June 27, the Cabinet approved a new formula that uses weighted average of the price of LNG into India and average price at major gas hubs.
'We are doing away with human interface in metering, billing, and collection.' 'That in itself will bring down losses by 50 to 60 per cent.'
The CPEC poses a clear and imminent danger to Indian security interests, says Kulbir Krishan.
Seven major state power distribution utilities, identified by the central government for financial restructuring, have failed to increase their tariff considerably to improve their financials.
Opposition National Conference on Wednesday accused the state government of discriminating against the Kashmir Valley over the distribution of power sector funds as they disrupted the proceedings of the Assembly, forcing the Speaker to marshal them out and adjourn the House for 10 minutes.
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of imposing President's Rule in Andhra Pradesh in the wake of widespread protests in Seemandhra region against the decision to create Telangana.
'Decisions on nuclear power have so far been taken by a small select group, primarily interested in profiteering from their actions, stating 'secrecy' as necessary from the national security point.' 'This argument is false, because we are dealing with the 'civilian' nuclear power sector, which is open even to the IAEA,' says Dr A Gopalakrishnan, former chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.
Railways, rural infrastructure, urban rejuvenation, solar and transmission and distribution of electricity are the new priorities, says Vinayak Chatterjee.
IMF, which has also lowered its global economic growth forecast for 2016 and 2017 by a marginal 0.1 per cent to 3.1 and 3.4 per cent respectively, recommended six 'reform priorities' for India
Beijing wants assurance that its investments won't come under scrutiny
Politicians appeal to key groups of voters like farmers or the poor by keeping prices low and ignoring theft, prompting scepticism about whether states will agree to any package that forces tariff hikes.
Will help in reviving the economy and push investment.
Power stations with captive mines might look at this as an opportunity to sell merchant power at higher rates.
Around 7 billion units of coal power valued at Rs 2,400 crore lost due to drought.
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The NPAs of banks stood at over Rs 3 lakh crore as on December 2014.
The court issued notice to the ministry and directed it to file its response in two days.
Some 74 projects from Odisha and another 51 projects from Chhattisgarh have lined up before the Project Monitoring Group.
As many as 295 infrastructure sector projects worth Rs 150 crore or more are delayed with total cost overrun of Rs 1,01,436 crore (Rs 1.01 trillion), Parliament was informed on Thursday.
The 30-share Sensex provisionally ended up 112 points at 28,555 and the 50-share Nifty closed 24 points higher at 8,561 after hitting a record high of 8,626.95.
The government will have to get projects moving.
The manifesto was unveiled by Jayalalithaa at a public rally, in a departure from usual practice of release at party headquarters in Chennai.
PlanCom makes presentation with secretaries of key ministries in tow.
How the 4 ministries have performed
'Our prime minister has set a scorching pace. He's logged more airline miles than professional airline pilots... On his regular visits to Delhi, he has also signed files galore.' 'How much of this activity has translated into useful action on the ground,' asks Devangshu Datta.
Coastal districts of Andhra have been put on alert and control rooms are being set up in Hyderabad and coastal districts to deal with the situation. Mohammed Siddique reports
Tata Steel and Tata Chemicals under investor watch
The government's stance in the face of uncertain prospects for the private sector has been that public sector investment will drive the system.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who is in Davos to showcase India as an investment destination at the World Economic Forum (WEF), on Wednesday promised India has a "lot in the pipeline" for global investors even as he plans to take up with Switzerland the issue of black money stashed in banks there.
Indian markets ended on a lower note after the stimulus announced by the European Central Bank (ECB) failed to meet expectation.
According to the report, the generation projects envisaged for completion by 2018-19 need to be given priority in fuel linkage.
The company bought peace with the Union coal ministry by agreeing to almost halve its e-auction sales at 30 million tonnes this year, to make more coal available for the fuel-starved power sector.
Sensex is trading firm; FMCG, real estate going strong.
India must focus on reforms.
Dabhol's assets will be demerged into the power plant and the LNG terminal.
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