'Their vote bank has shifted to the BJP; the Congress is yet to realise it.'
Much of the tardy reaction to competition is the result of LIC's legacy.
What explains Vijay Shekhar Sharma's optimism when other players have started to tread cautiously is Paytm's huge customer base: It has 120 million users and counting, says Nivedita Mookerji.
Deepak Parekh, chairman of Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), India's largest mortgage lender, says the exuberance in industry about the new government is justified but big ideas articulated by the prime minister need speedy implementation.
A large number of rich farmers, who earn more than salaried employees in the cities, get away with paying no tax at all in view of the government's lack of will to consider an agricultural income tax
'One thing is sure: After this Budget, no Ambani-Adani tag will be attached to the government.'
Engineering major BHEL rebounded from its day's lows to end around 1% higher.
The better performing states throw up more employment opportunities including at unskilled levels.
The government has taken a number of steps to address the situation faced by farmers.
With EU, it is part of the FTA that we will need to negotiate.
Freshdesk also launched an IT service management product Freshservice to offer cloud-based service desk solution for smaller companies for their internal IT support.
Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Opposition parties on Wednesday alleged that selective leak of information on demonetisation of 500 and 1000 rupee notes to 'friends of BJP' and demanded making public the names of those who had bought gold and foreign exchange of over Rs 1 crore since April.
Modi is optimistic that the reforms will be passed soon.
Indian economy about to take-off
Jaitley said the Opposition has been using the zero hour to raise the issue for 'getting footage on TV'.
