Finance Minister Arun Jaitley more than halved the central government's financial support.
PM Modi on Friday pitched for a BJP govt in UP to promote politics of development but skipped any mention of the raging controversy surrounding Dalits.
Take advantage of the reduced interest rates offered by banks and the tax benefits to make it a lucrative deal
The outgo for major subsides, is the highest in the first quarter.
Amid a spate of government proposals at its door, the Election Commission has asked all Union government departments to route their proposals through the Cabinet Secretariat.
If approved, gas price will rise to $6.775 per million British thermal unit from $4.2 currently.
State Bank of India chief Arundhati Bhattacharya, ICICI bank head Chanda Kochhar, Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and HT Media chair Shobhana Bhartia are among the world's 100 most powerful women.
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The 30-share Sensex lost 22 points to close at 27,090 and the 50-share Nifty gained 7 points to end at 8,121.
The index had risen over 585 points in the previous three sessions.
Other income stood at about a quarter of PBIDT in the first 9 months of 2013-14
Thailand's importance to India's Act East policy is too significant to be overlooked.
India's fiscal deficit trends are a bit like an alcoholic trying, unsuccessfully, to reform. Virtue does not last for too long, says Shankar Acharya.
There will be higher charges for bank account-holders.
Traders have all but given up attempting to predict where the new-year rout will end
The Railway Budget has impressed industry watchers.
The remarkable feature of those reforms unveiled in 1991 is that none of those decisions has been disowned by subsequent governments in the last 25 years.
Governments encouraged motorists to switch to diesel in the belief that its superior fuel economy would outweigh the higher pollutants per litre burned.
How did Mansoor Peerbhoy, an academically bright, suave and soft-spoken young man, who never exhibited any jihadist tendencies, go on to head the Indian Mujahideen's media cell?
Indian Railways has plans to decongest network and become more self dependent.
It's difficult to understand if GDP growth has actually improved.
'According to me, her finest hour was in 1983-1984 when she neutralised a combined US-Pakistan-British conspiracy to Balkanise India by creating an independent Sikh State of Khalistan,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). A special assessment of Indira Gandhi on her centenary.
Over to the government how they manage the uncertainty of monsoon and revive spending in order to entice RBI for another round of rate cuts
The government has provided a long-term vision.
Rahul Gandhi on Monday sharpened his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing his "suit-boot" government of being pro-industrialists while ignoring the plight of farmers and farm labour
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It also painted a grim possibility of any major gains in the rupee during the current fiscal saying that the continuing global volatility, and domestic political uncertainty ahead of the 2014 hustings will limit chances of any significant appreciation apart from further impact growth.
China's GDP growth slowed in the second quarter this year to 7.5 per cent, official data showed on Monday, as the Chinese leadership faced fresh challenges to stimulate and revamp the world's second-biggest economy.
Maruti sold 191 units of SX4 sedan in January 2014.
Harsh Roongta, Mahesh Padmanabhan, Anil Rego answer the most sought after questions on Budget Day.
Amit Bansal discusses the emerging trends in the engineering sector.
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Crony capitalism will of course generate investment and ensure profit for private capital, but it won't give employment or income to the people. If you can make money by selling coal or speculating in land, why produce electricity, why invest in research and development, why even set up factories, asks Praful Bidwai.
Dilip Shanghvi has never tried to be everything to everybody.
Cash-and-carry stores try tricks, from playing Bollywood music to customising orders, to retain customers.
In a surprise announcement in April, Sun and Ranbaxy -- at that time owned by Japan's Daiichi -- declared an all-stock deal to create India's largest and world's fifth-largest drugmaker in an over $4 billion deal.
A majority of India's billionaires gained wealth in the last one year in spite of the stock market decline.
They believe that long-term story is intact.
In an online chat with readers overseas education consultant NNS Chandra addressed queries related to international admissions
BlackBerry has got everything in place to help its latest launch become a favourite with consumers, says Himanshu Juneja
Armed with data and statistics, Congress leaders refute every point made by Narendra Modi as part of its new strategy to take on the firebrand Gujarat chief minister. Renu Mittal reports
Income will be higher as spectrum in 2,100-MHz band will also be auctioned
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