ECONOMY & NATION


Moneylife Digital Team 19 January 2015
Krishna Tirath is the third high profile woman to have joined the BJP ahead of 7th February Delhi assembly elections after former IPS officer Kiran Bedi and ex-AAP leader Shazia Ilmi   Former union minister and Congress leader from Delhi Krishna Tirath on Monday joined the Bharatiya...

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What the new government says about PSBs is old hat. We need some action on the ground   Was the issue of merging public sector banks (PSB) resurrected or buried at the prime minister’s (PM’s) Gyan Sangam with bankers in Pune this January? It is hard to say, because media reports and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 January 2015
The FRP of sugarcane payable to farmers by sugar mills is increased by Rs10 to Rs230 per quintal for the 2015-16 sugar season. The FRP will be linked to a basic recovery rate of 9.5%, subject to a premium of Rs2.42 per quintal for every 0.1 percentage point increase in recovery above that...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 January 2015
In a speech in February last year Arvind Panagariya, the vice chairman of NITI Aayog had expressed rather radical ideas of reform for agriculture sector.  Will they be too hot for the PM? This is second part of a multi-part series    Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed his...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 January 2015
Increase in automotive sales, and benign inflation are the positive factors, but, sluggish credit growth to major sectors and elevated interest rate has dragged the index downwards, SBI said   The SBI Composite Index, an indicator for tracking India’s manufacturing activity,...

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The new draft rules for civil aviation that are expected to replace the irksome 5/20 rule may be cleared soon, despite strong opposition from existing domestic carriers. A court battle may ensue    Practically, from the time he took over as the Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Ashok...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 January 2015
SpiceJet co-founder Ajay Singh, who holds 4.5% stake has been given control of the ailing carrier by promoters Maran and Kal Airways   Beleaguered budget carrier SpiceJet on Thursday said that it decided to transfer ownership, management and control of the company back to its...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 January 2015
Over $98 billion was wiped off the value of Swiss stocks, their biggest daily fall in 26 years, while the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 slumped 2% and Wall Street futures turned negative after the SNB scrapped its three-year old peg of 1.20 Swiss francs per euro   Global markets were...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 January 2015
What are the economic ideas of Arvind Panagariya, the vice chairman of NITI Aayog? In a speech in February last year he had expressed rather radical ideas of reform. Will they be too hot for the PM? This is first part of a multi-part series    Prime Minister Narendra Modi dismissed...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 January 2015
Former supercop Kiran Bedi, who last year declared support for Narendra Modi as the prime ministerial candidate, would contest Delhi Assembly polls from BJP   Kiran Bedi, former officer from the Indian Police Service (IPS) on Thursday joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Welcoming her...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 January 2015
According to analysis from ADR and DEW, out of 70 outgoing MLAs from Delhi, 25 had criminal cases. Shockingly, 20 MLAs had serious criminal charges filed against them, including attempt to murder, dacoity and assault against women, the data shows   The Association of Democratic...

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Prachi Narayan 15 January 2015
The Revised Guidelines of RBI give untrammelled powers of judicial review on the banks that surely lack judicial skills   Regulators have been attempting to deal strongly with wilful defaulters. Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) efforts in this direction got gets support from the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 January 2015
While cutting the repo rate at which RBI lends money to banks by 25 basis points, the central bank has kept cash reserve ratio unchanged at 4% mainly on lower than expected inflation    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday cut repo rate (the rate at which the RBI lends money to...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 January 2015
The Defence Minister said he had recommended that the position of DRDO Chief should not be held by a person on contract and India needs to introduce slightly younger generation in the scientific world   India's Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said there was no...

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A consortium consisting RCF and other state-owned companies is planning a joint venture with a suitable partner in Iran, so that the entire production of urea-ammonia can be underwritten for supplies, back to India   In the past few months, we have been crying hoarse for India to set...

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Taking advantage of the falling crude prices, India could invite Gulf oil producers to enter into joint ventures in storage space in other countries   The international market has been witnessing a great fall in crude oil prices and the experts believe that this may even touch $40 a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 January 2015
According to a proposal received by Oil Ministry households that have received electricity as per 2011 census, should not be given kerosene at subsidised rates   Dharmendra Pradhan, the Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, on Monday said that the government has received a...

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Moneyllife Digital Team 12 January 2015
So far, the Modi government has realised Rs1,715 crore from disinvestment proceeds against a target of Rs43,425 crore for FY2014-15   With less than three months left in the current fiscal, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Monday said the divestment programme would be pursued on priority...

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The change in the leadership of Sri Lanka and the openness shown by PM Modi, trade and friendly relations can be given a big boost. Sri Lanka gives a great opportunity and scope for Indian companies to offer their products and services, particularly in northern part of the...

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The three urea makers in the South, which are currently using naphtha as feeder stock, must have a definite assurance that the subsidy will not be withdrawn till gas connectivity is fully operational   The government had notified that the three naphtha based urea plants in the South...

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