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NEW DELHI: In what could be seen as a policy shift, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the central public sector undertakings (CPSEs) had gained in strength over the last decade, with “most of them giving record returns (dividends and rise in valuation)” to the stakeholders. Investors have reposed their faith in CPSEs, thanks […]

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NEW DELHI: The much-contested question whether a private investment cycle has commenced and becoming broad-based still has economists divided. The private sector is witnessing “record-profits” and so, should feel comfortable in making investments in the economy, Sanjeev Sanyal, member, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council told FE, while adding that there is adequate evidence that corporate […]

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India will oppose any move by the developed world to get any non-trade issue like labour and environmental standards included in the formal talks at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) during the 13th ministerial conference of the global trade regulating body scheduled this month-end at Abu Dhabi. Developed countries are also pushing to include issues […]

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NEW DELHI: India is close to finalising a first-of-its-kind trade deal that could see a small group of European nations invest as much as $100 billion over 15 years in exchange for easier trade access to the world’s most populous nation, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The European Free Trade Association, which […]

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MUMBAI: Advent International, the US private equity firm behind some of the biggest leveraged buyouts and conglomerate carve-outs, including the €17.2-billion acquisition of Thyssenkrupp’s elevator business in 2020 along with co-investors and the €1.8 billion joint takeover of Royal Bank of Scotland’s payments business, Worldpay, believes India is among the world’s most attractive markets where […]

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MUMBAI: Leading up to its next policy announcement, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has stepped up liquidity draining operations, signalling that while the central bank may tolerate overnight rates aligning with the repo rate after six months, it is not comfortable with financial conditions turning any easier than that. Over the past four days, […]

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Tamil Nadu’s main opposition AIADMK on Wednesday said it had already shut its door on the BJP and ruled out joining forces with the saffron party for the Lok Sabha polls. Following Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remark that ‘the BJP’s doors are open for the AIADMK,’ senior party leader D Jayakumar ruled out any […]

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who joined the BJP-led NDA recently ditching Mahagathbandhan, on Wednesday said he switched allegiances earlier but now he will not change sides again. Kumar arrived in the national capital to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in what was their first meeting after the Janata Dal (United) president dumped the opposition […]

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NEW DELHI: India’s telecom sector is expected to see a revival in foreign direct investment over the next two years. This optimism stems from two recent developments: the opening of satellite communications to the private sector, and introduction of the Telecommunications Act, which are expected to make the sector attractive and stimulate investment, analysts and […]

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NEW DELHI: Retail inflation has come down to within the tolerance band due to steps taken by the government to check price rise in essential commodities, especially in perishable commodities, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman told Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Sitharaman said that steps are being taken now […]

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday claimed that 23 Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers carried out raids at his personal assistant’s residence for 16 hours but did not find anything. He also claimed that the houses of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders such as Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain and Sanjay Singh were raided as well. […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Since the Presidential address in the Parliament is supposed to summarise the government’s achievements and intentions followed by meaningful debate, in which opposition raises points of concern, the Prime Minister is expected to address them during his reply to the ‘Motion of Thanks’. However, in reply to the scathing attack by […]

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By Sushil Kutty Was the manner in which the Chandigarh mayoral election conducted a symptom or the disease itself, a crooked system at play? The country’s top court has spoken – the previous week’s mayoral poll in the Union Territory was openly tampered with by a seemingly biased Presiding Officer to ensure the “victory” of […]

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By Arun Srivastava Narendra Modi’s lurid boast on the floor of Parliament that he would be the prime minister for the third time and his party would alone win 370 seats deserves attention. The question is why is he so confident? Are RSS and BJP leaders busy hacking the Lok Sabha elections? Does democracy mean […]

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NEW DELHI: The department of telecommunications (DoT) is examining methodologies to directly allocate spectrum to enterprises like Infosys, Tejas Networks, Tata Communications, Tata Power, Larsen & Toubro, GMR, Capgemini, etc. It has set up an internal study group to suggest ways to achieve the objective. Officials said that direct allocation of spectrum to these enterprises […]

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NEW DELHI: Services sector activity expanded at the fastest pace in six months in January, as buoyant international and domestic demand contributed to rising new business orders, according to results of a private sector survey released Monday. HSBC India Services PMI Business Activity Index rose to 61.8 in January as compared with 59 in the […]

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MUMBAI: Coming close on the heels of the interim budget which maintained the status quo on policy front, the Reserve Bank is likely to continue with the pause on the short-term lending rate in its upcoming bi-monthly monetary policy this week as retail inflation is still near the higher end of its comfort zone, say […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee It is difficult to believe in the 21st century that some small groups of Yemeni Houthi pirates on the Red Sea can bring a $1-trillion-plus annual global trade using the sea route almost to a halt, forcing shipowners and shippers divert the trade through a several times longer route via the Cape […]

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By Kalyani Shankar The convincing victory of the JMM-Congress coalition in Jharkhand assembly on February 5 amidst allegations about BJP’s poaching reports, is a big boost to the INDIA bloc in the present political atmosphere in the country. Chief Minister Champai Soren has now the tough task to run a government for the welfare of […]

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