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Real Estate Bill: consumer-oriented, but imbalanced

While the focus on consumer protection is laudable, the Real Estate Bill does not address some genuine difficulties faced by both, builder and the buyers

India to talk tough on food at WTO summit

Anti-corruption crusader Subramanian Swamy risks wrecking tax reform

The BJP leader has vowed to send Sonia and Rahul Gandhi to jail, denting already faint hopes of compromise on the key GST Bill

India to be world's highest growth nation in 21st century: IBM study

Report says by focusing on economic ecosystems, India will be positioned to transform its role globally

Why RBI's intervention in rupee futures market is prudent

Given the event risk behind a US rate hike, the RBI likely fears speculators will use it to short the rupee if the hike is more than expected

Goldman, Nomura bullish on Indian equities in 2016

However, they expect inflation to nudge higher in 2016, and the RBI to stand pat on rates through 2016 in this backdrop

7 reforms in India to watch out for in 2016

Nomura pegs the probability of GST being implemented in 2016 at 65%

Revenue loss of Rs 2,040 cr in Tamil Nadu due to backing down of wind power, says CAG

Accuses government for allowing undue benefit of Rs 22 crore to RIL

Solar power's moment of reckoning arrives

Falling equipment prices and better funding could make solar power 10 per cent cheaper than thermal by 2020

Refund rules need more than good intentions

Monetary policy is losing its sting

In FY15, every incremental rupee of money supply generated just Rs 1.2 of incremental gross domestic product

Banning old vehicles not the solution to pollution

The govt has proposed banning commercial vehicles older than 15 years

The economy is on the mend. Or is it?

Fresh investments are constrained by tepid demand; the Pay Commission's award may not provide a stimulus

The trouble with FDI in media

5 key takeaways from RBI's policy review

Here are 5 key takeaways from RBI's Monetary Policy review

Gadkari should follow through on threat of cement imports

It is time to start importing cement and call the industry's bluff in order to break the cartelisation of prices

Some leeway on duty drawback

Drought-hit India's quest for water hampered by thirsty crops

Govt policies encouraging cultivation of thirsty crops further hamper protection of dangerously low water levels

Is the government serious about FDI in retail?

Recent easing of restrictions does not address the pain in the sector

Many villages in UP lack basic 'power'

children still use lanterns to study at night