Expectations

April 09, 2013 13:54 (IST)

Nomura maintained its rating on Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) at "reduce" and also retained its target price at 174 rupees, warning the company is at the start of a "bad" earnings cycle as orders won during a time of rising competition and lower utilisation would further hurt margins.

Vienna | August 14, 2012 14:28 (IST)

Nestle chairman warns the world faced a worse hunger crisis than in 2008 given the amount of land devoted to producing biofuels instead of food.

New Delhi | March 14, 2012 17:32 (IST)

Investors would watch out for credible commitment from the government to bring fiscal deficit under control so that the private sector has access to enough funds for investment activities.

Mumbai | March 12, 2012 16:24 (IST)

The budget may offer more clarity on the implementation of the DTC and GST in FY13-14. The tone of the budget is likely to remain noncommittal on other reforms.

Mumbai | March 11, 2012 19:39 (IST)

Government should support sale of appliance to Rural India by offering subsidy to manufacturers, making it a viable operation.

New Delhi | March 09, 2012 15:54 (IST)

V Srinivasan, Chief Financial Officer, Bharti AXA Life Insurance has summed up his budget expectations for the insurance industry as below.

Mumbai | March 08, 2012 15:46 (IST)

The Pharmaceutical Policy has been pending for some time and it is high time the same is finalized to remove the suspense.

Mumbai | March 07, 2012 15:53 (IST)

The government should provide a boost to the development of the modern, organised segment of the Indian jewellery industry.

Mumbai | March 06, 2012 12:15 (IST)

Our sense is that the finance minister has very little room for an expansionary budget and focus would be clearly on measures to reduce the non-plan expenditure.

Mumbai | March 05, 2012 15:27 (IST)

GDP growth at factor cost is expected to improve somewhat in Q4FY12 relative to the 6.1 per cent recorded in Q3FY12.

New Delhi | March 03, 2012 18:10 (IST)

The most important budget takeaway to watch out for would be to see some action on the mining and land acquisition bills.

New Delhi | March 01, 2012 17:09 (IST)

The government should try and control the fiscal deficit through reduced government expenditure and creating increased earning opportunities, said Rajesh Sud, CEO and MD of Max New York Life Insurance.

New Delhi | February 29, 2012 17:52 (IST)

Government could consider increasing the limit for financing small homes to Rs 25 lakh.

New Delhi/ Mumbai | February 28, 2012 14:54 (IST)

To encourage cement industry and bring it at par with other core and infrastructure industries, the excise duty rate be rationalized from 10 per cent to 6-8 per cent.

Mumbai | February 27, 2012 15:32 (IST)

Government has no option but to raise both excise and service taxes this year, says PVR Murthy, Group Finance Director at the Yash Birla Group.

Mumbai | February 26, 2012 22:23 (IST)

The government is considering a support package of about Rs 10,000 crore for Air India in this budget, including Rs 6,600 crore worth of equity infusion.

Washington | February 22, 2012 14:47 (IST)

Dr. Arun Singh, Senior Economist, Dun & Bradstreet India has provided a detailed review of macroeconomic budget and sector specific budget expectations.

Tehran | February 19, 2012 18:11 (IST)

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the government is committed to provide adequate capital to public sector banks to meet global risk norms.

Patna | February 18, 2012 13:21 (IST)

The RBI Governor said that growth had to be sacrificed to bring inflation down below the threshold level.

New Delhi | February 17, 2012 16:17 (IST)

The government is considering to raise the tax deduction limit for housing loans in the coming Budget, sources said.