Here is a look at the key macro indicators of the nation's economy from independence till now.
Indian brands together captured more than two-thirds of the total mobile phone shipments and more than half of the smartphone shipments
The cost of land in companies' project costs is already up to nearly 20-25 percent from less than 5 percent earlier. This makes most manufacturing projects unviable, and will benefit Chinese imports
The economic signals are slowing turning positive. Post-election Modi-led business optimism and the final efforts of the UPA have combined to reignite an industrial revival
In 2013, India had 49 active resident scamrings, with 4670 resident scammers operating within the country. Ultrascan said it received 656 complaints from India last year regarding such scams.<br />
Oil explorer ONGC emerged as the highest profit-making PSU of the country during 2012-13
Indian beer brewers have reason to cheer with the value of their exports rising over the last three years quite smartly.
A surge in gold imports widened India's trade deficit to an 11-month high in June, adding to the uncertainty from global oil prices that could pile more pressure on its current account balance.
The government was to divest its stake in Sail by this month end but could now wait until August. Could this hit the sale?
While the dip in vegetable and fuel prices along with double-digit growth in car sales and better industrial production in May does provide some respite for the economy, the battle against inflation is far from over. Here's why:<br />
Statistics show that when it came to the number of goals scored, goals per match, shots on target, distance covered by the players, and the passes completed in every match, the Germans were the best.
Shares of Infosys slumped more than four percent in morning trade today after India's second-largest IT major reported a marginal miss in revenues for the first quarter of the current fiscal, while its all-time high attrition levels remain a big concern for investors.<br />
Just over a month into the office, the Narendra Modi government seems to be very fortunate. There is good news all over. The stock market is hitting record highs, business sentiment is buoyant, wholesale price inflation has eased to a four month low and there are even credible signs of revival in economy.<br />
According to the United States Department of Agriculture--Economic Research Service, compared to the other countries, India spends the lowest amount on food.
Mumbai is still the top favourite of property buyers, followed by Bangalore and Chennai as the next important destinations, according to a new survey conducted by Indiaproperty.com, which included a 2,583 sample of 40 percent respondents in the 25-35 age group and the rest above the age of 46 years.<br />
The rainfall received in June is close to just 17% of the total rainfall received during the June-September period.<br />
Advancement of monsoon has halted and is not expected to revive until the first week of July. While this spells gloom for the economy since it may cause a drop in agricultural output and push up inflation, the stock markets have largely remained unaffected.<br />
If you were hoping that property prices will finally correct in 2014, think again.
India's two biggest parties two biggest parties - Congress and BJP- together accounted for over Rs 749 crore of the income earned. BSP declared total income of Rs 87.63 crore, NCP declared Rs 26.56 cr, CPI Rs.1.07 cr and CPM declared Rs 126.09 cr for FY 2012-13.<br />
While 90 percent of donations received by political parties are from sources whose identities are not in the public domain, among the known donors, industrialist Aditya Birla, has emerged as the largest contributor to the BJP
Does the Modi era might mean that India is at the cusp of a turnaround in financial savings? <br />
India is still among the lowest countries in Asia Pacific for transparency of its property transaction process, while UK has most transparent commercial property market in the world, according to to the eighth global real estate transparency index from real estate constancy firm Jones Lang Lasalle.<br />
A recent report by Deloitte titled 'Lead by example: Making whistleblowing programs successful in corporate India', throws some light on how the idea of whistleblowing is seen by India Inc and the steps companies can take to nurture such programs.<br />
Sedans have been putting a smile on the faces of carmakers like Maruti presently, but can they continue the trend?
A lot of this has more to do with what the government is expected to do
Analysts and company observers are on a wait and watch mode for various reasons
Now analytics is also starting to support the hundreds of thousands of decisions on the operational level and is moving from internal support to a sellable asset, says Gartner.
The modest growth was partially due to the shift from hardware-based to software-based unified communication solutions to help organisations get out of vendor lock-ins for hardware infrastructure.