Now that the first phase of India's Lok Sabha elections are underway, let's take a look at the financial positions of the candidates that are standing for the elections.<br />
The reason for this is China's dramatic expansion which gave many emerging market economies the scope to diversify their exports
The deal, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2014, is seen as a harbinger of a wave of consolidation in the Indian pharma sector
A survey of the top 50 stalled projects reveals that 80 percent of these projects are stuck because of problems whose solutions lie largely in the hands of state governments rather than the central government. So whether the BJP comes to power or UPA, the new government will have much less leverage in dismantling the bottlenecks of these stalled projects.
With news breaking nearly every week of a new e-commerce site scoring investor funds, Firstbiz decided to consolidate the information floating around from the last few years to give you a clear idea of how the Indian e-commerce sector is placed.<br />
In the document, the party states that it draws its economic vision from its political beliefs that are rooted in decentralized governance, transparency, accountability, and equity.<br />
The report says that there will be an optimistic outlook after the elections and new policies are expected to usher in a new regime in India Inc
A recent report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and KPMG titled 'e-Commerce Rhetoric, Reality and Opportunity' has calculated the average discount rates of various items available online for sale.<br />
India's equity market is up 6 percent this year, while the MSCI emerging market index has been practically flat in the same period, despite hiccups on the economy front.<br />
Mobile phones a clear choice in India for watching mobile video; laptops and tablets catching up.
Mumbai has once again beaten the National Capital Region and Bangalore to emerge as India's most expensive property market.<br />
Salesforce moves into the Top 10 and drives the highest-growth rate of top vendors.
It's no secret that investment - public and private -- has remained tepid since the 2008 global credit crisis. Public and private investment fell from the peak of 26.2 percent of GDP in financial year 2007-2008 to 17.3 percent in financial year 2012-2013, according to the report.<br />
Goldman Sachs is again at it. The global financial services company, also infamous for a few missed predictions, has poured more oil into the raging debate on Gujarat model in India.<br />
According the report, Gujarat tops the list, creating a little more than 350,000 jobs on average between financial year 2004-05 and financial year 2011-2012 (April-May).
Device shipments grew 4.8 percent in 2013. Sales of traditional PCs will continue to hamper the overall growth of devices, and substitution from PC to tablet will decline.<br />
. Sales volumes of India's top real estate firms have almost halved over the past eight quarters, according to a study by property consulting firm Knight Frank.
Policy actions have reduced the economy's external account deficit and reliance on short-term external flows, fiscal consolidation has continued and respite from inflation seems likely going ahead. The markets have rallied considerably in anticipation of an economic reforms-friendly election outcome. As a result, foreign investor interest has surged, the rupee has been remarkably strong, and latest data suggest an economic recovery is in the making.
A Kotak Institutional Equities Strategy report states that in April-January of FY2014 (FYTD14) imports fell by $32 billion (compared to FYTD13) out of which gold accounted for roughly $20 billion and capital goods $8 billion. The balance was made up by fertilisers, iron and steel, crude and other products.<br />
The UPA's populist schemes like NREGA ( a rights based programme, which guarantees 100 days of employment to poor household in rural areas) are causing a structural shift in income consumption pattern and have massively distorted the labor market, and artificially jacked up both the cost of labor and input.
The chart above provides rough estimates of how much the previous or upcoming elections cost in different parts of the world.<br />
Of the top 10 countries leading the average house completion projections for the period between 2012-2025, seven can be classified as developing or emerging markets, with the US, UK and Australia representing developed markets in the group.<br />
According to a Barclay's report titled 'Megatrends: Accelerating urbanization in India', Mumbai leads the country in the number of accidents with over 10,000 in 2012.