On the first day of the New Year, Business Standard lists the important events likely to unfold in 2015 and make an impact on the economy, India Inc, markets and politics.
An action-packed year begins |
ECONOMY Revised GDP estimates on the basis of 2010-11 as the new base year The US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy review action Implementation of the food security Act WTO to come up with a permanent solution to the food security issue Unveiling of the a new foreign trade policy |
INDIA INC January Vistara, the JV full-service carrier of Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, begins operations (Jan 9) April-June Launch of Reliance Jio Infocomm’s 4G services Sometime this year Flipkart’s next big round of funding |
TELECOM January M&A guidelines for telecom Spectrum trading and sharing February Auction of spectrum |
ENERGY Auction of deallocated coalblocks |
THINGS TO EXPECT GST Bill to be passed and sent to states for ratification National Judicial Accountability Act to be ratified by state Assemblies Restructuring of the Food Corporation of India New oil exploration licensing policy Madhya Pradesh to pass changes in labour laws A change to the consumer protection Act Change to buffer stock norms A price-stabilisation fund of Rs 500 crore to check inflation A new insurance scheme for price guarantee to farmers Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana (rural irrigation scheme) to be rolled out A special drought-mitigation package The pending free trade agreement with Canada and Australia could be signed E-commerce giant Amazon to announce acquisition of Jabong |