Modi government expects cargo traffic at its ports to jump by two-thirds by 2021 as India ramps up exports of goods including cars and other machinery.
Government will start to auction the rights to up to 70 diamond and gold exploration zones to mining companies this year
Labour unions, with a history of hostility towards management, are pushing back on Coal India's plans, fearing modernization and outsourcing will hit jobs.
Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in the south, and Rajasthan and Gujarat in the west, are the country's top producers of limestone
India plans to double coal production by 2020
'It is quite natural for our farmers to go for rice and cane when both power and water are almost free.'
India will also launch a sovereign gold bond to lower physical demand.
Rising tensions over eating beef in Hindu-majority India are starting to hit the multi-billion dollar buffalo meat trade.
Indian companies have raised $1 billion so far this year - almost four times what they raised last year.
Nearly two-thirds of India's gold demand comes from rural areas where jewellery is a traditional store of wealth for millions who have no access to the formal banking system.
Investment bankers said retail investors were pulling back, while institutions were being pickier
Nestle India Ltd will focus on growing its dairy, coffee and confectionary businesses, its new boss said
With a plunge in steel prices, ship owners are getting about $3.6 million less for the 25,000 tonnes of recoverable metal.
India's biggest airline IndiGo is set to file the prospectus next week for a domestic stock market listing.
The introduction of GST would constitute India's biggest reform.
'Both IIP and CPI inflation numbers are showing a huge disconnect from the leading indicators.'
India is expected to cut imports by a fifth in the fiscal year.
Sebi has long struggled with balancing the needs of small investors and those of the market.
Key to Modi's plan will be the interest rates offered for gold deposits.
The 30-share Sensex was up 191 points at 28,707.75 and the 50-share Nifty was up 54 points at 8,714.
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