The monetary policy will not affect the common man directly in the near future. The increase in the SLR (to 25 per cent) does not have any impact as the scheduled commercial banks are already having the SLR at 27.6 per cent.

Describing it as a matter of "deep satisfaction", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday thanked East Asian countries for endorsing Nalanda University project and said it will be a global institution of "excellence in education".

Infringements related to brand names and trademarks are a never-ending story. In the latest dispute over a brand name, the Tata Group has objected to the word 'Tata' used in oktatabyebye.com, a travel community site owned by MakeMyTrip.

We had record production and procurement of foodgrains in both 2007-08 and 2008-09. We thus have adequate food stocks and there is no cause for concern or fear of shortages of foodgrains in the country as a whole, the prime minister said.

"Nations need to recognise higher education as the engine of economic growth and prosperity," says Dr Susan Aldridge, president, University of Maryland University College, US, Aziz Haniffa reports

Four girls from a college at Latur in Maharashtra have developed a black box for automobiles.

The best solution is to appoint a top flight management consultant, study the working of each of the ministries, and ask the consultant to submit a detailed report that should be made public for a national debate.

'It is my belief and expectation that Indian entrepreneurs will continue to contribute effectively in our journey ahead to achieve the shared vision'

The aviation industry in India, through Air India, is a gleaming example of what the lack of corporate governance can do to a business, says Pratip Kar.

If you are looking to invest in this category of funds keep the following things in mind.

Mulye banks on domestic investors to raise money before approaching international markets.

'We are equally qualified and competent.'

The director of CRIDA said deficit rainfall may lead to increase in cultivation of pulses. "Though there is an initial shortfall, the area under pulses cultivation in northern states is likely to increase as it is used as a contingency crop."

Market experts said the premiums were down from around 15 per cent before the Union Budget last week to 5-7 per cent at present. Long-only FIIs allocate funds for each market, which entails a certain premium, based on growth projections for the year.

Considering the sluggish global economy, India's exports were hit badly in the last few months, and to improve our global competitiveness, exporters seek hike in export benefits

The investment by FIIs in equity instruments amounted to $5.4 billion during April-May 2009, while a turnaround has been noticed in the performance of mutual fund industry that had remained subdued during 2008, the survey stated. The mutual fund investments (net) in equity markets turned positive in March 2009 and were Rs 2,320 crore (Rs 23.2 billion) during April-May 2009, the survey said, adding they invested Rs 36,791 crore (Rs 367.91 billion) in debt instruments.

The ongoing economic buoyancy in India despite global economic melt down has offered opportunities for rapid growth of consumer durable industry, and in particularly air conditioners and refrigeration industry.

Experts agree with the assessment that the Budget next month would respond to the predictions of deficient monsoon rains with a policy package. According to them, rain-fed areas, which are likely to be affected by a 'below normal' monsoon, could see increase in allocation in terms of higher spending through the public distribution system and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

Chopra was an assistant professor at the Stern School of Business Administration at New York University before going to Kellogg.

Under the new norms, if a developer is bidding for a PPP project worth Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion), it should have a record of executing projects worth Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion), or at least double the cost of the new project. Earlier, to qualify, a developer needed to have executed projects one-and-a-half times the cost of the proposed project in the last five years.

Simply put, tax evasion occurs when any trust, individual, or firm, seeks to avoid paying taxes by illegal and unfair means, by, for example, deliberately hiding income from the tax authorities to reduce the tax liability.

Gilt funds are nothing but debt funds that primarily invest in government securities (G-Secs). However they differ from conventional debt funds in that, while a traditional debt fund invests in all types of debt instruments, gilt funds have narrow investment objective. They just focus on G-Secs.

Institute of Advanced Management and Research (IAMR) announces admissions to its full time post graduate diploma in Management (PGDM) (Marketing and Retail).

The global financial crisis seems to have changed the way multinational companies operating in the country engage with Indian banks. Post the crisis, their involvement with large Indian public and private sector banks has grown for a range of services, such as cash management and credit, according to bankers.

Ayush Manesh Khedekar who played young Jamal in the Oscar-winning movie is in Cannes to promote his latest movie Shyam's Secret.

The prospects for investment, capacity utilisation, production, employment and exports as elements that build up the business confidence were also looked into by the survey. The survey revealed that 30 per cent of the respondents plan to increase investments during April-September 2009-10.

This central registry will help banks, financial institutions and non-banking finance companies get mortgage details of consumers before issuing loans against property. The personal loan score will provide details on the likelihood of customers becoming 91 days delinquent on a personal or consumer loan over the next 12 months. It will range between 300-900, indicating the levels of default. A home loan repository and a fraud repository will also be launched soon.

There is little evidence that investments are picking up in the private sector or in infrastructure, says Abheek Barua

Less than we used to --but we like some banks better than before.

The prime interest rate levels have hit 'record lows' and fiscal deficits 'have soared', is the sobering analysis of Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of the People's Bank of China, on the global economy.

The surprise was Conde Nast Portfolio's topper for the world's best-ever CEO. It was Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motors. There is no doubt that Ford was a great entrepreneur and business visionary. But, with the hindsight of almost a century, it is worth questioning whether he was a good CEO. Ford could easily have won the accolade in his lifetime for revolutionising the personal transportation industry with the Model T.

QIP is an investment option which is available only to QIBs -- Qualified Institutional Buyers, which are public and financial institutions, foreign venture capital and institutional investors registered with SEBI, scheduled commercial banks, mutual funds and various other categories, defined in Clause 2.2.2 B (v) of the SEBI (Disclosure & Investor Protection "DIP"), Guidelines.

The Independent reports that Arora, who is nearly 40, was recruited by Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in an interview conducted among the artefacts of the British Museum.

Inflation eased to 0.18 per cent, the lowest ever in the last three decades, even as prices of food articles like pulses, cereals and vegetable hardened during the week ended April 4.

Economist and former Reserve Bank Governor C Rangarajan on Monday said that the economy will recover in the second half of 2009 and there would be distinct improvement in growth in 2010-11.

Though the market has gained 30 per cent in one month, don't get carried away and bet your shirt on further short-term gains.

With emerging economies facing the possibility of "abrupt slowdowns", India's Gross Domestic Product growth rate could slip to as low as 4.3 per cent in 2009, said the OECD.

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This would bring between 20,000 and 25,000 firms under the ambit of cost audit. At present, only 44 industries and specific products within an industry come under cost audit. This covers around 6,000 firms but cost audits are conducted in only about 2,200 of these. The proposed change will have a major positive impact on the profession because more firms will have to mandatorily appoint a cost auditor and have cost accounting records audited on an annual basis.

Under the proposed amendment to the environment clearance law, industries can expand simply by certifying that they are not polluting. Among the sectors that will benefit from this procedure are mining, power and petrochemicals, a range of manufacturing industries, in addition to dredging, shipping, port development, building and construction and industrial estates.