Finance hub? Budget may snub Mumbai

Many financial sector reforms suggested by the Percy Mistry Committee on making Mumbai an international financial centre may not figure in Budget 2008-09. Finance ministry officials say the......

Mumbai has a long way to go before...: Chidambaram

The event seemed too tempting to stay away from. Therefore, a national conference on 'Mumbai as an International Finance Centre,' jointly organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry and......

Mumbai a finance hub: The right path?

A High-Powered Expert Committee (HPEC), set up by the Ministry of Finance, submitted its report on making Mumbai an International Financial Centre (IFC) in February 2007. The report and other......

Mumbai needs a fully empowered 'manager'

If India is to have an international finance centre, it will emerge in a city that is already India's domestic financial fulcrum. In looking at infrastructure and governance, the MIFC Report leans......