FM has agreed to dump an ill-conceived plan to slap a retrospective 20% levy on overseas asset managers
India's banks are propping up too many weak producers.
Struggling, corrupt construction industry will be challenged by the prime minster's $250-billion plan
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan is likely to cut rates in next monetary policy.
Indian states are preparing for a Rs 1.9 lakh crore (Rs 1.9 trillion) tax windfall this fiscal year.
Governor Rajan can be more unambiguously pro-growth.
Investors are sceptical that the economy could have picked up so much steam.
Curbing the federal deficit is the government's absolute priority on February 28.
If Modi rethinks on pro-biz policies, investors will suffer.
The upcoming Budget gives Finance Minister Arun Jaitley a chance to let states boost spending.
About 4 GW of new nuclear power capacity is under construction in India
Global disinflation has finally caught up with India's high-cost economy.
Without reforms to boost returns for multinational capital, Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' campaign will face testing times.
The judiciary has sent a strong message against crony capitalism.
The biggest lesson China can teach India is that when it comes to sustaining a love affair with investors, nothing works better than an undervalued currency and its by-product: a current-account surplus.
With GDP growth improving to a nine-quarter high of 5.7 per cent and the stock market brimming with optimism, now is the time for Modi to keep his promises.
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Modi has plenty of opportunities to test out his strategy. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will visit India this month, and Modi will fly to Washington towards the end of September for a summit with US President Barack Obama.
Narendra Modi's pay-off from relaxing labour laws would be huge.
The idea is to boost household savings and turn more of them into growth capital. If the plan succeeds, sustained eight per cent-plus rates of gross domestic product growth should be within reach in a few years.
It was the rejection of the Congress' welfarist economics by voters that led to the party's drubbing, says Andy Mukherjee.
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