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Saurabh Mukherjea’s global strategy: How Marcellus is hunting compounder stocks across 4 multi-trillion dollar megatrendsSaurabh Mukherjea of Marcellus is avoiding AI giants like Nvidia, instead focusing on companies enabling AI's physical infrastructure. His ...
Observe and shock absorb: To ride out this oil crisis, focus should be on well-targeted support, not broad price suppressionIndia is navigating a critical oil import challenge. The government's approach of keeping fuel prices steady faces fiscal and equity questi...
U.S. Treasury to borrow $2 trillion in 2026 as national debt nears $39 trillion — is America quietly entering a dangerous fiscal crisis beyond Washington’s control?U.S. Treasury is set to borrow over $2 trillion in fiscal year 2026, a federal deficit exceeding 6% of GDP. The Office of Management and Bu...
India's urban transformation must be backed by accountability: CAG at BRICS SAI SummitDuring the BRICS Summit in Bengaluru, K Sanjay Murthy, India's chief auditor, emphasized the urgent call for heightened accountability in u...
Govt plans to stick to budgeted capex, exit non-strategic areasIndia plans to keep its capital spending high in FY27 to support economic growth. Officials stated the government will continue its planned...
'Hospital infra isn't sole determinant of better care, outcomes also matter,' says Max Healthcare ChairmanMax Healthcare has significantly increased its bed capacity to 6,500 with a new Saket facility. This expansion targets both domestic patien...
Railway Ministry understated its working expenditure in 2022-23: CAG ReportThe Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) revealed that Indian Railways understated its expenses. This happened in the financial year 2022-...
Rising expenses: Railway Board seeks to rein in spending on employee allowances, fuel, maintenanceFurthermore, it stated that zones such as the Eastern Railway (ER), Southern Railway (SR), North Eastern Railway (NER), and Northern Railwa...
Union Budget 2019: Clamp down on expenses will hurt passenger safety, fear railway officials“Every MP wants good rail infra, we will take steps to improve finances,” says Minister Suresh Angadi.
No hike in passenger fare, freight charges as Railways gets highest ever allocation of Rs 1.58 lakh croreGoyal announced capital support for railways at Rs 64,587 crore for FY20 in his Budget 2019 speech.
After oil, 'economic acceleration’ meetings to focus on power, steel and exportsOn power, the special focus will be on trying to find solutions for firms with high debt and/or poor income streams due to problems in sell...
Adhere to monthly/quarterly expenditure plans: FinMin to ministries"Beginning next fiscal, the financial advisors of the ministries/departments have to ensure adherence to the stipulated Monthly Expenditure...
Outcome Budget norms tightened; departments to meet objectives timelyAs per the ministry's directions, every ministry will have to prepare an outcome budget statement linking outlays against each scheme as we...
Railways improves operating ratio at 91.3 per centAccounts indicate an OR of 91.3 per cent, which is an improvement over the target of 92.5 per cent and also better than the revised estimat...
Rail Budget 2014: Railways to earn Rs 1.64 lakh crore in 2014-15"Railways hope to achieve total receipts of Rs 1,64,374 crore and would peg total expenditure at Rs. 1,49,176 crore," Gowda said.
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In a five part series, ET will help readers make sense of the key items of Budget 2012, from revenue account to the much in debate fiscal.
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- Railways to restrict foreign travel by senior officials
The Railways has decided to restrict foreign travel by senior officials as part of a major austerity drive taken up by the largest governme...
- Tata Steel raises $725m abroad
Tata Steel, the country’s largest steel manufacturer, on late Monday announced it has raised $725 million through the issue of foreign curr...