CNBC-TV18 Analyst Comments

FinMin okays Rs 45,000cr for Jan-Mar oil subsidy   

22 May 2013, 5.47 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Finance Ministry has approved Rs 45,000 crore for January-March oil subsidy. Meanwhile, export parity pricing, although agreed upon by oil ministry wi...

Govt to notify Quadricycle norms in a week: Sources   

22 May 2013, 1.56 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Sources say the government committee, headed by the secretary of Road and Transport, has given its approval to the European Quadricycle norms. ...

Company equally responsible for sexual harassment: Expert   

21 May 2013, 11.31 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Sajai Singh, employment law attorney and partner J Sagar Associates says, in an interview to CNBC-TV18, that the company is equally responsible for in...

Thought Phaneesh Murthy learnt his lessons: Mohandas Pai   

21 May 2013, 6.26 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

It's deja vu for Phaneesh Murthy as he rushed to defend himself once again against sexual harassment claims....

Tata Steel may sell part of Corus assets to pare debt   

21 May 2013, 12.58 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Tata Steel is looking sell some of its European assets to deleverage its balance sheet. The company may sell UK and Netherlands assets....

Titan tones down expansion, trims costs to boost demand   

20 May 2013, 11.09 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18's Farah Bookwala reports that Titan Industries is conducting restructuring operations across divisions and toning down expansion plans....

Chinese incursion in Ladakh fails to dent Indo-China talks   

20 May 2013, 10.29 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18’s Rituparna Bhuyan reports that the Chinese incursion in Ladakh has failed to dent Indo-China talks wherein a range of bilateral issues we...

PSUs plan Rs 1.41 lakh crore capex for FY14   

20 May 2013, 10.02 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) last week convened a meeting of the public sector undertakings (PSU) heads to set aside capex for FY14....

Chidu, PMO & Moily to decide export parity pricing on Tue   

20 May 2013, 9.39 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18’s Nayantara Rai reports, quoting sources, that finance minister P Chidambaram, petroleum minister Veerappa Moily and the PMO will meet on ...

India-China aim to strengthen ties; sign 8 MoUs   

20 May 2013, 6.18 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Rituparna Bhuyan of CNBC-TV18 reports that India-China aim at strenthening ties and have signed 8 MoUs with focus on peace and growth....

Drug prices set to get cheaper, pharma cos worry   

20 May 2013, 3.41 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18's Archana Shukla reports that the recently notified Drug Price Control Order (DPCO) will bring down the prices of 348 essential drugs by as ...

Infosys job applications fall 40%, rate of attrition at 16%   

18 May 2013, 12.20 am  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18's Shreya Roy reports that job applications to Infosys have fallen 40% and the rate of attrition has reached 16%....

EU-FTA talks inconclusive as Insurance Bill hangs in limbo   

18 May 2013, 12.19 am  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18 Rituparna Bhuyan, quoting sources, reports that the ambitious India-EU FTA, is unlikely to be signed in the remaining tenure of the UPA gove...

Draft unified telecom licence finalised: Sources   

17 May 2013, 11.15 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18's Siddharth Zarabi reports, quoting sources, that the draft unified telecom licence is to be announced soon....

Fliers no reason to cheer; airfares remain unchanged   

17 May 2013, 10.48 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Aditya Ghosh, president, IndiGo told CNBC-TV18 that base fares will not come down immediately. Ghosh said airlines will first evaluate how they recov...

Govt cracksdown on chit funds; proposes ban for MLM cos   

17 May 2013, 10.05 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18’s Siddharth Zarabi reports that the multi-level marketing companies will be banned by the government. The proposal has been mooted by the ...

Setback for cement cos as COMPAT lifts stay on CCI fine   

17 May 2013, 6.43 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

The Rs 6300 crore fine imposed by the Competition Commission of India has been approved by the Competition Apellate Tribunal. Cement companies will no...

Heidelberg selects Bain for dilution of stake in Indian arm   

17 May 2013, 6.04 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18's Kritika Saxena, quoting sources, reports that Heidelberg Cement may divest minority stake of 12 percent in its Indian arm and Bain Capital...

Five states threaten to derail govt discom bailout plan   

16 May 2013, 10.51 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18's Sumit Jha reports that despite the power ministry's claims of having eight major states on board for the discom bailout scheme, it turns o...

US Immigration Bill talks threaten Indian IT biz   

16 May 2013, 10.39 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18's Shreya Roy reports that the amendments on the Immigration Bill in US Senate may adversely affect the Indian IT sector....

Online travel cos overjoyed as govt unbundles airfares   

16 May 2013, 10.31 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18’s Sunanda Jayaseelan reports that online travel companies are overjoyed as the government initiative to unbundle air services will result ...

Amul geared up for competition with ITC, Sahara   

16 May 2013, 10.22 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18’s Farah Bookwala Amul's dominion over India's dairy market is under threat; both from existing players who are looking to expand their foo...

Govt to set up inter-ministerial group for quadricycles   

16 May 2013, 5.27 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18’s Ronojoy Banerjee reports that due to the reluctance of the automobile industry to reach a consensus on the need to create a new category...

Taxman trains guns on reinsurance biz; Swiss-Re gets notice   

15 May 2013, 9.59 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18’s Aastha Maheshwari reports that the the income-tax department has trained its guns on reinsurance biz and sent Swiss-Re a notice to pay t...

Renault Duster dethrones M&M's popular SUV Scorpio   

15 May 2013, 9.36 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18’s Sunanda Jayaseelan reports that M&M has taken a hit where it hurts the most with the Renault Duster eating into the sales of its popular...

Sibal favouring Vodafone, claims Arvind Kejriwal's APP   

15 May 2013, 7.52 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18's economic policy editor Siddharth Zarabi reports that the move towards conciliation of the Vodafone tax dispute indicates the government’...

Ranbaxy whistleblower pockets $48.5mn for settlement   

15 May 2013, 7.19 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18’s Archana Shukla takes a closer look at Dinesh Thakur, the man who blew the whistle on Ranbaxy, and kicked off a legal battle that other g...

Shareholders to decide Cipla Medpro takeover on Wednesday   

15 May 2013, 8.25 am  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18’s Archana Shukla reports that shareholders will decide Cipla India’s USD 510-million dollar offer to take over Cipla Medpro on Wednesday...

FM on cross-country mission to boost investment   

14 May 2013, 9.56 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

After Chennai and Mumbai, the FM has turned his attention to Bangalore and Hyderabad. Close to 50 projects across the two cities, in sectors such as i...

M&M labour woes continue, no agreement on wage hike   

14 May 2013, 9.16 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18’s Sunanda Jayaseelan reports that the agreement which was to be signed by April 15 for the ongoing wage negotiations at M&M's Nashik plant...