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Pratik Jain, Partner, PwC India does not see the logic of keeping ATF and Natural Gas out of the GST list.
Emerging markets, including India, have performed better than developed markets recently, and the rally may have more legs to go, says Ian Hui of JP Morgan Asset Management.
Amit Gupta of ICICIdirect is of the view that one can create long positions in Voltas with target of Rs 365.
The GST bill, if it is cleared by the Parliament, should be seen as more of a statement from the government that it is focussing on regulatory reforms too, said Lalit Nambiar of UTI Mutual Fund.
"Spoke to all parties over the past days, everyone is in the mood to further development. Hope Monsoon Session observes high standards of discussions and important decisions are made," Modi said.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar met senior Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma on Friday. The government has also called an all-party meet on Sunday, a day before Parliament session begins, to bring in a consensus on the crucial GST Bill.
Parliament has passed more bills than the previous 10 years put together, said Anand Sharma, Deputy Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, adding that the party has been a constructive Opposition. The Congress hopes that the government meaningfully addresses its concerns on the GST Bill, he said.
Underlining that India's 7.5 percent growth rate may be "overstated", the US has said the Narendra Modi government has been "slow" to match its rhetoric in economic reforms even as it appreciated measures taken by it in areas like bureaucracy and easing FDI restrictions.
The public sector banks are losing share to private sector banks and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), which do not make them long-term buys, says Dipan Mehta, Member BSE and NSE.
Global push along with a robust monsoon and GST Bill possibility, Manish Gunwani of ICICI Prudential expects the Nifty to grow by 15-20 percent in FY17.
India's growth is largely being driven by global factors at the moment and some domestic factors are also pricing in, says Suhas Harinarayanan of JM Financial Institutional Securities.
Indian markets will not see any big headwinds as monsoons have picked up and GST Bill stands a big chance of getting passed and liquidity in the system is much higher, said Mahesh Patil, Co-CIO at Birla Sun Life AMC.
CNBC-TV18's Shereen Bhan caught up with the World Bank President Jim Yong Kim who is in India and started by asking him about his views on Brexit and its impact on the global markets.
Dipen Shah, a senior VP & head-PCG Research at Kotak Securities, is bullish on Allcargo Logistics due to its significant position in the multi-modal transport segment both in the domestic and international market by virtue of EQL acquisition that the company had done few years ago.
If the government doesn't push the GST Bill in this monsoon session, it won't happen during the remaining regime of the Modi government, says Anil Padmanabhan, the deputy Managing Editor of Mint.
The FIIs have been very positive about the macro-economic stability of the country rising from RBI's constant efforts of targeting inflation and the government's path towards fiscal prudence, says Nilesh Shah.
With the central government coming under attack over rising pulse prices, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on June 15 sought to shift some blame to the states, saying they are equally responsible for keeping the rates of essential commodities under control
Vaibhav Sanghavi of Ambit Investment Advisory is a very bullish on the domestic oriented industries like cement, consumer durables, and if the monsoons are good then he would also look at farm equipment, agro chemicals spaces.
Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley has been hard-selling ‘the Indian story‘ to global investors in Tokyo, Japan and says that the current growth momentum is likely to continue.