The NDA government is bringing a plan to clean the mess in distribution companies, but a history of failures raises more apprehension than confidence.

The opposition protests forced the adjournement of the house till Wednesday. The government has only two more days now to pass the Bill in the current monsoon session of Parliament as it ends on August 13.

Time to debate whether Rajya Sabha should have power to veto bills passed by Lok Sabha.

The ordinance - the seventh cleared by the new government - is part of the Narendra Modi administration's strategy to fast-track reforms.

GST picks up speed, without alcohol and petrol.

The auction process will include 7 for the power sector, 16 for other end-use steel and cement plants as also captive power units, and one mine for steel.

The passage of the Coal Bill is essential as it would pave way for auctioning of coal mines cancelled by the Supreme Court recently. Similarly, the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill also offers no easy way out.

GST, which has been stuck for the last seven years, will subsume most of the indirect taxes like excise duty and service tax at the Central level and value-added tax and local levies on the states front.

The Left parties, Trinamool Congress, RJD, SP and BSP have decided to make a common cause against the Bill.

The markets have been getting strong support from foreign institutional investors, or FIIs, who pumped in Rs 5,700 crore this week despite the rupee weakening by 2.5 per cent.

Expectations that government will come out with more reforms in Winter Session of Parliament also influenced sentiments, brokers said.

President-retail distribution, Religare Securities says, \"In line with expectations, the domestic bourses remained range-bound on Friday and closed marginally in the green.\"

The meeting of the Parliamentary panel to deliberate the Insurance Bill has been postponed as two members have ceased to be members after the Cabinet reshuffle.

He refrained from talking about issues concerning the Ministry of Defence on his first day in office, but Parrikar dropped enough hints that he meant business.

\"Like all good things, this (Insurance Amendment Bill) will come to an end. I am hoping for a positive select Committee report. And I do hope to pass it this month,\" Jaitley said.

\"There was no other qualified bidder which could have picked 15 per cent stake in MCX. In fact, Kotak (Mahindra Bank) wanted to buy the entire 26 per cent,\" says a source.

The state FMs had proposed to keep products such as petroleum, tobacco and alcohol out of GST ambit and had demanded that the exemption list be included in the Constitutional Amendment Bill.

It is this manufacturing hub which will provide jobs, markets and improve the living standards of the masses. It sure sends a message which is loud and clear and one is sure that industry and the world will sit up and notice.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath told reporters that the Lokpal Bill is the government's highest priority and it is even ready to extend the current session of Parliament, concluding on December 20, for passage of the measure.

Mining has faced multiple problems in recent years. There have been problems in acquiring land for new mines and delays in government approvals. Increased judicial scrutiny following corruption scandals in the allotment of mining blocks and environmental degradation caused by illegal mining have made matters worse.