Kalpana Pathak And Jyoti Mukul

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Base salary stagnates, but variable pay zooms at IITs

Base salary stagnates, but variable pay zooms at IITs

Rediff.com   5 Dec 2014

International pay packages have soared 10-30 per cent at IITs.

Will e-com bubble last longer with Tata, Premji, Murthy in fray?

Will e-com bubble last longer with Tata, Premji, Murthy in fray?

Rediff.com   2 Dec 2014

At Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion), e-commerce has seen one of the fastest rates of growth in investment activity this year.

New Zealand rolls out easy visa route to encourage Indian tourists

New Zealand rolls out easy visa route to encourage Indian tourists

Rediff.com   30 Nov 2014

The US has already eased the procedure for issuing visa to attract a million Indian tourists by 2015

Firms may sell mines under proposed changes to mining law

Firms may sell mines under proposed changes to mining law

Rediff.com   21 Nov 2014

Under current laws, a company cannot sell mines but only transfer leases when it is acquired by another firm.

Auction of coal mines to be the next big thing

Auction of coal mines to be the next big thing

Rediff.com   7 Nov 2014

Decades of a state-owned monopoly selling coal at a fixed price has taken its toll on production.

Grocery chains log on to e-commerce

Grocery chains log on to e-commerce

Rediff.com   25 Oct 2014

Reliance Retail follows Future Group in online foray

Good news! India's job market is looking up

Good news! India's job market is looking up

Rediff.com   21 Oct 2014

Banking and IT lead; see September hiring rise 52%, 34% y-o-y, respectively.

Now, Centre to cap subsidy on cooking gas

Now, Centre to cap subsidy on cooking gas

Rediff.com   21 Oct 2014

The new system will entail a periodic revision in the price of subsidised LPG cylinders so that the subsidy remains fixed.

RIL may not gain from the gas price hike: Analysts

RIL may not gain from the gas price hike: Analysts

Rediff.com   19 Oct 2014

RIL estimates output from KG-D6 could reach up to 60 mscmd in the next five years, when all satellite fields are brought into production.

RIL could report flat profit growth in Q2

RIL could report flat profit growth in Q2

Rediff.com   11 Oct 2014

RIL might see its September quarter's profit between Rs 5,600 crore and Rs 5,670 crore.

RIL faces dealer block for reopening petrol pumps

RIL faces dealer block for reopening petrol pumps

Rediff.com   9 Oct 2014

Dealers are not happy with the company's latest retailing policy and decided not to re-open their pumps.

Naveen Jindal unhappy with coal verdict, to seek legal help

Naveen Jindal unhappy with coal verdict, to seek legal help

Rediff.com   26 Sep 2014

With the Supreme Court (SC) cancelling captive coal block allocations, Jindal Steel & Power Limited will be the worst-affected company.

Commercial mining should be permitted: Former coal secretary

Commercial mining should be permitted: Former coal secretary

Rediff.com   25 Sep 2014

It is up to the government to take a decision on this before it starts auctioning.

Clock turns back: A big blow for private coal mine developers

Clock turns back: A big blow for private coal mine developers

Rediff.com   25 Sep 2014

The Supreme Court order has created a new legal framework for coal mining by ruling that only the Union government and its entities can do it.

Supreme Court order on coal blocks could force nationalisation

Supreme Court order on coal blocks could force nationalisation

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2014

The Supreme Court is expected to deliver its final verdict on coal mine allocations later this week.

Global CEOs find India frustrating but irresistible

Global CEOs find India frustrating but irresistible

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2014

The government plans to take India into the top 50 ranks in ease of doing business in the next two years with efforts such as shifting all applications for industrial licenses online.

PMO in overdrive as Modi's ministers hit pause button

PMO in overdrive as Modi's ministers hit pause button

Rediff.com   10 Sep 2014

Ministers in the Narendra Modi government have been busy making presentations on their 100 days of work. But what these presentations do not mention is that decisions by ministers have been few, with plenty of papers and files moving to the Prime Minister's Office, which is increasingly emerging as a centralised clearance point, even for routine and ordinary issues. Though policy paralysis was a term used freely for the United Progressive Alliance regime, questions are now being raised about pending decisions across ministries and whether at least some ministers have turned redundant.

Govt changes biz models to attract private investments in infra

Govt changes biz models to attract private investments in infra

Rediff.com   9 Sep 2014

The move is part of a larger initiative by the government to speed up work in the highway sector.

BPCL, Indian Oil to revive premium petrol brands on excise cut

BPCL, Indian Oil to revive premium petrol brands on excise cut

Rediff.com   1 Sep 2014

For BCPL's branded petrol, Speed, the price differential with regular petrol is now between Rs 2.74 and Rs 3.75 per litre.

SC's coal scam verdict today; future tense for 194 blocks

SC's coal scam verdict today; future tense for 194 blocks

Rediff.com   1 Sep 2014

Since the court had earlier questioned distribution of mining rights through the screening committee route, experts say the solution worked out would be weighed on the basis of legality.