The firm chooses UP for payments bank launch in February. Karan Choudhury reports.
Effects of the new schemes launched under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana would be felt more in tier-II and tier-III cities, as not many budget or affordable housing projects are in the works in metropolitan cities.
The largest e-commerce entity of China is setting up its first India office -- an indication that it intends to capture a pie of the growing e-commerce market here. Raghavendra Kamath & Alnoor Peermohamed report.
Looking for a way out, property developers deal in banned notes.
Computer emergency response teams will be strengthened with ethical hackers who will respond to cyberattacks.
Accuses foreign-funded competition of 'capital dumping' to capture market, bats for stronger regulations for sector.
The telecom companies have also been asked to urgently improve their infrastructure, as the government aims to digitise a host of services.
Safety standards are thrown to the wind as government urges consumers to use mobile wallets at petrol pumps, Shine Jacob & Karan Choudhury/Business Standard report from New Delhi.
Paytm has, since November 8, been on an overdrive, rolling out a series of features on its app including multi-language options for a no-holds barred access across the country. The company is now planning to make Paytm available on all types of mobile phones, going much beyond smartphones.
A fourth of the property market is cash-based and this has affected home sales after high value notes were scrapped.
At 9.5% of sales, Zara offers the best revenue share to Mumbai's posh Oberoi mall. This is the highest revenue share offered by any fashion retailer for an anchor position in a mall.
Modi's demonetisation move has hit the real estate market in Delhi and Mumbai
As PM talks of lower lending rates, housing companies prepare to cash in.
The group has tied up with property developer Ireo for an office complex and M3M Group for a residential project in Gurgaon
The reason for Trent's success is rooted in its slow and steady approach to expansion. Unlike others, Trent, led by Noel Tata, ensured that each store was profitable before it went on to the next, says Raghavendra Kamath.
Vijay Shekhar Sharma, head of Paytm, says they'd achieve their 500-million user target by 2018, two years before the earlier aim.
Work in mandis across UP and in northern India which till Tuesday, witnessed heavy arrivals of newly harvested paddy, saw a steep decline.
"Online portals are also bleeding heavily and have huge accumulated losses. There is pressure from investors to cut down on discounting."
Mistry indeed followed standards of corporate governance so that it should not create any controversies at a later date
New law could pose challenges of cost escalation, increased paperwork, fear developers.