Karan Choudhury And Sanjeeb Mukherjee

Stories by Karan Choudhury And Sanjeeb Mukherjee

Mounting sick leave makes India Inc nervous

Mounting sick leave makes India Inc nervous

Rediff.com   19 Sep 2016

Assocham estimates offices are facing staff crunches of 15 to 25 per cent with the various strains of fever.

Is FCI-like body needed for pulses?

Is FCI-like body needed for pulses?

Rediff.com   15 Sep 2016

The fund allocated for pulses buffer is more than 40% of entire farm ministry's 2016-17 budget.

With fatter wallet, Paytm goes for the kill

With fatter wallet, Paytm goes for the kill

Rediff.com   15 Sep 2016

The mobile wallet player plans to add more Chinese sellers to its e-commerce platform and boost technology for its soon-to-be-launched payments bank

Did IMD get monsoon wrong, again?

Did IMD get monsoon wrong, again?

Rediff.com   14 Sep 2016

Rains have been 5% below normal so far, but Met department sticks to its forecast

Paytm to raise $300 million, valuation pegged at $5 billion

Paytm to raise $300 million, valuation pegged at $5 billion

Rediff.com   29 Aug 2016

Paytm, which recently hived off its e-commerce and payments bank businesses into separate companies, would use these fresh funds to bolster the two businesses

India's first textile city likely to come up in Andhra Pradesh

India's first textile city likely to come up in Andhra Pradesh

Rediff.com   29 Aug 2016

The textiles sector is India's largest organised employer and critical for the prime minister's dream of creating jobs

Skymet lowers monsoon forecast to 'normal'

Skymet lowers monsoon forecast to 'normal'

Rediff.com   20 Aug 2016

Skymet said September would be much better and it expects it to end at 111 per cent of the LPA

Government looks to speed up sale of pulses to beat price fall

Government looks to speed up sale of pulses to beat price fall

Rediff.com   19 Aug 2016

In the global markets, pulses prices have slumped because of a bumper harvest.

Start-ups master the art of deal making

Start-ups master the art of deal making

Rediff.com   16 Aug 2016

No longer an in-house task; hiring legal eagles is now becoming norm for M&As, fundraising

Alibaba betting on Paytm in India

Alibaba betting on Paytm in India

Rediff.com   13 Aug 2016

Alibaba is playing a big role in helping to train the senior management of the upcoming Paytm Payment Bank

Faced with bumper supplies, Centre may buy more onions to protect farmers

Faced with bumper supplies, Centre may buy more onions to protect farmers

Rediff.com   11 Aug 2016

Agriculture ministry to prepare blueprint for purchasing onions directly from farmers and the expenditure on damages would be shared equally between the Centre and state governments.

Good monsoon has positive spin-off on govt finances

Good monsoon has positive spin-off on govt finances

Rediff.com   10 Aug 2016

Good monsoon is likely to create more jobs in the agriculture sector, which in turn could save the exchequer around Rs 10,000 crore

India on the cusp of 30-year cycle of good monsoons

India on the cusp of 30-year cycle of good monsoons

Rediff.com   10 Aug 2016

This could have huge implications for agriculture, food prices, supply and overall economic growth of the country

Retailers rattled by I-Day online sales, plan to petition government

Retailers rattled by I-Day online sales, plan to petition government

Rediff.com   10 Aug 2016

Retailer bodies to demand govt action against I-Day sales offers, threaten legal action for breach of FDI rules.

How Met department plans to fight city floods

How Met department plans to fight city floods

Rediff.com   8 Aug 2016

At present, the Met department is often unable to provide exact information on the exact amount of rain over a localised area.

Lack of clarity clouds e-tail bonhomie over GST

Lack of clarity clouds e-tail bonhomie over GST

Rediff.com   5 Aug 2016

Most e-commerce firms offer aggressive discounting and freebies, with specific purchases.

GST impact: Pain points in e-commerce remain

GST impact: Pain points in e-commerce remain

Rediff.com   4 Aug 2016

Industry experts said the major pain point would be tax collection at source, which would create a rift between sellers and e-commerce companies.

Budget process set for a makeover

Budget process set for a makeover

Rediff.com   1 Aug 2016

Scrapping Plan and non-Plan classifications necessitates the change

Start-ups get quirky to win over young India

Start-ups get quirky to win over young India

Rediff.com   31 Jul 2016

They are not only coming up with whacky names to grab attention but are also stretching the definition of e-commerce.

In a first, PMO assigns work for junior ministers

In a first, PMO assigns work for junior ministers

Rediff.com   30 Jul 2016

Breaking a long tradition, the PMO has ensured that specific divisions in each ministry are allocated to junior ministers.