Enthused by India's financial inclusion drive, US-based Accion, one of the biggest micro finance organisations in the world, has renewed its focus in India. Michael Schlein, bottom, left, chief executive officer of Accicon, tells Namrata Acharya in an email interview the Wall Street and Silicon Valley are eager to participate in opportunities presented by the issuance of the small finance and payment bank licences, the expanded banking correspondent opportunities, and the Jan-Dhan Yojna.
Banerjee has fulfilled two key electoral promises: Ridding Lalgarh of Naxals and bringing peace to Darjeeling
Business should be pleasure, not pressure, believes Thrissur-based T S Kalyanaraman.
Cricket doesn't need development. In football there are two elements - one is the game and the other is the philanthropy element. Cricket is a purely commercial decision.
The Duncans Goenka group is in a spot of bother over the death of workers and non-payment of dues to employees.
Financial inclusion has been on the top of the govt's top agenda.
Sanjiv Puri is likely to steer more buys to achieve a turnover of Rs 1 lakh cr from the new FMGC businesses by 2030.
China accounts for more than one-third of the apparel export market
Hours after taking charge as CM, Mamata had announced returning 400 acres to 'unwilling' land-losers
It's been months since Jindal returned the private land to the state government, free of cost, but not a cottah has been distributed
Dalhousie square has close to 55 historic landmarks.
This time, the price of potato had shot up to Rs 50 per kg.
In urban India, the fall in rice consumption was 0.2 kg per person per month.
In 2006-07, TCS had employed 7,000 people in the eastern states.
ITC's noodle brand has been caught in the Maggi crossfire.
For India's leading MFI-turned bank, the challenge is to stay competitive while pricing its loans
Birla Corporation has grown from a Rs 1,763-crore company to Rs 3,200 crore; profitability, however, has suffered due to the slowdown.
Shareholders feel Cyrus Mistry is slowly slipping into Ratan Tata's shoes
In corporate India where family disputes have become far too common, the Miglanis work as a team.
There are perks for banking with the newest bank in India.
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