Estimates by retail consultancy Technopak suggest that direct subsidy to consumers because of e-commerce this year would be over Rs 12,000 crore.
India has a double-taxation avoidance pact with Singapore and more than 85 countries.
Digital India was the flavour of the PM's recent Silicon Valley visit.
A stream of people, including those from Rajasthan and Karnataka, walked into the only designated office before the closure of the one-time compliance window.
Even today, many MFIs already distribute pension and micro insurance products to low-income households.
The company will operate the IT system for five years.
Alipay payment service is about bringing the world's consumers and businesses together.
In August, RBI allowed 11 business houses to start a payments bank.
India Inc is seeking at least quarterly interactions with senior government representatives to establish a channel of communication and help change the opinion at the highest level.
The Centre and states are likely to settle for this threshold.
The meeting will focus on how to make the crisis an opportunity for India.
Every competitor is eyeing the top slot that Flipkart holds.
Last year, traffic jumped 15 times on Snapdeal's 'Big Sale Day' on Oct 6, when it had clocked Rs 1 crore a minute of sales over 10 hours.
Experts believe market launches can now happen seamlessly and quickly if FSSAI is removed from the process.
Ma and the other co-founders had finalised the name "Alibaba" after much research on its acceptability.
The government is considering a proposal to privatise some state-owned banks in phases.
The IMG meeting will be convened shortly.
The lab has 18 scientists.
Relations between founders and investors in the start-up universe - remains as tricky as ever.
The panel finds 'discrepancy' in the Annual Survey of Industries data.
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