Many of the jobs will now be offshored to lower income countries such as India, China and Poland
Back- and middle-office positions that support trading functions and provide technology services will be cut
Most of the extra spending in the Budget is in fact an accounting entry that shifts the cost of an interest subsidy to the agriculture Budget that was previously borne by the finance ministry
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's landslide election in 2014 raised hopes he would draw a line under India's socialist past, cut welfare and reduce the government's role in business.
Modi may bet on old faces and new to boost reforms
The Prime Minister tends to keep such decisions close to his chest.
India orders Greenpeace to shut down over fraud
The whitefly outbreak has intensified a debate over GM crops just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office reviews a proposal to allow farmers to grow GM mustard.
Critics say the crackdown is to muzzle dissent and Rijiju's actions could lead to less foreign aid for projects that fight child marriage, provide clean water in slums and feed pregnant women.
Prime Minister Modi chatted with the workers, enquiring about the place and their welfare and jobs.
This is another blow to Modi's ambitious economic reform agenda that has been stalled by a logjam in parliament
Modi denies the charges and was exonerated in an Indian Supreme Court inquiry in 2012.
About 2 million head of cattle are smuggled into Bangladesh annually.
As Modi completes a year in office, his cuts in federal welfare spending on the poorest of India's 1.25 bn people are coming in for sharp criticism.
Modi government has pledged to lay 700,000 kms of broadband cable.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was elected last year on hopes he would revive a languishing economy.
Investors from across the globe are keen to invest in Gujarat.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has high hopes from the VibrantGujarat Summit.
Modi is keen to restart big projects which are stuck for various reasons.
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