After selling out to Google, the 27-year-old has now turned into an angel investor.
The government has opted for the RuPay debit card over the Aadhaar-based platform for "last-mile" authentication in its Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
Against National Democratic Alliance's 75 million target, United Progressive Alliance added 61 million in 2013-14.
A Cabinet note is expected to be moved to use Aadhaar numbers for electronic Know Your Customer verification of mobile subscribers.
It is widely believed that Nandan Nilekani's meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saved the ambitious Aadhaar project from oblivion or a takeover by the home ministry.
Such service providers were given time until the end of October to follow the law of the land.
Interview with Anant Gupta, HCL Tech's president and chief executive officer.
According to officials aware of the matter, restarting the project could mean inviting the court's 'contempt' as the case -- in which the Supreme Court has held that biometric identification cannot be a criterion for a citizen's access to welfare -- has still not been closed yet.
In other welfare schemes, such as those for cooking gas, pension and scholarships, which are linked to DBT, cash is transferred directly into the bank accounts of beneficiaries.
The country may propose pipeline via China when Putin visits this year.
The panel suggested the cess for BS-IV and BS-V fuels should accrue to the Oil Industry Development Board
Cabinet may tweak Rangarajan formula; new price may be further delayed.
ONGC takes Reliance to court, alleging years of stealing from its offshore block and a sleeping govt, right after it was agreed there would be a probe by experts.
E-auction or e-tendering moves the process of bidding for government contracts completely online, removing most manual procedures and, therefore, creating an accountability trail.
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Though the party's pre-poll promises include increasing the focus on technology, this isn't a new idea.
The company is looking to invest more than $3 bn over the next three years.
Earlier this week, the ministry had come out with a clarification, saying domestic gas producers had to stick to the earlier price of $4.2 a unit until a further notification from the new government.
Two key depts in ministry cold to rationale for one; postal dept says it's more eligible than IDFC or Bandhan, feels 'strong lobby' scuttling its plans.
With faster broadband, you are going to see a new wave of entrepreneurship in India says Karim Temsamani.
If the EC decides to put on hold a gas price revision for RIL, it would set a precedent for pricing decisions of the government and policy decisions taken but undergoing procedural delays.
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