A further drop in long distance call rates is on the anvil with the Department of Telecom deciding to remove a major glitch in the introduction of Carrier Access Code.
The budget airline is waiting for approval from India.
Professor M S Swaminathan, the country's most renowned agricultural scientist, may be appointed chairman of the National Commission on Farmers.
The turnover of commodity and stocks futures grew at a scorching pace in 2006-07, accounting for 80 per cent of the total turnover of the cash and futures markets.
India and Brazil have opposed tooth and nail the tariff reduction formula proposed by United States and European Union at the World Trade Organisation with the just concluded agriculture negotiations ending without making any headway.
Collapse of the mobile operator could translate into total loss of nearly Rs 44,000 crore for the AV Birla group.
Following a directive from the Delhi high court, Reliance Infocomm has deposited Rs 40 crore (Rs 400 million) with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
IBP Co Ltd plans to source fuel for its retail network from Reliance Industries Ltd's Jamnagar refinery in Gujarat and the upcoming refinery of Nagarjuna Oil, according to the draft prospectus filed by the company.
Taking advantage of the RBI's different accounting year, the Centre had started demanding an interim dividend till the time the latter's final balance sheet is prepared (usually in August). To address this anomaly, an expert committee led by former RBI governor Bimal Jalan had recommended aligning the RBI's financial year with that of the government.
Trai's move is seen as a relief for the debt ridden sector and the industry body COAI expects that continuing with six paise mobile call termination charge will not have any impact on consumers as operators have already absorbed this charge in their recently increased mobile call and data rates.
The Centre will provide special assistance to the militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir to have a reasonable Plan size apart from a grant of Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) to help the state meet its "overdraft" situation.
Iran has sought a 20 per cent increase in price for the additional 2.5 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas that India wants to buy, over and above the five million tonnes contracted earlier this week.
'It's the brazen corruption involving politicians that makes you sit up years after the event,' notes Nivedita Mookerji after reading B K Syngal's Telecom Man.
'Tinkering will not do. Merely staggering spectrum dues comes nowhere near solving the problem,' cautions Rahul Khullar.
The Cabinet is believed to have asked the Department of Telecom to examine imposing a Swachch Bharat cess on spectrum charges paid annually by service providers.
The call drop rate should not be more than 2 per cent and for worst affected cells it should not be more than 3 per cent.
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Telecom Commission approves high base price of Rs 11,485 cr per Mhz for 700-Mhz frequency; no decision taken on proposed standard spectrum usage charges of 4.5%
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Over 20 years, connectivity has massively expanded. But 50,000 villages have been left behind.
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