"Not a single step has been taken by this government to empower small businesses in India," says Praveen Khandelwal, national secretary general of the Confederation of All India Traders and former treasurer of the Bharatiya Janata Party's Delhi unit.
His investment in Paytm is in his personal capacity.
Reliance has announced that it will roll out its e-commerce platform to as many as 1.2 million retailers and store owners in Gujarat. This is part of a nationwide roll-out that will come later this yea, reports Viveat Susan Pinto.
In about a year, top e-commerce companies are expected to raise as much funds as the three sector leaders raised in about five years.
Chinese mobile brands are deeply entrenched in the Indian market. A move to bar them may send a bold diplomatic message. But its cost for the local industry is anybody's guess. In the event that Chinese brands face curbs, two handset makers - Samsung and Apple - squarely stand to gain.
The threat may be a decade away, but it has brick-and-mortar sellers rethinking their strategies and banking on the govt to regulate online companies.
India's Internet economy has two choices: An immediate $30 billion Sale-and-Leaseback or a $3 trillion value harvesting over decades, observes Vibhu Arya.
Regulators will need to allow the model to evolve to allow profits to flow, says Una Gulani.
Arora will resign less than two years since he joined the Japanese Internet conglomerate
The year 2017 could be the third year of a double-digit growth in arrivals from China after years of low single-digit growth
India has made a good beginning in the area of satellite navigation but still there is a long way to go.
What was the need for Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman, Central Military Commission, to don the new role of Commander in-Chief? Does this mean that the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao faces numerous threats from within the Communist Party?
After the Ladakh fiasco where Xi Jinping did not expect the Indian Army to resist his land-grabbing tactics, he has to save face before his colleagues in the Communist party.' To bring the threat of a mega-dam to the northern Indian border is a clever move, observes Claude Arpi.
Prominent print advertisements on Monday pitched Amazon's discount strategy against Flipkart's.
Xioami, currently the world's third-largest smartphone maker, is now planning to raise about $1.5 billion in its fifth round of financing, media reports said.
The numbers in India may not be as big but the opportunity for serious growth is all there.
Amazon has increased the commission on non-core segments by 2-9 per cent.
InMobi helps companies target the users of phones.
Shakila's seductive performances in the ever-popular club number Babuji Dheere Chalna and the fabulous torch song Hoon Abhi Main Jawaan made filmmakers sit up and notice this new talent.
Carlos Tevez is getting paid 615,000 a week at Shanghai Shenhua, making him the world's best-paid player. His salary is now more than Cristiano Ronaldo's and Lionel Messi's!
For now Walmart has said it remains optimistic about India. But that could change without prior notice, says Nivedita Mookerji.
Mumbai is the most hard working city in the world. Mumbaikars work for an average of 3,315 hours annually. In comparison, a full-time employee in Beijing works for an average of 2,096 hours a year, says Shyamal Majumdar.
With a new $100-billion technology fund, SoftBank is likely to go after market leaders.
The industry is looking at a promising 2016, though experts and even the investors anticipate correction on the valuation side
For the traditionalists, wars on Twitter and Facebook smack of immaturity.
Turbocharged with technology is becoming the Holy Grail of retail.
The new entrants are young, enterprising Chinese men and women who want to tap into the promising Indian market.
Snapdeal had appointed merchant bankers for listing on an American stock exchange
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pipped Chinese President Xi Jinping to secure the top rank in handling domestic and international affairs in a global survey conducted by a Chinese firm.
Bob van Dijk, chief executive officer of Naspers, is now betting on companies in food tech, payments, travel and other consumer sectors to tap the potential of the Indian market.
The 2016 upstart, called Jio, dislodged rivals and has emerged as the nation's No. 4 carrier by offering call services free for life and data transmission at dirt cheap rates.
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Premji is ranked 13th on Forbes' first ever list of '100 Richest People In Tech', followed by Nadar on the 14th spot.
For the four new players, the spike in wealth is 126 per cent.
These workers have been asked to undergo a 30-day performance improvement plan.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates tops list of the world's top 25 richest self-made billionaires.
It entered India in 2006, with the aim of tapping the promising consumer market.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates with an estimated fortune of $78 billion heads the list
Russian firms expand their footprint in India. And take bigger steps to do business with India's private sector.
Paytm has, since November 8, been on an overdrive, rolling out a series of features on its app including multi-language options for a no-holds barred access across the country. The company is now planning to make Paytm available on all types of mobile phones, going much beyond smartphones.
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