'If we chose to do the right things, it is possible to avoid job losses at a mass scale,' ABB MD Sanjeev Sharma tells Raghu Krishnan.
Economists expect Modi to announce big-bang reforms.
Many PSBs are in the process of rationalisation of ATMs
The cash crunch following demonetisation and transaction fees that do not cover costs are among the reasons why the sector is struggling.
Real estate loans could become NPAs for banks.
Smaller Singapore- and US-based venture capital funds, retail associations and trader bodies such as the CAIT and SJM are all planning to approach the government to put pressure on the commerce ministry.
While brick-and-mortar retailers have been the most vocal in their protests, e-tailers do not seem to be in a hurry.
His vision drove ITC to pursue business models that today support over 6 million livelihoods, many amongst the weakest in society.
Realty players want single window clearance for all affordable projects, reports Karan Choudhury.
With founder Subhash Chandra no longer in the driver's seat at Zee, the acid test for Punit Goenka would be to take the financial investors along with him even as he strives to weather the latest storm. The question, now, is how he will deal with the challenges of being a professional CEO rather than an owner-CEO in the aftermath of his family offloading most of its promoter stake to a clutch of financial investors. However, the silver lining is that Zee remains the most profitable of the top four broadcasters in India.
British Prime Minister Theresa May will be in India tomorrow, but Cyrus Mistry will no longer head the Indo-UK CEO forum.
Among other things, taking note of complaints against several Chinese e-commerce players such as Shein, Ali Express etc for sending shipments as 'gifts' to customers in India and avoiding duties, the government has now mandated that all e-commerce sites and apps must have a registered business entity. This will be the importer on record and subject to customs rules, report Subhayan Chakraborty, Neha Alawadhi and Karan Choudhury.
'If Walmart is a physical retailer, why is it striking a deal with Flipkart for the online space?'
Concluding the three-part series, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta says that the black money law is likely to fail because of the ineptness of India's investigative and enforcement agencies.
He endorsed transparency and financial stability in addition to issues related to inclusive growth and development, write Puran Singh and Nupur Pavan Bang.
India Inc expects the RBI to cut interest rates by early next year.
'All statue-building is an exercise in hubris, but Mr Adityanath's enterprise begs a question: Can a state with rampant child malnutrition and 325 children dying in a Gorakhpur hospital afford Rama's benediction?' asks Sunil Sethi.
In 2015, the Reserve Bank of India cut interest rates by 125 basis points to 6.75 per cent.
I-T lens on current account deposits over Rs 12.5 lakh. All the news and more post demonetisation.
The government is looking at building by-laws and floor area ratio so that you can build up instead of out, thus requiring less land.
N Sundaresha Subramanian digs deeper into what Catalyst, an Indo-US project, brings to the payments ecosystem.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has cancelled his visit to WEF annual meeting after a deadly Taliban attack in his country.
The lock-in would be for a period of six months.
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Can the leaky public distribution system, or PDS, deliver the subsidised grain to two-thirds of the population?
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The ball is now in the Reserve Bank of India's court to lift up demand, says Ajay S Shriram.
The sun is out. The flood waters have receded. Keralites have spent crores in quickly cleaning up the state and making it visitor ready. Go to Kerala folks!
Indeed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who as Gujarat chief minister was considered close to certain business groups and industrialists, has hardly been seen with any Indian business head.
The Planning Commission has not been central to the policy making process since the mid-1960s, says Nitin Desai.
Everything about the way Delhi is governed needs to change, Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia tells Aditi Phadnis and Akshat Kaushal.
Real estate veteran Saket Mohta gives the the most comprehensive 11-point checklist
Shopkeepers are losing buyers in droves to e-tailers for everything from fashion to smartphones, and are struggling to find solutions.
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