With a middle class still so small and no apparent leaps in productivity on the farm or in manufacturing on the horizon, India faces its own age of diminished expectations.
Fraud is a big concern among many board members.
Service companies such as Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services and Airtel, among others, would be particularly hit.
The e-commerce sector gave a much higher average hike of 16-20 per cent to its executives.
'Foreign clients are beginning to question the reliability of outsourcing and are considering insourcing'
Call for fiscal autonomy to Union Territories with Assemblies may get louder with 'special status' to J&K in the Finance Commission, say experts.
It hopes to leverage the growing number of mobile transactions
Cabinet to take up proposal to extend operation & maintenance contracts from 9 to 29 years
The market buzz is that the GoAir promoters are hoping for a valuation that is at least a little more than double its closest rival SpiceJet.
ICICI Bank, India's second largest bank, was awarded 'The Best Retail Internet Bank Award in India-2004' and 'The Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Bank Award in India-2004' by internationally acclaimed Global Finance magazine.
All the 50 company CEOs, including the 17 companies headed by Indian Americans, were honored at a gala awards ceremony last month.
Exemption limits, standard deduction on radar.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India, eagerly awaiting a response from the Justice Rajendra-Mal Lodha panel on the appointment of an independent auditor, may not get one by October 25 as the three-member committee is not likely to meet on Monday.
Being a member of the World Trade Organisation and General Agreement on Trade in Services, India will have to lift restrictions on foreign capital in insurance.
Among the greatest mistakes women make in their career is losing track of their career goals, not taking additional responsibilities and learning new skills and technology.
Politicians appeal to key groups of voters like farmers or the poor by keeping prices low and ignoring theft, prompting scepticism about whether states will agree to any package that forces tariff hikes.
If proved correct, MJ-1 would the third biggest gas field in KG-D6 after D1&D3.
Consensus seems a problem before the current session of Parliament ends.
Private consumption is looking up and will get better as the full effect of the good monsoon is felt on rural income, and the effect of the payout from the Seventh Pay Commission is felt on urban income, say Anis Chakravarty & Rishi Shah.
Lenders are not enthused because, as brokers, their responsibility towards policyholders will be higher than corporate agents.
The presence of Fortune 500 companies will double in Gurgaon to over 40 per cent by 2010 as the city would establish a hub for knowledge economy by then, an Assocham-Deloitte paper said on Tuesday.\n\n
The tax, in lieu of local levies, will be imposed at the first point of a financial transaction.
From 100% tax deductions for contributions to PM-CARES fund to extending the due date for linking Aadhar and PAN card, the government has provided various tax relief and extensions in deadlines for statutory compliances, says Homi Mistry.
Sebi's surveillance department has red-flagged unusual trading patterns in some stocks. Shares of some companies were seen going up ahead of a sharp sell-off.
Research by Deloitte shows that one in four people questioned have brought IT functions back in-house after realising that these services can be addressed more successfully or at a lower cost using internal resources.
Downloading songs, movies, books? You may have to pay tax on it.
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Firms with low promoter holding may get to buy shares from secondary market.
More and more CSR is being defined by how a company runs its operations and makes its profits; and just firms donating money to charities.
What matters is the culture and the atmosphere of the workplace, and whether employees get treated fairly. 'It is also important for the employee to feel s/he is part of a winning team,' Credit Suisse's Mickey Doshi tells Niraj Bhatt.
Many companies are putting HR's reputation as a back office administrator to rest by either outsourcing or automating most administrative tasks.
Modi's 'UDAN' project faces fund crunch as too many airlines have come on board
Government planning to slash the number of days required to start a business in Mumbai, Delhi from the current 26.
India's participation in Olympics will be decided only by the general body of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, which in all likelihood won't change its present stance of not taking part as they don't want to follow the Olympic charter.
The coming Union Budget might give relief to foreign portfolio investors from taxation on indirect transfers.
Lack of closure to the algo controversy could weigh on sentiment, say experts
'The easy availability of funds has enabled us to not only hire the best faculty, but has also made it possible for us to retain them with the best possible infrastructure -- labs, grants etc,' Ashoka University VC Malabika Sarkar tells Geetanjali Krishna.
The placement season has brought in positive cheer for students at the IIT Kharagpur this year.
