The niche banks - small finance and payments banks -have been set up to further the regulator's objective of deepening financial inclusion.
In 2012, India attracted $22.78 billion of FDI, according to the data by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
The bilateral trade between India and China stood at $65.85 billion in 2013-14.
Some 74 projects from Odisha and another 51 projects from Chhattisgarh have lined up before the Project Monitoring Group.
During the 10-months of this financial year, the highest FDI came in services ($1.80 billion), followed by pharmaceuticals ($1.26 billion), automobiles ($1 billion) and construction development ($966 million).
Ramesh Abhishek, secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, talks to Subhayan Chakraborty about India's performance on the World Bank's ease of doing business ranking.
Amazon India is waiting for clarifications from the government on several aspects of the latest FDI guidelines to be able to carry on with business in the country. Sources said, no new investment is likely till at least the second half of 2019.
States to come under DIPP watch on ease of doing business.
The fears arise from Facebook's handling of user data and potential privacy violations, more specifically the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
While the talks are still at a preliminary stage, sources said major retail players had held discussions with Amazon
Unlike the regimes of Jayalalitha, Palaniswami and Karunanidhi, ministers are actually getting to make decisions on their own, with the unmentioned rider that they would be held responsible and accountable, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Floats discussion paper for stakeholders' feedback with a deadline of January 28.
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The report comes at a time when the government is trying to clear pending FDI proposals, which include various planned investments in this sector.
Mr Prabhu has a big challenge ahead in implementing trade reforms to regain the lost export momentum, says Jayanta Roy.
Patent filings in India would be more and more driven by new technologies, which are either kept secret or patented.
Oppo's FDI application approved for single-brand retail trading
IndiGo which has close to 40 per cent market share, at present has 129 aircraft and operates 883 daily flights to 44 destinations. It also has around 400 aircraft on order.
Many companies are putting HR's reputation as a back office administrator to rest by either outsourcing or automating most administrative tasks.
Rejecting the demand of global retailers like Walmart, the government on Wednesday said there is no plan to relax the mandatory 30 per cent local sourcing norms for foreign players in the multi-brand retail sector.
The Indian government has simplified FDI policy inorder to attract global retail chains.
India does not feature in the top 100 countries on eight of the 10 indicators of the World Bank study.
It was conveyed that he would not have a free rein in making bureaucratic postings. Sunil Bansal, handpicked by BJP president Amit Shah to execute his UP blueprint, has made it clear the party's writ would run over the government. But Adityanath has institutionalised a system to keep Bansal out, reports Radhika Ramaseshan.
Import of jewellery from Hong Kong attracts no duty in India, due to a free trade agreement.
The 'Smart Cities' project is one that has faced many hurdles.
'It is difficult to speak about Sushant in the past tense.'
This can mean companies like Apple, Zara can sell in India through wholly-owned subsidiaries
To fly 10 start-ups to San Francisco HQ of the company
The list has been handed over to Enforcement Directorate.
Obama said he wants to boost the use of natural gas in transportation
At the same time, the chief minister added, "We have decided to review the policy to remove any misconceptions in this regard."
The airline now has a total of 1,120 pilots of whom 88 are foreign pilots.
'India is still hierarchical, but not as much as Japan and people appreciate a flat working culture,' Charles Frump, managing director, Volvo Cars India, tells Pavan Lall.
Jaitley evaded vital questions on this issue.
FDI inflows into services sector grew by about 47 per cent to $2.64 billion in April-January last fiscal.
Kunnal Prem, chief executive officer of the Insurance Information Bureau of India, tells Mayank Jain on what they're doing.
Overall foreign inflows in the country rose by 27%.
Sectors throw up a wishlist for the Finance Minister.
'Most of the agitations are staged by the Opposition to disturb the peace of the state.'
None of the political parties in UP has any effective plans to create jobs.
Services attract highest foreign direct investment, despite Make in India push.
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