Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes while addressing an Assocham event today said by pushing the digitisation of communication technology to make mobile phones affordable to the farmers of the country, the government would work along with private companies.
There will be pressure on the fiscal situation, especially at a time when the monsoon can also disappoint. More populist expenditure is on cards if the mandate is a hung Parliament or a coalition government.
The first reason is engineering services, says Anant Gupta
'If you look at voice and data realisations in India, they are the lowest in the world.'
Opposition parties have slammed the decision to change the long-standing practice, alleging it was being done with an eye on the assembly polls in five states.
While three of the top five FPIs - Capital, Government of Singapore, and Vanguard - have seen their investment value more than triple, India's benchmark indices have risen just 70%.
Only five sectors such as consumer internet companies, professional services, life sciences, automotive and consumer products are projecting double-digit increment.
With the new facility, settling PF withdrawal claims would just take few hours.
An industry representative and an academician had expressed their reservations during the deliberations, says Srikrishna
'The Tata group will need for its new leader to show the same foresight and willingness to go against conventional wisdom at times to keep the group's aspirations high and uphold the values of innovation, ethics, corporate responsibility, trust and leadership that are frequently associated with the Tata name.'
The government believes that WTO's push for initiating negotiations on substantive obligations related to e-commerce will oblige India to permanently accept the current moratorium on imposing customs duties on products traded electronically.
Apart from making your purchases on these platforms expensive, it will also mean sellers will have to face the brunt of reduced cash flows amid already low margins for some. Experts said the proposal, which will take effect on April 1, 2020, and will be inserted as a new section in the Income Tax Act, is expected to affect the working capital of e-commerce companies and reduce cash flows for e-sellers.
Combining affordable IT with native Indian ingenuity and entrepreneurship F C Kohli believed would enable Indian small businesses match anyone and thrive.
India Inc is shying away from investing in digital technologies.
A CAG report severely criticises the movie certification body for fabrication of documents and showing bias while issuing film certificates.
8,121 people were arrested in 2015 for cybercrimes, a 41% increase from 2014.
TCS, NXP Semiconductors and Gemini Traze are already in the fray.
'Now is the time for India to course correct and for the government also to course correct,' says businessman Mangesh Khatri.
'We will be voting keeping in mind the brunt we bore because of demonetisation and high GST rate'
The authorities had sought explanation from these 18 lakh entities through SMS and emails
"At the moment, the fall is arrested (and it) is very clear. The growth is happening. We will only be looking at the steady growth. It may be slow but steady," Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters in New Delhi.
He also re-opened the issue of a fresh enquiry about the mysterious disappearance of Netaji and felt it would be more effective to have an investigative inquiry by experts to find out the reality.
The documents consist of five files each from the Prime Minister's Office and Home Ministry, and 15 files from Ministry of External Affairs pertaining to the period between 1956 and 2009.
EPFO has an ambitious plan to settle the claims within few hours after filing of application
Branch additions for most major banks in the current financial year do not correspond to the number of the past two years.
Though the Institute was jointly opened by the central and state governments, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa boycotted the opening.
Design thinking refers to solving traditional tech problems using newer, different and innovative methods
The nearly Rs 15,000-crore India unit of Coca-Cola derives the bulk of its revenue from its core business of selling cola drinks
India is publishing a bulky encyclopaedia, running into 30 million pages, which would extensively cover its vast traditional knowledge as part of efforts to keep out Intellectual Property invaders from patenting its indigenous wealth.
HDFC Life, which posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 281.83 crore (Rs 2.81 billion) for the quarter ended June compared with Rs 11.92 crore (Rs 119.2 million) in corresponding period last year (according to HDFC's first quarter results), has diversified its distribution mix.
Experts say the recent Rs 14,000-crore PNB fraud could have been avoided had there been an integration of PNB's CBS with its SWIFT system
In new year message, Sikka warns staff of automation, Premji talks of Wipro's core values
AMBER brings you the nearest ambulance and alerts your preferred hospital and family members
Chennai-based Central Research Institute for Siddha is seeking patents for 30,000 Indian medicinal compositions and herbs, besides taking steps to digitise 10,000 formulae for treating various ailments.
Pronab Sen, the government's former chief statistician, says contrary to perception, GDP growth won't be drastically hit in the present quarter.
The government has reduced the stipulated period for settlement of various claims like PF withdrawal, pension and insurance by the retirement fund body EPFO to 20 days from the existing 30 days.
At $2.6 trillion, the Indian economy is currently ranked sixth in the world behind the US, China, Japan, Germany and the UK.
New Microsoft study finds a majority of the millennial workforce are open to digital workspaces.
The government is beefing up enforcement against tax cheats in real estate sector, says Panagariya
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