Your nearest grocery shop might soon become a one-stop shop for depositing and withdrawing money.
'The top 10 industries encompass 84% of the total new payrolls, indicating that industry is coming on steam after the initial hiccups following GST,' say Soumya Kanti Ghosh and Pulak Ghosh.
Bandhan Bank is the first bank to be launched in eastern India post Independence.
What connects P S Jayakumar of Bank of Baroda, V Vaidyanathan of Capital First Ltd and Chandra Shekhar Ghosh of Bandhan?
There's a long way to go before human beings are replaced by machines -- in banks at least.
'What we are going to see is a large number of white collar jobs getting lost.' 'Job loss can drive people to depression, drugs, alcoholism and even suicide as there is no one to turn to when they are down.' 'There is no in-between now -- things go from a luxurious lifestyle to no lifestyle.'
Celebrating Independence Day the Bollywood way.
Similarities between NDA and UPA on some key policy issues are now becoming too stark to be ignored, says A K Bhattacharya.
India improved its rank on six out of the 10 parameters relating to starting and doing business in a country.
Modi government has to come up with a robust economic agenda to impress the masses.
Begin with ITC. Larsen & Toubro, yes. ICICI and HDFC, yes again.
Investors also appreciate the role being played by the founders; analysts, too, remain unperturbed.
'EPFO's investments this financial year should be Rs 1 lakh crore'
The first quarter of 2018 saw infrastructure and real estate drive investment worth close to $8 billion across 180 deals
'We can't have the best of both worlds -- large, efficient, world class government-owned banks, doing social banking and making profits. 'Why not set them free from the shackles of such obligations and run them as business units?' says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Focus on the best you can do with what you've been given.
Smaller cities like Pune and Noida score better than 'Vibrant' Gujarat's Ahmedabad.
India's IT/BPO story isn't over yet, believes Ganesh Natarajan.
India's IT/BPO story isn't over yet, believes Ganesh Natarajan.
This is the story of two youngsters from Bengaluru, who converted adversity to their advantage.
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By the end of 2020, India will lay 32,737 km across the length and breadth of the country. It needs to lay down and comply with strict safety standards especially since some of these pipes will go through areas of dense habitation, says Rashme Sehgal.
Supreme Court allows more instruments to use the biometric card.
Nearly 490 million people of working age are outside the bounds of India's unemployment assessments. A decrease in the unemployment rate could signal economic growth, but could just as well mean that people have given up looking for work. A revealing excerpt from Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran and Tata Chief Economist Roopa Purushothaman's Bridgital Nation: Solving Technology's People Problem.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Reduction in the mandatory minimum contribution and extension to invest in the scheme from 60 years to 70 years has made the National Pension Scheme more friendly, says Anil Chopra, Group CEO & Director Bajaj Capital
Recent incidents suggest these safeguards perform well in simulated conditions and mock drills, but often fall short when actual threats emerge.
Experts consider Sebi's takeover code in its present form to be on a par with any foreign code governing public mergers and acquisitions.
'SBI is already too big. Too big to fail.' 'It already is a moral hazard. What will it do with 20,000 branches that it cannot do with 14,000, especially in these days of online and mobile banking?'
She needs to find innovative ways to at least match the growth during Gehlot's rule.
The best possible move would be for the government to spend the funds on activities like infrastructure development or as it deems fit, says Soumya Kanti Ghosh.
During deleveraging the income falls more than reduction in debt due to the austerity measures.
Sachin Bansal, who had co-founded Flipkart with Binny Bansal in 2007, would exit the company
Many bankers say the move will have a serious impact on the chain of command of nationalised banks and that it would only enable the government to dish out favours to a few of their own men.
Inflation is down, growth is headed for recovery. RIL and subsidiary Jio are on an upswing. However, stressed loans and impending job losses are the dark clouds, says Devangshu Datta.
Among the private banking majors ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank were down 0.2%-0.5% each.
'When Hindus converted through inducements there was no hue and cry, but when reconversions took place, everyone cried foul. If re-conversions are bad, so are conversions.' 'Our government is not getting involved either in conversions or re-conversions. The BJP has nothing to do with it.' Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu in a candid interview.
When the Centre collects money through cess, it can retain the entire fund for the particular scheme.
'Make in India' could suffer the same fate as did privatisation and the command economy, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
