According to a 2011 impact assessment study of the programme by Banerjee and Duflo, along with economists Raghabendra Chattopadhyay and Jeremy Shapiro, Bandhan's THP results in a 15 per cent increase in household consumption and had a positive impact on wealth and welfare, such as assets and emotional well being.
From Hyundai to Tata Motors, automakers are staring at a bleak future. With no succor provided in the Budget, the pain for companies is likely to continue for the next two quarters.
Shailendra Kumar, MD, Oracle India, details the India plan.
Instead of the minority stake they held earlier, now they have controlling stake in many firms
Engineering product firms were among the first to embrace AI and machine learning. And the early adopters are reaping gains.
IBM started using Watson last year in India in two of its key divisions, services and infrastructure, for the bulk of its 150,000 employees as part of its "predictive retention" programme.
Nokia on Monday launched its E-series range of phones that are optimised for business use and said it plans to expand the retail outlets for the device from 1,000 to 6,000.
According to the government data, micro, small and medium enterprises employ about 59.7 million people spread over 26.1 million enterprises.
The US FOMC concludes its two-day meeting today while the Bank of Japan will start its two-day meeting today.
Stating that COVID-19 has not yet been contained in India, the rating agency in a statement said the government stimulus package is low relative to countries with similar economic impacts from the pandemic. "The COVID-19 outbreak in India and two months of lockdown -- longer in some areas -- have led to a sudden stop in the economy. That means growth will contract sharply this fiscal year (April 2020 to March 2021)," it said. "Economic activity will face ongoing disruption over the next year as the country transitions to a post-COVID-19 world."
Large enterprises fuelled by the boom in IT and outsourcing services will drive the demand for telecom services in India, but the country must improve the quality of its corporate data services, IT research firm Gartner said.
Outsourcing company iGate Corporation on Wednesday said it has bagged a major five-year contract worth over $100 million (about Rs 598 crore) for providing global infrastructure services for insurance major MetLife, Inc.
The PM held bilateral meetings with three ASEAN leaders, including his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, and discussed key bilateral and regional issues.
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The prime minister also visited the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi after the milestone was achieved and interacted with hospital officials.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a case against former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran and BSNL officials for allegedly allotting 300 high-speed telephone lines to Maran's residence in Chennai which were extended to his brother's channel.
Declaring that the plans will come at less than one-tenth of global rates, Ambani said Jio Fiber plans will be priced between Rs 700 to Rs 10,000 per month "to suit every budget".
Bengaluru-based InMobi and Microsoft combine their powers to break the stranglehold of Google and Facebook in the digital advertising space.
Currently, banks follow system of internal benchmarks, including Prime Lending Rate, Benchmark Prime Lending Rate, Base rate and Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate.
'You cannot fight a disease as complex as COVID-19 without a carefully calibrated, localised response.'
It has also filled a key gap in its payment systems team by hiring Ravi Byakod, a senior Google engineer.
Without our realisation, basic AI is already managing our personal and work lives through emails, work processes and even entertainment
The financials of six privately held companies associated with Siddhartha show an increase in debt and falling ability to meet short-term obligations.
Piyush Goyal emphasised that India is committed to pursue a green path to growth.
To be competitive, you need to focus on building products very rapidly, says Werner Vogels.
He will be in Mumbai for a day to deliver a keynote address at Future Unleashed.
Corporate leaders said a stable government at the Centre will help boost infrastructure spend, address agricultural distress, and encouraging employment.
In the first dedicated mission of its commercial arm New Space India Limited (NSIL), the Indian Space Research Organisation on Sunday successfully launched Brazil's earth observation satellite Amazonia-1 and 18 other co-passengers, including five built by students, onboard a Polar rocket from the spaceport in Sriharikota.
From promoters losing their firms to consumers realising there are no free lunches, 2019 was a year of getting real,says Shailesh Dobhal.
Sensex ended up 41 points at 29,136 and Nifty gained 4 pts to 8,809.
It will compete with rivals Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure
'It is entering growth territory on a month-on-month basis.'
Meanwhile, for the fortnight ended March 20, deposits grew 11.42% y-o-y.
'Since the NDA took office in 2014, and aggressively since 2019, the Union government seems hell bent on centralising all power and resources, only to fail spectacularly.'
The voice-assistant and intuitive text search are other features which Lalvani says would aid productivity.
The 2.1 percentage point reduction mainly reflects the impact of recent fluctuations in US dollar exchange rates.
A recent report by Citi had pegged the total amount stuck in stalled projects across seven major Indian cities (Bengaluru, Mumbai Metropolitan region, National Capital Region, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Pune) at Rs 80,000 crore.
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