Income Tax dept to enhance prosecution against large defaulters.
What explains Vijay Shekhar Sharma's optimism when other players have started to tread cautiously is Paytm's huge customer base: It has 120 million users and counting, says Nivedita Mookerji.
The YES Bank family tussle puts focus on RBI guidelines on appointment of directors.
Sanjay Kumar Singh tells you what to watch out for when buying insurance and investing in MFs online.
'There is no Buddha or Gandhi among countries, existing for the service of others; they all exist for the good of themselves.' 'For each country, its own interests should be paramount, and it is futile and churlish to expect China to be an exception to this rule,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant and long-time China-watcher.
Urjit Patel as the new RBI governor whose focus is on taming inflation has lowered the probability of interest rate cut soon
Banks and insurers are beginning to reward customers who show exemplary conduct with lower prices and penalise those who behave poorly by imposing higher costs.
India plans to launch trading of government bond futures within the next two months as part of efforts to deepen its financial markets, according to several sources involved in the discussions with the central bank.
With the Union government clearing the way for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the railways, the Railway Board is devising a plan for operations, maintenance and construction projects.
There has been a welcome focus on fundamental reforms, time-bound programmes that fix accountability and the use of technology. The upcoming Budget could build on these initiatives, says Abhas Jha.
'The Reserve Bank's independence has remained a work in progress, an enduring challenge that the nation has been grappling with on an ongoing basis,' says RBI Deputy Governor Dr Viral Acharya.
Lukewarm response from private investors and turf battles between government agencies have resulted in delaying Modi's ambitions. Sahil Makkar reports.
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
Nokia Technologies will receive royalty payments from HMD for sales of Nokia-branded mobile products, covering both the brand and the intellectual property rights.
The focus is on tapping all resources, even foreign agencies.
Bankers of HPL too have endorsed the idea and are pitching hard for the chairmanship of Chatterjee.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended the session at 25,342, up 3 points while the Nifty50 closed at 7,738 points.
'It will be like this: If you use the window seat in the first row, next will be the aisle in the second row, to maintain social distancing.' 'So, two-thirds of the aircraft is not going to be used.'
In a first, graduating students from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) have decided to pledge Rs 200 per month in favour of the institute from their salaries for one year.
Control over PSU banks is what is allowing the government to drive this scheme.
Cairn has slashed its planned capital expenditure (capex) by 60 per cent to $500 million against the earlier $1.2 billion.
After being forced to resign as chairman of MCF, Mallya is now keen on increasing his stake in the company
From zeroing in on the best means for stake dilution to moving beyond microfinance, Bandhan navigates a tough path. Namrata Acharya reports.
'To ensure you remain with the better performers, you need to consistently monitor your MF portfolios and weed out the non-performers, even if they are from a star fund manager or a fund house with a sound record.'
Sebi directs freezing of all demat accounts not linked to Aadhaar by December 31
Industry players say they have learnt from the bitter experience of 2008 and have far better checks and balances in place to avoid an encore.
After a 25-year stint at ICICI Bank, Mor suddenly quit as he wanted to add more value in the bigger areas of health care and financial inclusion.
'The rate of interest from the EPF is still attractive compared to the rates on fixed deposits, National Savings Scheme, Public Provident Fund...'
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has deployed the best-in-class technologies in its Improved Oil Recovery and Enhanced Oil Recovery schemes on these fields.
'The Centre brought down expenses by as much as Rs 12,000 crore (Rs 120 billion).'
The Indian market regulator had revamped the FPI regulations in 2014 giving custodians the mandate to collect and verify the KYC documentation of offshore investors
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
Ajay Piramal bets highly on infrastructure, realty
Duvvuri Subbarao recounts how his tensions with P Chidambaram and Pranab Mukherjee, then finance ministers, over monetary policy spilled over into other issues in the central bank in this excerpt from Who Moved My Interest Rate?, his memoir of his term as Reserve Bank of India governor.
Deepak Fertilizers plans to revise open offer price to beat Mallya-Poddar efforts
Offering few surprises, Apple Inc shares did not react strongly.
National carrier Air India is running in losses and needs government's attention.
The prime minister and president stated their intention to expand defence co-operation to bolster national, regional and global security.
The choice clearly is between prompt corrective action and slow but sure destruction, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
If companies manage to raise Rs 10,000 crore, this will be the best year for IPOs since FY11.
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