Telcos have indicated that rates will have to be raised, as higher volumes alone will not suffice to meet the higher costs.
The defence ministry has signed off on a national security plan that it cannot fund. Ajai Shukla reports
Indian IT giants are outstanding companies with great management teams, but they have been held hostage by their past success.
The repo or short term lending rate remains unchanged at 6.75 per cent and the reverse repo rate at 7.75 per cent.
Markets will be closed on Thursday and Friday on account of Holi and Good Friday, respectively.
How will the government's decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes help curb the creation and flow of black money into the Indian economy?
The railways continue to lose market share with an actual fall in the number of passengers and stagnant freight tonnage, says Subir Roy.
The decision in this regard, however, is expected to be taken by the new government.
M-cap of 35% of BSE-500 companies, excluding financial ones, is below their debt or just a shade above
PS banks need to pull up their socks to improve cash flows.
It is important to note that slowdown in activity is really confined to a selected few regions within China.
'There is a great scope for enhancing the use of organic fertilisers'.
A survey of 300 engineering colleges revealed that only 29 per cent engineers are employable, while 30 per cent can be made employable after further studies, whereas 48 per cent are simply not employable
In a nation divided by many things, the 12-digit unique identity number is holding lives to ransom.
As China begins rejuvenation of its military power, there is an urgent need for transformation of the Indian military, says Lieutenant General Anil Chait (retd).
Realistically, coal will be the major fuel for electricity generation in India, as in America, for a long time.
Sandeep Pandey salutes women who have contributed to social transformation in India after 1980.
Delivering the key mote address at the Citi's Investor Summit, Jaitley hoped that as a professional organisation the Reserve Bank will take 'the best decision'.
The successful test firing of medium range surface-to-air missiles is welcome news for the IAF.
Traditional plans are the biggest area of concern for consumers.
The December quarter, generally a soft one for India's IT sector due to holidays and furloughs in certain sectors, is expected to be further affected because of currency volatility.
The need for larger investment in infrastructure that is the biggest shortcoming, says A V Rajwade.
Jaitley also dubbed Gandhi's attack on Modi as an attempt to shift the focus due to people's 'revulsion' towards the Congress party.
With GDP growth improving to a nine-quarter high of 5.7 per cent and the stock market brimming with optimism, now is the time for Modi to keep his promises.
Some banks might charge you a nominal amount of Rs 100-150 for issuing the card.
'The money is safe with the payment services solutions provider'.
This merger, Bhupesh Bhandari believes, will be watched keenly by management gurus the world over.
'There is a certain irony embedded in this asymmetric geographical distribution of FDI because most state leaders have shed their inhibitions about promoting 'business' and have understood its virtues as a more cost-effective way of replacing the mai-baap welfarism that passed for economic policy till the early nineties', says Kanika Datta.
The IT major had reported a net profit of Rs 3,398 crore in the year-ago period, it said in a BSE filing.
China has cast a long shadow on India's economy.
There are some advantages of a falling rupee.
Lack of consumer confidence remains a key issue, but these brands are addressing the challenge in their own unique ways.
If the precautions are not taken and guidelines are not followed properly, there can be chances of spike in cases, the government said.
Boeing's plan involves setting up an Indian factory and the aerospace ecosystem to build the Block II Super Hornet.
There is a new energy in 2015 and a new breed of young, ambitious innovators and entrepreneurs who are coming up with creative solutions to many of India's problems, says Mallika Kapur.
Read the fine print carefully because even a policy with a high sum assured may have sub-limits
Apprehensions following the imposition of GST on sports equipment has forced the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) to 'approach' the finance ministry and take up the cudgels on behalf of a very concerned shooting community.
He has left no one in any doubt about his ability to take bold, even out-of-the-box, decisions, to gauge the feelings and aspirations of the common people at the grassroots and to ensure that polices and schemes do not remain on paper, but are implemented, says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
It is to keep labour unions away and make the employees feel important.
Aaron Schock, who resigned as US Congressman on Tuesday night following media disclosures of his loose spending habits, met Narendra Modi thrice. These encounters were not free of controversy either.
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