The Indian Staffing Federation says their demand assumes significance as the formal sector will grow after demonetisation and the segment will play a crucial role in that.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
'While the poor have little say in shaping India's intellectual or public discourse, they do have a significant role in deciding political outcomes,' points out Roshan Kishore.
If the spouse is the guarantor of husband's business loans, banks can hold her liable for default. Here are ways to ring-fence her assets.
Here's the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation where he announced the demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes with effect from midnight on November 8-9.
An interplay of Modi government's outreach in Bihar and the sequence of events in Chirag Paswan's life could make Bihar a game of musical chairs when the results are out.
'You should be able to juggle them, extract the most rewards out of them, and most importantly, be able to repay your dues on time.' 'However, you shouldn't try to get multiple cards at once,' advises Adhil Shetty, CEO, BankBazaar.com.
The Sensex will then rally further and end 2016 at 28,000, according to the median forecast of 50 analysts polled in the past week.
Paytm is just embarking on building a TaoBao like entity in India, it may want to address a challenge that the latter faced a few years after its launch.
In a major crackdown on domestic shell companies, the government on Friday decided to take "harsh punitive" action, including freezing of their bank accounts used to launder money or evade taxes.
Harsh Roongta, Mahesh Padmanabhan, Anil Rego answer the most sought after questions on Budget Day.
Worried over the fallout of the Supreme Court's observations on allocation of coal blocks, India Inc wants the apex court to consider a reprieve for those allotted to genuine companies that have invested billions.
The first major devaluation of the rupee happened in 1966 when it was pegged against the US dollar at Rs 4.75/$
Distress sales, market closures and anchoring of fishing fleets have been reported from West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Sahara told the top court this week it was considering other proposals to raise funds, including selling a luxury development outside Pune.
India has 20,000 tonnes of idle gold; gold is an important aspect of women empowerment: PM.
Key events that rocked India Inc in 2014 and one of them is Vishal Sikka taking over reins at Infosys.
Instead of a consumption stimulus the government must address the NPA issue with a war footing and invest in infrastructure, affordable housing and exports, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
'Villages are much better prepared than towns as far as COVID-19 is concerned.'
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HC restrains Nokia from selling, transferring ownership rights in India.
The non-oil, non-finance sector of the economy is under severe stress.
The Indian rupee slumped to a record low near 69 to the dollar on Wednesday on growing worries that foreign investors will continue to sell out of a country facing stiff economic challenges and volatile global markets.
'If standing in a bank or ATM line is a test of patriotism, why is not a single leader standing in that queue too?'
FM needs to convince Indians to invest more in stocks.
Harassment, corruption and the burden of compound interest for years are also the reasons.
Well then, what did DeMo achieve? As predicted by most economists, the volume of transactions fell, economic activity was adversely impacted, and some sectors (which were more dependent on cash transactions) witnessed greater disruption than others, says Rahul Khullar.
Demonetisation should be judged to have delivered some immediate gain if at least around Rs 2 trillion gets immobilised.
'Against the backdrop of difficult administrative, political and economic problems, Imran's temperament and staying power will be the subject of intense expectation and public scrutiny,' says Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan Desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
US indicts Rajya Sabha MP K V P Ramachandra Rao, a close associate of Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and his son Jaganmohan Reddy, in bribery and corruption case.
India is witnessing its own tech tsunami, and is poised to become the second largest global startup hub by the end of the decade
These ambitious projects are littered with every possible acronyms and include proposed road links, air connectivity plans, electricity grids and special economic zones on coasts, says Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.
'Even with the restrictions of depositing more than Rs 2.5 lakh in a bank, people will find new methods to convert this cash hoard into legal tender.'
Such investments come with their own share of risks and buyers may need to hold on for at least 5 to 10 years.
India is failing to take advantage of its important ally, Japan as much as it should, notes Mihir S Sharma.
After snapping his political alliance with the ruling National Democratic Alliance at the Centre, N Chandrababu Naidu, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, speaks to B Dasarath Reddy on what he now has in mind.
Ma and the other co-founders had finalised the name "Alibaba" after much research on its acceptability.
Who will make the most of the disruptions of 2016 this year? Mihir Sharma's list of probables.
'If your data is hacked you cannot go to court. Only UIDAI can go to court.' 'UIDAI is lying that Aadhaar is completely secure.'
As a follow-up to the views expressed by Shashank Manohar soon after being re-elected as BCCI president earlier this month, the Board of Control for Cricket in India is all set to appoint an Ombudsman at its Annual General Meeting which will be held at its headquarters in Mumbai on November 9.
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