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AirAsia India: Break-even target ambitious, say experts

AirAsia India: Break-even target ambitious, say experts

Rediff.com21 Jul 2014

Unlikely to happen in less than a year,despite the advantage of the parent airline's base.

India builds first 'smart' city as urban population swells

India builds first 'smart' city as urban population swells

Rediff.com15 Apr 2015

Some experts believe that building new cities may not be the answer to India's swelling urban population.

Audit cos to go digital for clearing lockdown hurdle

Audit cos to go digital for clearing lockdown hurdle

Rediff.com11 May 2020

There has been an exponential increase in the use of technology to validate financial numbers, with a greater reliance on electronic evidence, use of live videos where possible, data analytics, and project management software to overcome the physical limitations in verifying transactions and accounts.

GoAir's IPO plan flies in the face of logic

GoAir's IPO plan flies in the face of logic

Rediff.com5 Apr 2021

The market buzz is that the GoAir promoters are hoping for a valuation that is at least a little more than double its closest rival SpiceJet.

Explained! New FDI norms for single-brand retail

Explained! New FDI norms for single-brand retail

Rediff.com28 Aug 2019

According to the decision, such entities can now first operate through e-commerce and then open brick-and-mortar stores.

India's Deal Street sees $29 billion M&As in 2014

India's Deal Street sees $29 billion M&As in 2014

Rediff.com19 Dec 2014

Albeit muted for most part of the year, Deal Street in India has clocked M&As worth $29 billion in 2014 and expects the size to get larger with transactions worth over $40 billion in the New Year.

Display advertisements are good: Google

Display advertisements are good: Google

Rediff.com29 Mar 2011

The search giant is keen to pocket a hefty slice of India's online advertising market, an Rs 1,300-crore (Rs 13-billion) market in 2011 that is set to touch Rs 3,400 crore (Rs 34 billion) by 2015 according to KPMG estimates.

Race on as e-tailers eye $1.5 bn in festive sales

Race on as e-tailers eye $1.5 bn in festive sales

Rediff.com3 Oct 2016

Flipkart and Myntra, together, post higher sales than Amazon

Salaried class gets little relief despite Rs 40,000 deduction

Salaried class gets little relief despite Rs 40,000 deduction

Rediff.com2 Feb 2018

According to Parizad Sirwalla, partner (tax), KPMG, the withdrawal of annual tax free transport allowance and medical reimbursements has squared off the benefit on account of standard deduction.

India acts to repair reputation as drugs exporter

India acts to repair reputation as drugs exporter

Rediff.com7 May 2014

As part of the charm offensive, New Delhi has invited global regulators -- including the FDA -- to visit Indian production units to get first-hand evidence of measures taken to ensure the quality of locally manufactured generics.

Healthcare infra spending to reach $14.2 bn by '13

Healthcare infra spending to reach $14.2 bn by '13

Rediff.com21 Jul 2009

Healthcare infrastructure includes buildings, equipment, ambulances, etc. Of the states and union territories, six -- Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu -- account for more than 50 per cent of the total healthcare infrastructure spending in the country.

How Modi plans to end India's power mess

How Modi plans to end India's power mess

Rediff.com22 Oct 2014

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to open commercial coal mining to private players is a key step towards bringing order to the country's chaotic power industry and ending the chronic blackouts that impede its economic rise.

ICAI tightens noose around local auditors

ICAI tightens noose around local auditors

Rediff.com18 Apr 2010

The decision to seek tie-up details from CA firms, especially those associated with the Big 4 -- PWC, Ernst & Young, KPMG and Deloitte -- follows a report by an Institute of Chartered Accountants of India committee on the multi-crore Satyam scam.

Developed market targeted M&A deals rise 25%

Developed market targeted M&A deals rise 25%

Rediff.com23 Aug 2010

According to the latest Emerging Markets International Acquisition Tracker report, 243 emerging-to-developed deals were recorded in the first half of 2010, compared to 194 in the second half of 2009.

Hollywood wants a piece of Bollywood pie

Hollywood wants a piece of Bollywood pie

Rediff.com1 Apr 2010

Bollywood's 2010 releases show that co-productions are the flavour of the season.

Rahul, Priyanka attend Madhavan's son's wedding

Rahul, Priyanka attend Madhavan's son's wedding

Rediff.com17 Mar 2010

The All India Congress Committee general secretary Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Vadra attended the marriage of the son of Sonia Gandhi's trusted personal assistant Madhavan.

Will Modi govt scrap the controversial aviation rule?

Will Modi govt scrap the controversial aviation rule?

Rediff.com18 May 2016

Majority of India's international routes have been captured by foreign airlines.

Global M&As continue despite slump

Global M&As continue despite slump

Rediff.com6 Oct 2009

Notwithstanding the slump in the global market,the appetite for merger and acquisitions by companies both in the developed as well as emerging market economies like India and China continued to be robust in the first half of the year.

Post Covid, 2-wheeler EV firms see steady growth

Post Covid, 2-wheeler EV firms see steady growth

Rediff.com11 Jan 2021

EV players suggest a reduction in the goods and services tax on batteries from 18 to 5 per cent as it would help push demand.

Tax experts want FM to roll back stimulus

Tax experts want FM to roll back stimulus

Rediff.com15 Feb 2010

Describing stimulus as a 'short-term life support' measure, global consultancy firm KPMG executive director Vikas Vasal said, "(They) cannot continue forever. This is one area where timing may never be considered right; however, somewhere down the line the government has to bite the bullet."

M&As zoom in BRIC nations

M&As zoom in BRIC nations

Rediff.com13 Sep 2007

Emerging markets are likely to overtake developed countries in terms of international acquisitions in the next two to three years, while India has emerged as the most acquisitive among the emerging nations, a latest study says.

PE/VC funding needs to grow three times to $30 bn

PE/VC funding needs to grow three times to $30 bn

Rediff.com7 May 2010

Private Equity and Venture Capital funding in India needs to increase three-fold to $30 billion annually from the current level to shore up funding for small but promising companies, said a KPMG-CII report.

The incredible journey of car makers in India

The incredible journey of car makers in India

Rediff.com27 Jan 2015

The total number of passenger vehicles (cars and utility vehicles) sold annually in the 1970s was 32,000 units - less than even one week's sales today.

Tata chief on challenges to creating more jobs

Tata chief on challenges to creating more jobs

Rediff.com6 Feb 2019

The problem, says Chandrasekaran, arises from the lack of access to services, including healthcare, education and financial services.

India's 'tax woes' continue; another controversy surfaces

India's 'tax woes' continue; another controversy surfaces

Rediff.com5 May 2015

Business subsidies may attract tax

Why things have remained the same for the Patels in Gujarat

Why things have remained the same for the Patels in Gujarat

Rediff.com7 Sep 2015

'The reason the protests are not happening in Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Gurgaon and Noida is that there are options available to the youth in those cities. And many people can access this sort of job because most of them are armed with English, integrating them into the global economy. This is something not available to most youth in Gujarat (the government schools do not teach English till Class 5),' says Aakar Patel.

Govt to focus on 10-12 states to kick-start Make In India

Govt to focus on 10-12 states to kick-start Make In India

Rediff.com2 Jan 2015

Although the idea is to focus on all states to turn India into a global manufacturing hub, the department of industrial policy and promotion, the nodal agency to carry out the campaign, has selected a handful of states that have a sound industrial backbone such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and others.

72% Indian firms eye radical change

72% Indian firms eye radical change

Rediff.com8 Jun 2009

Using the global downturn as an opportunity, seven in every 10 Indian companies are planning radical changes to their business models in the next decade, while many European businesses are still undecided on their response to the recessionary conditions.

New Companies Act empowers minority shareholders to block deals

New Companies Act empowers minority shareholders to block deals

Rediff.com14 Apr 2014

The new provisions strengthen the hands of minority shareholders and will improve corporate governance.

All about getting corporate India GST-ready

All about getting corporate India GST-ready

Rediff.com21 Sep 2015

The time the companies have to get ready for GST is 6 to 12 months.

GST delay to cast shadow on Budget

GST delay to cast shadow on Budget

Rediff.com5 Dec 2016

Consensus seems a problem before the current session of Parliament ends.

Indian contract manufacturing mart to touch $2.46b

Indian contract manufacturing mart to touch $2.46b

Rediff.com15 Sep 2008

Indian companies Nicholas Piramal, Cadila, Shasun, Dishman, Jubilant, Matrix, Strides, Ipca and Divi's are into contract manufacturing business. In the future, Indian players would move up the value-chain in the contract business, KPMG said.

With fatter wallet, Paytm goes for the kill

With fatter wallet, Paytm goes for the kill

Rediff.com15 Sep 2016

The mobile wallet player plans to add more Chinese sellers to its e-commerce platform and boost technology for its soon-to-be-launched payments bank

RBI rate cut to drive growth, banks must follow suit: India Inc

RBI rate cut to drive growth, banks must follow suit: India Inc

Rediff.com29 Sep 2015

India Inc on Wednesday said the Reserve Bank's move to cut interest rate by 0.50 per cent is "pro-growth" and exhorted banks to transmit the lower interest rate to borrowers to revive demand and kick-start the investment cycle.

Indian entrepreneurs optimistic about biz: Study

Indian entrepreneurs optimistic about biz: Study

Rediff.com16 Dec 2008

The report further added that 'the Indian entrepreneur today is optimistic, willing to take risks and is prepared to accept failure. India is on an entrepreneurial growth trajectory. The beginnings are already in place and steps have been taken in the right direction.' According to the entrepreneurial India state-level confidence index, Andhra Pradesh has the highest confidence score of 4.14 and is much above the national average of 3.31.

Can Ashwani Lohani turn Air India around?

Can Ashwani Lohani turn Air India around?

Rediff.com15 Sep 2015

Falling jet fuel prices and a revival in domestic traffic growth offer the new CMD a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Pvt players may play key roles in new IIITs

Pvt players may play key roles in new IIITs

Rediff.com23 May 2008

The central government's view of exploring public-private partnership (PPP) in the establishment of new institutes of higher learning has a private hand, right from the first step.

Learning is the name of the game

Learning is the name of the game

Rediff.com4 Jul 2016

Gamification has the potential to trigger immediate positive responses to learning that an organisation wishes to impart.

India Inc all set to adopt global accounting but few concerns remain

India Inc all set to adopt global accounting but few concerns remain

Rediff.com1 Sep 2015

As corporate India prepares to put its house in order, the transition raises concerns

Dogfight in the Indian sky

Dogfight in the Indian sky

Rediff.com6 Sep 2016

Federation of Indian Airlines has appealed to DGCA to extend notice period of flyers from 6 months to a year