Though agents promote Ulips instead of term policies, the latter make more sense for pure insurance purposes.
Airtel and Vodafone Idea are also trying to expand the penetration of 4G users in their subscriber base as they take this network to the hinterland
Although the apex court's opinion on the Presidential reference comes at a time when the floppy bidding route for coal blocks is being criticised, it will not come in the way of allocation of natural resources through auctioning.
'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
Govt has decided to allot spectrum to telecom players holding Letters of Intent on the basis of who was the first to deposit licence fee.
'BSNL employee cost is Rs 14,500 crore and we anticipate that around 80,000 should opt for VRS.'
On the volume side, the number of M&A and PE deals was 110 in July, 15 per cent lower from 130 in July 2018.
The broader 50-issue NSE Nifty dropped 38.35 points, or 0.38 per cent, to close at 10,186.60
Seeking urgent steps by mobile operators to check call drops, regulator TRAI on Wednesday said their performance would be reviewed after 15 days and warned it will "cross the bridge" if they fail to do the needful.
As deputy governor, Patel headed the RBI panel to draft the monetary policy report, which became the basis of the ongoing reforms at the apex bank
Amongst the top 10 sectors, telecom received the maximum FDI of $2.47 billion
Traders are waiting for the earnings season to kick off.
'China has gone too long as a rogue power, trashing international norms, agreements, and treaties as if they were not the paper they were written on.' 'The ill-advised attack on Ladakh may be the beginning of the end of that nonsense,' advocates Rajeev Srinivasan.
According to the guidelines, a unified licence will have three levels -- national, service area and district.
Retail, telecom, media and a host of sectors in which foreign direct investment is restricted stand to gain from changes in FDI policy that the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs cleared on Wednesday linking approvals to the concept of control for the first time.
The government is currently also revising its MSIPS policy to extend its mandate apart from making it more investor friendly.
Government has been trying to get rid of the impression that it is caught in "policy paralysis".
It has made everything public in the name of 10 lakh comments it got on draft net neutrality proposals.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's decision to enforce stricter norms on unsolicited calls and text messages may well be a boon in disguise, feel organised mobile marketing companies.
The two-day nationwide strike called by central trade unions to protest the Centre's alleged anti-worker policies evoked mixed response all over country on Tuesday.
Modi told the probationers to have a 'sensitive' and 'humane' approach to the job.
ICICI Bank topped the Sensex gainers' chart, spurting 5.09 per cent, followed by L&T, Bharti Airtel, Vedanta and Tata Motors, rising up to 4.60 per cent.
DoT and the company have not done anything that breached the guidelines mentioned in the notice inviting applications for the auction of the BWA spectrum in 2010, it stated in a reply to CAG's draft audit report.
It will also file a review petition on Friday, which, while not challenging the cancellation of licences, will seek a reconsideration of the court's declaration.
Coal India topped the losers' list in the Sensex pack on Tuesday, falling 2.36 per cent, followed by Bharti Airtel at 2.16 per cent.
Move to impact joint ventures in telecom, insurance, broadcasting.
Rival operators' lobby to approach Delhi High Court.
The first task before him is to get used to the idea of working with the Monetary Policy Committee
In the aviation sector, 100 per cent FDI is allowed under automatic route for MRO (maintenance, repair, overhaul), ground handling, and aircraft purchase.
'When an enemy country is looking for information to sabotage a system from a remote location, they can access your data, they can stop the functioning of our power plants, they can stop the functioning of critical systems in the network.' 'It is very important that we should have full control of everything in the network.' 'Most Indian companies buy from China only because of the kind of incentive they are getting.' 'By doing so, these Indian companies are exposing themselves to dangers in the coming years.'
From crisis leaders to future Goliaths, India Inc saw them all in 2017, says Shailesh Dobhal.
BSE IT index was the biggest sectoral loser, down 1.5% dragged by TCS
The government needs to make the right policies and further execute them properly if it wants to move towards this goal
A day after welcoming the decision to increase competition in the long-distance telephony by cutting levies, integrated telecom major Bharti on Friday said it will take up the issue of "level-playing" field vis-à-vis new players with the government.
A panel headed by Economic Affairs secretary Arvind Mayaram had suggested FDI limit be raised to 49 per cent in almost all sectors through the automatic route.
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday offered to discuss the issue of call drops and poor service by state-owned BSNL and MTNL in the Rajya Sabha.
"Legal and other policy issues have to be considered by legal experts and related to policy about return or non-return of spectrum. But every megahertz of spectrum has to cost somehow," the committee, headed by additional secretary in the Department of Telecom R Bandhopadhyay, said in a note. At present, mobile operators get start-up spectrum virtually free as it comes bundled with the licence. Companies need to pay Rs 1,651 crore (Rs 16.51 billion) for a pan-India licence.
Further stimulus measures are expected in the upcoming Budget where the focus is likely to be on reforms, including some structural measures such as reducing red tape and boosting foreign direct investment. The meeting with industrialists is in the series of discussions that Modi has had during the last couple of weeks to seek suggestions to revive growth.
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