Recent easing of restrictions does not address the pain in the sector.
RBI must balance the need for improving domestic bank credit demand and respond to lower inflation.
Network18 founder Raghav Bahl is all set to launch his new venture.
The commission asks for notification to be deferred; RIL's KG-D6 pricing issue may return to Cabinet
'Let me talk about young Indian startups with their hearts in the right place and how they are proving that innovations that represent 'affordable excellence' -- breaking the myth that 'affordability' and 'excellence' cannot go together -- is indeed possible!' says Dr R A Mashelkar, the eminent scientist, in this fascinating feature.
Budget was a mild disappointment. Yet, the bull run continues.
The primary problem is that India's garment factories are too small and they typically have 150 people and about 80 machines.
India's biggest jewellers' association has asked members to stop selling gold bars and coins.
Anant Gupta, HCL Technologies' chief has an amazing success formula to get things done.
If you are not already lost in the zeros this wealth stands at Rs 257 lakh crore or Rs 257 trillion, according to a report unveiled by Karvy Private Wealth for the year 2014.
Decades of a state-owned monopoly selling coal at a fixed price has taken its toll on production.
'When a soldier becomes a king, he better be a king. He should now just forget the past and move beyond continuity. He should catch the potential of India's moment and play a leader's role,' says Vallabh Bhansali of Enam Group.
Natwar Singh's book is un-illuminating, largely self-justificatory, often contradictory, and at times tendentious. He is too preoccupied with depicting himself as a victim of the Congress party's machinations, says Praful Bidwai.
Transcript of Nikhil Pahwa's chat with Rediff readers.
Nirmala Sitharaman has a God given opportunity to orchestrate a transformation in India's defence capabilities. One hopes she has her own counsel and does not overly let the PMO run her ship, says Group Captain Murli Menon (retd).
Pakistan faces a challenge largely of its own creation and only political processes can correct it, argues Raza Rumi.
Nandan Nilekani and his wife Rohini are trying to improve education across India.
If this Budget was not packaged and sold as a Budget for the poor and for farmers, Narendra Modi would have lost the next election.
The upcoming Budget gives Finance Minister Arun Jaitley a chance to let states boost spending.
Indian Ambassador to the United States Dr S Jaishankar told Rediff.com's Aziz Haniffa that it was "a very nice meeting and President Barack Obama was extremely cordial."
The fund industry may have embraced machines and robots, but managing money still needs the human touch
Govt rules out controls on FII capital as Sensex tanks 3.97%, rupee breaches 62 intra-day & gold surges the most in two years
'Big countries do not agree on every set of issues.' 'Look, one of the differences in the relationship is that when we do not agree, we are sitting down and talking to each other.'
Global retail behemoths seem to have read the signals right.
The government must justify why we need to buy foreign reactors when we have developed up to 700 MWe unit-size pressurised heavy water reactors, a design which can be easily extended to 900 to 1000 MWe unit size. Why can't the 'Make in India' philosophy apply to indigenous nuclear reactors, more than 18 of which have been designed, built, and being operated by Indian engineers, asks Dr A Gopalakrishnan.
Tista Sengupta/Rediff.com speaks to aspiring plus size models who, for the first time, will walk at Lakme Fashion Week.
The entire selection process of the IOC chairman was shrouded in mediocrity and mystery.
'If Indian armed forces entered Pakistan and succeeded in inflicting major damage on the Pakistani army and occupied territory in the Pakistani heartland, there is reason to think the Pakistani military would use some nuclear weapons against the incoming Indian forces to compel India to stop.'
"The poor will not suffer disproportionately due to bouts of sharp inflation, and the middle class will not see its savings eroded," Raghuram Rajan said.
The year 2014 has been an eventful one for India. The country got a new government and a new state, broke new frontiers in various fields and of course its share of controversies.
Read the full transcript of President Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday at the US Capitol in Washington.
Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were suspended from the Indian Premier League for two years for betting activities of their key officials, Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra, during the 2013 season of cash-rich Twenty20 cricket tournament.
