If a feasible business model is worked out for cable operators, they will not only build the last-mile networks, but also market them among the local population telling people the benefits as well as how to utilise them
'Slowing down of the economy was mainly due to the demonetisation shock...' 'If you cut off the oxygen supply to a patient in the ICU and the patient dies, the patient does not come alive again when you restore the oxygen supply.'
From the roll-out of GST to H1B visa problems, the government needs to quickly deal with various disruptions.
Appropriate policies will increase connectivity much more than spectrum auctions, says Shyam Ponappa.
Now that cashless is once again the national buzzword, Harjot Singh Narula explains what you must know about cashless treatment under health insurance plan
GST, a much needed reform that widens the tax net, promises to strangle many legitimate businesses while they wait for the tax administration and systems to catch up, says Rahul Jacob.
The immediate concern for all companies is to prepare themselves - and their vendors and suppliers - for the new GST return filing mechanism, being test piloted from April 1.
'The revival of household savings and investment is the litmus test of whether we are on the road to recovery,' says Nitin Desai.
The very design of the GST will bring in revenue buoyancy.
It takes eight to nine months for developing a robust software from the time the rules are decided, warns Bharat Goenka, managing director of Tally Solutions, one of the entities entrusted as a 'Suvidha Provider' with developing ready software for customers to get them ready for the coming Goods and Services Tax.
No matter who replaces Sharif, India must maintain its guard, says Col Anil Bhat (Retired).
Though the intent has been hailed as good for the economy, teething problems remain with a five-rate structure for various goods and services
While most banks in India store all this data on Indian servers in their core banking systems, the current directive addresses new-age payment and fintech companies operating in the space
Moti has been described in UK court proceedings as a "senior member" and "top lieutenant" of D Company.
Ministry considering tax sops for India's first global financial centre, steps to liberalise futures and options markets.
We should brace ourselves for more bad news in the coming quarters -- on economic output and growth, strains on the fiscal deficit, export slowdown, small and micro enterprises in distress, and further accumulation of NPAs in the banking sector, says Rahul Khullar.
The Congress chief said if his party is elected to power, its government would spend 6 per cent of the GDP on education.
In the Silicon Valley of India, one can use the cryptocurrency to pay for food, buy bus tickets, order stuff online, and even get a haircut.
India on Monday got the backing of Switzerland in its bid to become a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
The best way to curb gold demand is by reducing black money in circulation.
The total revenue increased from Rs 14,713.81 crore in 2011-12 to Rs 20,606.27 crore in 2014-15.
"Our government does not delay decisions. We neither nurse problems nor keep them pending," Modi said.
Experts believe that the government needs more innovative ways to secure the cyber space in the country and a cess is more like a punishment which would not help in the long run.
Indian Railways plans Rs 39,000 crores non-fare revenue. Via: Branding of trains. Vinyl-wrapping of Rajdhanis, Shatabdis and Garib Raths. Moving billboards.
The population in Gaza has, for almost a decade, been facing Israel-created 'blockage' from the rest of the world. The isolation has given rise to tunnel phenomenon, an underground route for the procurement of essentials, says Ajey Lele
The use of such robots can not only save lives but can also help road construction companies cut down on labour costs.
Railway Budget is the first indicator of possibly better days
There have been several complaints about the bookings.
Piramal Enterprises has about Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) cash on its books.
How could India@75 improve law and order, courts, social, physical and soft infrastructure, efficient cities, e-governance, ease of doing business and other essential state functions by 2022, asks Shailesh Pathak.
Doval had moved court against the magazine, the author of the article Kaushal Shroff and Congress leader Jairam Ramesh for holding a press conference on January 17 reiterating the 'baseless and unfounded facts' as narrated in the article.
The article claimed that Vivek Doval was running a hedge fund whose promoters are of dubious antecedents.
The Delhi high court on Tuesday slammed the Centre for not enacting a law to prevent persons aged below 13 years from opening accounts in social networking sites like the Facebook or Google.
Sher Shah Suri ruled for only a few years, but his huge influence on India continues six centuries later, reveals Farhat Nasreen.
The telecom companies have also been asked to urgently improve their infrastructure, as the government aims to digitise a host of services.
Rajesh Bhayani highlights all that you need to know about the online currency.
'Jaitley was one of the earliest politicians to sense the changing political scenario in Delhi. He had closely watched the rise of the BJP and declining fortunes of the Congress party during the L K Advani era. But it was between 2009 and 2014 as the Leader of the Opposition that he began to read the tea leaves. 'And thus it was that he introduced Modi-Amit Shah duo to Lutyens Delhi,' says senior journalist R Rajagopalan who had known Jaitley since 1975.
The government has provided no official explanation behind the note ban that is backed by hard data, says Debashis Basu.
