Can Indian youth work on solutions for cyber security?
Rising rural distress due to back-to-back droughts have put pressure on FM to spend more on social schemes; no change in tax slabs likely
There has been an increase of $17 trillion in total debt in China.
'The Budget has maintained fiscal prudence while announcing a number of steps to boost growth, particularly in infrastructure and rural sectors.'
Patients from any part of the country will soon need to travel no more than three hours for treatment of the kind available in large metros.
'We are by no means anywhere nearing having external financing difficulties or internal financing difficulties. The government's credit is solid, there is absolutely no difficulty for the government in borrowing and it is borrowing effectively from the public today in a fairly free public debt market,' the RBI governor tells a meeting in Washington, DC
The prospects for strong, sustained economic reforms do not appear to be promising in India.
Telecom Secretary J S Deepak has resolved the toughest issues facing the sector, but his real test will be in delivering on the govt's Digital India dream
Tamal Bandyopadhyay offers some unsolicited advice for a government wh,ich came to power, with brute majority and the nation's pragmatic chief money man.
There are also signs that the private sector investment cycle is slowly coming back, as capacity utilisation figures across industry continue to slowly creep up. A pickup in investments will front load profitability, says Akash Prakash.
Delhi's ritzy Terminal 3 is on the global top 5 list on social media and the first among Asian airports on social media.
IFC will act as a transaction advisor for the projects to be developed in the public-private partnership mode.
It includes a session with Gadkari on analysing the initiatives needed to bridge the $1 trillion infrastructure deficit in the country.
Hyderabad-based Pi Datacenters wants to be the first destination of choice for enterprises in data and cloud services.
The Budget provides a reassuring message about Prime Minister Narendra Modi staying the course.
At 89th, India is the lowest-ranked among the BRICS.
Private firms' offer to print Aadhaar details on plastic card a breach of law
A smartly executed reform-recap will be the best booster for the economy, says Ajay Chhibber.
The new Budget would do well to fill up the gaps and pave a strong way forward to ensure that the optimism surrounding it is not short-lived.
Endearing moments of family time, impromptu singing sessions, ping-pong games on dinner tables and a constant stream of online humour provide a much-needed salve of hope and sanity in this time of distress.
Budget will get a welcome reception from the international biz.
The Economic Survey called for improving business environment.
Harsh Roongta, Mahesh Padmanabhan, Anil Rego answer the most sought after questions on Budget Day.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley counter Rahul Gandhi's attack over issues related to the JNU, intolerance, inflation and foreign policy.
Gimmicks such as appointing high-profile brand ambassadors like Sachin Tendulkar will not work.
'Since the bilateral deficit is a reality -- and a worry -- we need to find a way to deal with it,' says Ravi Bhoothalingam.
Modi government has pledged to lay 700,000 kms of broadband cable.
Modi is keen to get more investments into Gujarat.
Finance minister attempts a clean-up job, keeps projected expenditure growth low.
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The Tata Group says it is bullish on investment in India.
A basic problem is that the cost of spectrum and licences relative to earnings is too high.
'If we don't want to be the poorest large economy even in 2030, we need to be doing very much more than is being attempted.'
'Instead of doing reforms and restructuring, the present government is busy with the perception that everything is fine and the economy is hunky-dory.' 'Such hollow perceptions are very dangerous for the Indian economy in the long run.' 'The real risk to India is the lack of decent employment opportunities for youth in general and educated youth in particular.'
'Today, bankers don't want to take risks as the good decisions taken by them were not protected.' 'There is risk involved in all decisions, like businessmen taking risks in their businesses.' 'A banker must have taken a decision when the economic condition was different, and you cannot question him on the basis of the present situation in hindsight.' 'Naturally, this has affected the morale of bankers.'
All the fixes require either the enactment of a data-protection law, or the amendment of our existing competition law. This can take many years. However, there is an opportunity for the government to act immediately if it wishes to, says Sunil Abraham.
The year 2014-15 could well go as one of long-pending financial sector reforms, expected to have a lasting impact.
Sensex catapults 1,241 points and Nifty vaults 382 points in two sessions in a row.
ONGC was the top performer while private banking major ICICI Bank extended gains
Make in India needs policy support for access to markets.
