'Modi is the only chance we have in creating an Indian dream like we have the American Dream out here,' one ohe judges for the 'Code for India' hackathon in California tells Ritu Jha/Rediff.com
There is an overwhelming sentiment among techies and entrepreneurs from the Silicon Valley who are eager to welcome Modi over the weekend.
On his three-day trip, the Microsoft CEO will meet governments and businesses to get them to use the company's platforms.
He said digitisation was aimed at bringing in accountability and added that more cash would bring with it social evils.
One of the reasons is the increasing number of upgrades in analysts' recommendations.
Asked whether the IAF can play a role in smashing terrorist training camps across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, he did not rule out such a possibility.
'The reason is that you may not enter the branch but you want to see it near you as it establishes trust.'
Technology, which was responsible for creating the new-age digital consumer issue for enterprises, also acts as a solution to the problem, says Karthick Viswanathan.
For the first time in the history of Budget-making in India, a single Budget will touch 65 crore Indians, says Shailesh Haribhakti.
Sitharaman also highlighted the steps taken by the government to achieve ease of doing business by digitisation of approvals and making more stable policies to make India a favourable destination for investors.
With growing capital markets and business friendly climate, nearly 1.4 lakh investor accounts were opened on an average every month in the last one year.
Infrastructure for all-IP next-generation, wireless broadband infrastructure across all the 29 states in India is being laid, says Mukesh.
For the first time the government is organising an event where consolidated efforts would be made to help start-ups.
A national cyber crime and coordination centre meant to fend off such attacks is still awaiting approval
Income tax online return accounts of certain people have been unauthorisedly accessed, the Finance Ministry has warned.
Janmejaya Sinha lays down Urjit Patel's agenda - cleaning up bank balance sheets, evaluating robustness of CPI and pushing for digitisation in financial services.
The teenager's simple idea to solve a problem has been developed into an app which launched July 18 in Mumbai.
RBI data on Dec 2014 showed 1.05 million PoS machines in the country.
'The attempt to build a negative narrative about India's economic performance is disingenuous.' 'For the investors as well as the targeted beneficiaries of welfare schemes, the ground reality is very different,' argues Rajiv Kumar, vice-chairman, NITI Aayog.
Can anyone out there solve the mystery of the missing cricketers on matchbox labels, asks Gulu Ezekiel.
Robots and artificial intelligence machines may find their way to the corporate board rooms in the next ten years
The announcement comes on the first anniversary of the project.
A well-run non-banking company has better margins than a bank, but the objective of setting up Ujjivan was to provide comprehensive financial inclusion, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank MD & CEO Samit Ghosh tells Anup Roy in an interview.
Increase of 10% to 12% likely in a bid to improve citizens' mood after demonetisation.
The files, digitised and given "preliminary conservation treatment" by the National Archives of India, were released on the birth anniversary of Netaji.
The DigiLocker platform, launched on July 1, 2015, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has 2.1 million registered users and 2.4 million documents have been uploaded
GPS devices will enable real-time money transactions
Tomar had discussed the two proposals with trade unions on June 24 and assured that the government will take at least two weeks to take a decision.
According to the chief minister, the common man, small traders and daily labourers are the worst sufferers of the demonetisation scheme.
Target is to train about five lakh Indian women in next 18 months
'What we need is right skilling, re-skilling and up-skilling.'
Travel by public transport can be made more attractive and practical for a lot more people.
A look at the key decisions taken by the Narendra Modi government in its six months.
Fifty per cent of bank restructured assets were in infrastructure, steel, power and telecom sectors.
Ritika Kochhar finds out how Indian miniatures, which were once buried in manuscripts, ended up drawing collectors the world over.
Two types of deductibles are associated with auto insurance -- compulsory and voluntary.
India is ranked below Bhutan and Sri Lanka in terms of broadband penetration, says TRAI.
Ankit Fadia talks to Prasanna Zore about his roles and responsibilities as a brand ambassador of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Digital India' programme
In other welfare schemes, such as those for cooking gas, pension and scholarships, which are linked to DBT, cash is transferred directly into the bank accounts of beneficiaries.
There's little interest in seed funding now as investors are finding it a risky proposition.
