Piyush Goyal emphasised that India is committed to pursue a green path to growth.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 12 points at 28,517 while the 50-share Nifty ended nearly unchanged at 8,660.
Some believe the shift to mobile-based transactions will be seamless considering that the urban tele-density is 148%. In rural areas, it is touching 51%. But smartphone penetration in India is a mere 12%. Growth of mobile money has been extremely slow: It is currently 1%.
What is the wider political strategy behind Mr Modi's concerted attack on black money, asks Subir Roy.
EPF is the major vehicle for the long-term savings of organised private sector employees.
The Kolkata-based firm already has a presence in 22 states with over 2,000 branches and 5.9 million borrowers.
In any case, Ghosh could take lessons from the best professionally managed companies all over the world that always groom the CEO successors well in advance.
The awarding of in-principle licences for 10 small finance banks is likely to be a game changer in a way which may not be adequately realised right now.
Murthy no more chairman emeritus; founders do not want to be addressed as promoters.
Challenges abound but innovation is key for new banks inorder to survive.
The broader markets were marginally higher with mid-caps and small-caps gaining 0.1-0.4 per cent on the BSE.
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'Indians are great savers, but they are lousy investors.'
About 85% of complaints received were related to investments of less than Rs 10,000 each.
Actor Matt Damon addressed the graduating class of 2016 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
The BJP had not filed till May the expenses statement for the Karnataka Assembly elections held last year in July.
The poor and unbanked can take their rightful place as consumers of financial services only if the Modi government encourages different entities to advance the financial inclusion agenda, say Vikram Gandhi & Chandni Ohri.
Bringing in the untapped informal sector into the formal one will benefit business.
Several brokerages lifted their outlooks for the BSE Sensex and companies were queuing to ride the wave of political euphoria
The economy could return to 8% growth by the end of 2017-2018, says Arvind Panagariya, vice-chairman NITI Aayog.
Rose Valley is one of the biggest money businesses after Sahara.
Mudra Bank will be a Rs 20,000-crore institution, which would "primarily be responsible for refinancing all micro-finance institutions.
Upcoming payment banks will lift lower income groups in distant villages.
Germany, as the locomotive of Europe, has much to teach India in manufacturing and process management, says Rajeev Srinivasan.
The first stage of the inclusion strategy was focussed on opening bank accounts, logically seen as creating the last-mile channels for financial access.
With a sole mandate of inflation targeting, RBI wears many hats.
Medha is an organisation created with the idea of bringing in better employment opportunities and life for educated youth.
Money is being released and the government knows it will have to front-run private investment.
Two key depts in ministry cold to rationale for one; postal dept says it's more eligible than IDFC or Bandhan, feels 'strong lobby' scuttling its plans.
FIIs pump in Rs 2,075 crore in past three trading sessions.
India Inc has few leaders who are likely to grab headlines in 2015.
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