Economy - general
Rajasthan aims to become new hub for startups
06 Oct 2015
Black money disclosures add up to 638 accounts and Rs3,770 cr deposits as deadline ends
01 Oct 2015
The money declared is far lower than what Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced during his Independence Day speech in August
RBI lowers FY16 GDP growth forecast to 7.4%
29 Sep 2015
RBI slashes policy repo rate by 50 bps to 6.75%
29 Sep 2015
RBI said the rate reduction has been prompted by a moderation in growth rate and a general easing of inflationary pressures, since its third bi-monthly monetary policy review of August 2015
Modi hooks Microsoft, Google, Qualcom and Facebook to `Digital India'
28 Sep 2015
While Google plans to enable Wi-Fi internet to 500 railway stations, Microsoft wants to help the government take low-cost broadband to five lakh villages, Chip-maker Qualcomm will set up a $150 million fund for start-ups in India and Facebook has started a project to enable Wi-Fi hotspots in rural India
Modi hooks Microsoft, Google, Qualcom and Facebook to `Digital India'
28 Sep 2015
While Google plans to enable Wi-Fi internet to 500 railway stations, Microsoft wants to help the government take low-cost broadband to five lakh villages, Chip-maker Qualcomm will set up a $150 million fund for start-ups in India and Facebook has started a project to enable Wi-Fi hotspots in rural India
Modi hooks Microsoft, Google, Qualcom and Facebook to `Digital India'
28 Sep 2015
While Google plans to enable Wi-Fi internet to 500 railway stations, Microsoft wants to help the government take low-cost broadband to five lakh villages, Chip-maker Qualcomm will set up a $150 million fund for start-ups in India and Facebook has started a project to enable Wi-Fi hotspots in rural India
Modi hooks Microsoft, Google, Qualcom and Facebook to `Digital India'
28 Sep 2015
While Google plans to enable Wi-Fi internet to 500 railway stations, Microsoft wants to help the government take low-cost broadband to five lakh villages, Chip-maker Qualcomm will set up a $150 million fund for start-ups in India and Facebook has started a project to enable Wi-Fi hotspots in rural India
Modi hooks Microsoft, Google, Qualcom and Facebook to `Digital India'
28 Sep 2015
While Google plans to enable Wi-Fi internet to 500 railway stations, Microsoft wants to help the government take low-cost broadband to five lakh villages, Chip-maker Qualcomm will set up a $150 million fund for start-ups in India and Facebook has started a project to enable Wi-Fi hotspots in rural India
SC rap makes Haryana pull up its law officers
19 Sep 2015
Haryana moves SC over new civic election law
19 Sep 2015
Tax issues being ‘put to sleep’, reforms in offing: Jaitley
19 Sep 2015
Finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday efforts are being made to "put to sleep" pending taxation issues to attract investments and make the fundamentals of the economy sound so that it can withstand the global turmoil
India could’ve been hardware leader, regrets Narayana Murthy
18 Sep 2015
IT doyen Narayan Murthy says wrong policies held back India’s hardware potential in the past, and the poor quality of college education is doing the same now
Visible wealth makes economic inequality worse, experiments show
18 Sep 2015
The economic gap between the rich and poor becomes even wider when the inequality is made visible, a new Yale University study says
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