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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present the last full Budget of this government on February 1. Next year, there will be a vote on account before the General elections (assuming the elections are not advanced to this year end or early next year). W

1) Founders In 2010, Sampad Swain, an active blogger, needed some monetary help from regular site visitors but discovered there was no quick and easy digital payment solution available for individuals or even MSMEs. Two years later, he got together w

The Opposition has already begun targeting the government for "failure" to create enough jobs. All eyes are now on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to blunt the criticism. The issue is an emotional one in a nation where 105 million odd people will be lo

Finance minister Arun Jaitley is all set to unveil the fifth and last Union Budget of the Narendra Modi led NDA government. There are finally some signs of a turnaround in the economy post demonetisation and GST. While small businesses were hit by de

It is a board meeting with a difference weather beaten farmers, seated in the village square in Aurangabad village in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district, sipping cups of tea. These are members of the local Farmer Producer Organisation (FPO), one of 8

The business sentiment has shown some semblance of revival in the third quarter of the financial year, after taking a beating for two consecutive quarters. The business confidence index in the October December quarter, on a scale of 100, jumped margi

In 1972, cardiac surgeon Dr Prathap C. Reddy returned to India with his family, sacrificing his flourishing practice in Springfield, US, and at the renowned Massachusetts General Hospital. The doctor from Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh settled in Chennai

For a company that has been doing something mysterious for the past six to seven years, Magic Leap has raised a lot of funding no less than $1.9 billion. Its investors include the Alibaba Group, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Google LLC, J

While questions remain about when and how the government will disinvest Air India, some clarity finally emerged when the government said the national carrier would be hived off into four distinct entities, to be sold separately. The four entities wil

A midst all the bitcoin frenzy, notwithstanding the drastic gyrations in the value of the cryptocurrency, it has become imperative to safeguard it. Because the bitcoin is stored in digital form and there is no central regulator to monitor the currenc

Fashion More Than a Label Luxury brands have ceased to be mere labels on handbags and shoes. For instance, the new Gucci Garden in Florence, designed by Creative Director Alessandro Michele, has a wide range of pieces from collections dating back to

The year 2017 would go down in history as a year of acute distress for a large number of farmers in India. After two consecutive drought years, they were hoping to realise a good income in 2017/18, but low prices of most agricultural produce left the

Technology is supposed to make life better and free up our time to engage in more 'meaningful' things. But many feel it is merely a pipe dream. Between the smartphone, the smartwatch, the smart car, television, tablet and computer, there are screens

When an English movie channel wanted to create buzz around its launch in India, it identified women who consumed a great deal of English language content, based on the information gathered from their social media profiles. The channel then contacted

Do you fly frequently because your job demands it? At first, it seems exciting and glamorous. But after a time you realise there is no charm left in amassing frequent flyer miles just as George Clooney did in the Hollywood classic Up in the Air. The

Profitability of large gold loan non banking finance companies (NBFCs) rebounded to peak levels seen before the regulatory tightening began in 2012 and eroded returns. FY2016/17 saw their return on assets zoom to over 4 per cent from around 2.5 per c

Let us just say this is not a book that will gladden the hearts of the finance ministry mandarins. After all, India's economic policymakers take great pride in the fact that the country is projected to be the fastest growing major economy in the next

Q: Your success story is too good to be true... A: The reason we have reached this level is because we are working for people at large. The day I start working to fulfill financial ambitions, set profit and turnover targets, I dont think I will be ab

Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev's brainchild, Patanjali Ayurved, consistently manages to grab headlines. It was only recently that the company's MD Acharya Balkrishna had spurned the interest shown by luxury brand LVMH's private equity fund, L. Catterton, in P

The aviation sector is notorious for grounding the well laid out plans of savviest business heads. Its inherent challenges seem to attract colourful, outsized personalities, from Richard Branson to Herb Kelleher to Capt. G.R. Gopinath of Air Decca

Ketan Vyas, Managing Director of Noida based shoe and foot care firm, MV Shoe Care, wanted to adopt new ways of working. But limited budgets meant that the talent his `40 crore company could hire was not 'top notch. Vyas' suggestions to upskill were