Industry

Telecom Secretary Anshu Prakash asked the industry to rise to the challenges of improving connectivity in rural areas, which has shown 'huge appetite for data'

According to CII, GDP could fall below 5% in FY 2021 if policy action is not taken urgentlyCII said the government should consider providing a strong fiscal stimulus to the extent of 1% of GDP, or ₹2 trillion, to the poor, which would help them financially and also spur consumer demand

The company said there was a sharp slowdown in rural spendsSales rose 3.5% to ₹9,6969 crore

Meeting comes against the backdrop of private sector's fading risk appetite and insolvency proceedings

Consolidation is expected to help create more globally competitive banks that can meet credit requirements of the Indian industry, but entails risks in integration and synergies in operations

Much more worrisome than annoying traffic jams and pollution caused by office-going IT programmers in India is the overall pivot that the world's IT industry is making towards pervasive artificial intelligence (AI)

China's example shows the benefits of the rural workforce shifting from the farm to the non-farm sector

New Regulation of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Rules, 2018 ban the manufacture, trade, use, import and export of seven toxic chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention

Yogi Adityanath, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, signals convergence of economics, politics ahead of his govt's first anniversary

Numbers show that lop-sided growth continues, with industry continuing to languish, while consumption-based lending remains strong and the services sector is doing well