'Salary growing, wealth shrinking': CA explains ‘India's silent middle-class crisis’, says Rs 1.5 lakh salary is same as 10-yr-old payUrban Indian households face a 'silent crisis' as rising incomes fail to keep pace with escalating costs of living, leading to stagnant rea...
15 Apr, 2026, 02.39 PM IST
Post-subsidy EV India: Why efficiency, trust and localisation matterAs PM E-DRIVE subsidies end, India’s EV shift must move beyond battery size to focus on efficiency, reliability, financing and localisation...
26 Jan, 2026, 11.01 PM IST
Nepal govt announces budget of nearly Rs 2,000 billion for 2025-26Nepal's Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel introduced a NPR 1,964 billion budget for fiscal year 2025-26, prioritizing startups with NPR 730 mi...
29 May, 2025, 05.56 PM IST
Death of the sustainability poster child: What does it teach us?BluSmart, an electric vehicle cab service, shut down due to financial mismanagement. The company's failure raises concerns about oversight ...
17 May, 2025, 09.54 AM IST
From friction to flight: Unblocking India’s startup and innovation ecosystemThe article highlights the need for India to address systemic challenges hindering startup growth. It suggests short-term measures like str...
08 Apr, 2025, 05.36 PM IST
RBI's resounding message to fintechs: Quick and easy but with KYCThe RBI' action has triggered debates over innovation in the fintech sector, the quantum of punishment to Paytm, the style of regulation an...
16 Feb, 2024, 02.02 PM IST
Budget: Industry seeks tax incentives, more funds to boost manufacturing, green tech, exports"We remitted over USD 80 billion as transport service charge in 2021. As the country moves towards the goal of USD 1 trillion, this will to...
25 Jan, 2024, 04.16 PM IST
EV scooter sales hit a bump in April, Ola grows marginally; What's plaguing Nykaa?Electric two-wheeler sales took a beating in April, according to data from Vahan, a government database that tracks vehicle registrations, ...
02 May, 2023, 08.52 PM IST
BJP releases poll manifesto for Puducherry, promises 2.5 lakh new jobs, Rs 6,000 yearly assistance to fishermen"The BJP manifesto speaks about 'nyay' as it has been made after taking suggestions from the public. We did not make the manifesto sitting ...
26 Mar, 2021, 03.13 PM IST
Govt notifies Rs 945 crore seed fund scheme for startupsThe funds will be disbursed through selected incubators across India from 2021-25, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Tr...
29 Jan, 2021, 01.29 PM IST
Women Inc's Budget wishlist: Tax relief for new businesses, facilitating startup economyThe shepreneurs hope to see reforms in education, startup and fintech industry.
23 Jan, 2020, 06.13 PM IST
- Kerala targets Rs 1,000 crore from coir geotextiles
Kerala finance minister Thomas Issac said he hopes to train around 100 engineering graduates in the dynamics of geo textiles and send them ...
06 Dec, 2019, 03.51 PM IST
Haryana BJP says its promises ‘doable’, Congress’ ‘unrealistic’"This is a pragmatic, doable and practical Sankalp Patra," BJP's working president JP Nadda said in Chandigarh, two days after Congress ann...
17 Oct, 2019, 06.21 PM IST
Aadhaar mandatory for three dozen schemes now, 50 more soonNo other document will be valid to avail subsidy as Aadhaar will be made mandatory for all 84 schemes under direct benefit transfer scheme ...
06 Mar, 2017, 06.34 AM IST
What aam aadmi wants from Budget 2017ET brings out findings of LocalCircles Citizen Budget 2017, which reached out to almost 1,00,000 people to get a sense of their major deman...
13 Jan, 2017, 03.26 PM IST
Competition spurs R&D centres of MNCs to spend more on healthcare benefits to retain employees: ZinnovThe ‘Employee Benefits Study 2015’ found that as many as 70% conduct medical check-ups, 60% provide gym reimbursement, 45% have an in-house...
27 Jan, 2016, 02.16 AM IST
Building alternative MFI modelThis triggers default and the reason attributed can be high rates being charged in the face of adverse economic conditions for the borrower...
22 Aug, 2011, 10.38 AM IST