Ensuring rural access to bank credit is one of the keys to poverty alleviation
Rural India is home to some 83 crore people, about 70 per cent of the population. Ensuring rural access to bank credit is one of the keys to poverty alleviation. But financial inclusion is still a distant dream. Rural India gets only a small fraction of the total credit disbursed by banks.Review: Sony CyberShot DSC-HX300 and LG 55LA8600
A mobile app for office work, the camera with the steadiest zoom, and an awesome TV.Rupee fall has made the need for energy reform all the more urgent
India's current economic crisis - the current account deficit is at a historic 5 per cent of GDP - has catalysed the steps to reform the sector. A widening CAD has weakened the rupee, making fuel imports costlier.Implementing the Food Security Ordinance will be a big challenge
The success and failure of the scheme will depend on the states as they need to implement and monitor it. Over the next six months, they will have to identify beneficiaries and frame guidelines for the implementation.
Cracking the rural market a tough task for organised retail chains
Despite rural incomes and consumption rising steadily in the past few years, rural retail chains have not been able to match the success of their urban counterparts.Air India's recent performance offers hope of a comeback
The carrier posted earnings before tax, interest, depreciation and amortisation of Rs 19 crore in 2012/13. The achievement is significant, considering that the airline has been making losses for the past seven years.Why the govt cannot afford to scrap the Jet Airways-Etihad deal
The UAE is New Delhi's largest trading partner: trade between the two countries stood at $74.4 billion in 2012/13.Uninor, which lost some 10 million subscribers from January to March, is close to breaking even
Despite losing some 10 mn subscribers from Jan to March, Uninor expects to break even in terms of earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation. In other words, it expects revenues to equal the cost of operation. It has also advanced its target to break even on cash flow by two years.Banking licence: How banks will manage the shift from their existing business models
The biggest challenge for financial services companies in the race to set up new banks will be to manage the shift away from their existing business models. They will also have to gain public trust and establish a strong brand identity amid stiff competition from established private as well as state-run lenders.Events are connecting start-up entrepreneurs in their lonely journey
Big-ticket events such as NASSCOM's Product Enclave and The Indus Entrepreneur's TiECon, as well as a growing number of small gatherings, are helping the start-up entrepreneurs multiply their opportunities to build product prototypes, present ideas, and meet peers and investors.Indian rupee's slump has shattered business sentiment
The Business Today-C fore Business Confidence Survey for the April-to-June period of 2013 found that sentiment among corporate leaders turned for the worse for the first time in four quarters, due mainly to a steep drop in the value of the rupee.HDFC is putting the building blocks in place to grow its education venture Credila
The mortgage lender is putting the building blocks in place to grow its education venture Credila. The demand for education loan is growing at a fast clip because of the rising cost of higher studies and the inability of parents to meet these expenses with their savings.
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