Policy action needed to free the farm sector from the vagaries of the monsoon, says Devinder Sharma.

Micrograam, set up by Rangan Varadan, a former head of banking and capital market verticals at Infosys, has devised an innovative means of extending credit to the poor by creating a portal that brings investors and borrowers together.

As the Greek parliament approved a multi-billion Euro asset sale that prompted headlines of \"Greece, a nation for sale\", nearly 2,000 Indians working in various sectors have left the beleaguered country amid riots and major job losses.

In a candid interview with Chaitanya Kalbag, ITC's chairman YC Deveshwar talks of its future-ready status, government policies that are affecting its most ambitious initiative for rural India, and more.

Punjab National Bank CMD K R Kamath says the bank might raise interest rates in view of the recent hike in key rates by the RBI.

\"We need disruptive policies, which will help India leapfrog and realise the growth potential - speedily and sustainably,\" he said in an interview to Morgan Stanley.

The riders for opening up FDI in multi-brand retail include 51% investment in back-end infra and 30% sales to small retailers.

The rate of GDP growth will slow down further to eight per cent in the current financial year, says Sonal Varma.

India's largest lender registered its worst-ever performance in the fourth quarter of 2010-11 -  the net profit plunged 99 per cent to Rs 20.88 crore from Rs 1,867 crore last year. SBI took the body blow by not provisioning for non-performing assets in time.

Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Chairman C Rangarajan says he expects the Indian economy to grow by 8.5 per cent in FY'12 on the back of services sector and industry expansion.

India's economy grew by just 7.8 per cent in the fourth quarter ending March this year, mainly due to poor performance of the manufacturing sector.

Draft proposals of working group for consideration of NAC-II with regard to land acquisition.

With its reputation at risk, its business model under a cloud, the microfinance sector is struggling to survive.

The new chief minister of West Bengal has achieved her goal of demolishing the Left in Bengal. Now comes the tough part.BT talks to Amit Mitra about his plans for Bengal

The new government must attract private investment and make Kerala less dependent on foreign remittances.

BT caught up with the former Ficci secretary general, a day after he felled CPI(M) leader and state finance minister Asim Dasgupta in the assembly polls. Listen to Amit Mitra's interview

Presenting its annual report card for the year 2010-11, the UPA govt says high prices still remain a major concern and hints at more steps to contain inflation, especially for the poor and vulnerable sections.

In an interview with Tanvi Varma, Bill Barbour, Investment Specialist, Deutsche Asset Management, talks about the commodities market in India.

The gradual economic emancipation of Africa will be a big opportunity for Indian business.

At 4.9% compound annual growth rate of its GDP, Africa is the world's third fastest growing region. As corporate India slowly wades through, it discovers a continent full of opportunity, peril and the Chinese.