Global studies show ownership does not make enterprises efficient, factors like competition, autonomy, regulation and institutional development do. Evidence also shows that private sector thrives on public hand-outs in normal times and public bail-outs in crises

The areas which have seen significant jump in terms of spending this year include rural development, agriculture, highway and road transport and labour and employment

The government had pegged the fiscal deficit for 2020-21 at Rs 7.96 lakh crore or 3.5 per cent of the GDP in the Budget which was presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in February

The policy focusses on almost doubling the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education, including vocational education, from 26.3 per cent to 50 per cent by 2035

People who declare their gold holdings will have to deposit some of the legalised gold with the government for a few years, according to a proposition sent to PM Narendra Modi

In a report submitted to the SpiceJet board, auditors said the airline has incurred losses during the current and previous year and its current liabilities exceeded current assets

Top companies that hit the primary market with initial public offerings (IPOs) last year included IRCTC, CSB Bank, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank, Prince Pipes, IndiaMart, Neogen Chemicals, Rail Vikas Nigam, Sterling and Wilson Solar, and Affle India among others

To arrest the spread of the virus, the Centre first announced a country-wide lockdown in March, which brought economic activities to a standstill

The record imports follow a price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, the world's top oil exporters, during March and April when the coronavirus pandemic dampened demand and caused a global fuel glut

Even as India increases the scope of the Equalisation Levy, the US has initiated a probe against 10 countries for imposing taxes on digital services. This could effectively mean India, like many others, could face US reprisal, going forward

A campaign for boycott of Chinese products is opening up opportunities for local brands in smartphones and TVs. But do they have the scale to upstage the Chinese?

Branding goes for course correction to reach consumers stuck at home

In the worse-case scenario, if the IT budgets come under serious pressure, the global cybersecurity market is still forecast to grow 2.5 per cent in 2020, amounting $41.9 billion

Equalisation Levy, popularly known as the 'Google Tax' or 'Digital Tax', was the first step by the government to tax India revenue of foreign firms with no permanent establishments in India

Findings of several global studies reflect the fragile nature of existing policies and programmes aimed at eliminating poverty and hunger and call for rethinking economics to ensure sustainable and enduring outcomes

The source said in the first phase of faceless assessment, a total of 58,319 cases were assigned in an automated way randomly and these were kept away from the geographical jurisdiction of the case, based on computer algorithms

Infinix on Thursday revealed that Infinix will launch the Smart 4 Plus in India on July 21 exclusively on Flipkart at 12 noon.

Koduvally, a small town near Calicut has nearly 100 jewellers within one square kilometre, and most of them deal with illicit or black gold

The M2007J1SC will be a 5G-ready phone whose 3C listing reveals that it could be shipped with a 120W charger.

Share price of Wipro opened 5.31% higher at Rs 237 compared to the previous close of Rs 225.05 on BSE