India Inc hails Modi government's one-year performance

Last Updated: Friday, May 22, 2015, 20:22

India Inc on Friday hailed Narendra Modi-led government's performance in past one year, saying the focus on non-adversarial, corruption-free and predictable policy regime has buoyed investor sentiment.

Facebook may allow businesses to use WhatsApp

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 11:43

Facebook to consider a B2C feature for WhatsApp, where it charges businesses for access to users. The service obviously has huge global reach.

Postpone decision on funding pattern: Maneka to Niti Aayog

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 09:48

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has asked the Niti Aayog to postpone the decision on restructuring of funding pattern of social sector schemes to next fiscal year, citing lack of clarity on certain issues, sources said.

Roads before welfare: PM Narendra Modi faces dissent over spending shakeup

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 14:24

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes one year in office, his cuts in federal welfare spending on the poorest of India`s 1.25 billion people are coming in for sharp criticism, including from within his Cabinet.

SBI creates foundation for group CSR activities

Last Updated: Sunday, May 17, 2015, 12:51

The nation's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has created a separate company, SBI Foundation, to carry out its massive CSR initiatives and hopes to get it "running" from July.

6.7 crore people enrolled under 3 social security schemes

Last Updated: Thursday, May 14, 2015, 20:06

Nearly seven crore people have been enrolled as on day under the three social security schemes launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Facebook testing a new page in news feed

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 19:43

Facebook has been testing a new option in its news feed that shows a united view of items on sale across user groups and adds the ability to search public groups.

Enrol 10 cr people in social security schemes: Govt to bankers

Last Updated: Sunday, May 10, 2015, 18:51

The Centre has exhorted bankers to work towards surpassing the target of bringing 10 crore people under the ambit of the three social security schemes launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, before the end of this month.

PM Narendra Modi launches 3 social security schemes

Last Updated: Saturday, May 9, 2015, 19:44

The schemes -- PM Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, PM Suraksha Bima Yojana and Atal Pension Yojana -- were simultaneously launched at 115 locations throughout the country.

New social security schemes to widen financial inclusion: Ficci

Last Updated: Saturday, May 9, 2015, 17:41

Industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) on Saturday welcomed the government`s move to launch three new social security schemes which it said is intended at widening the financial inclusion process.