Page 11 - Nivedita Mookerji

I've to be careful, am answerable to Parliament: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman tells Indivjal Dhasmana & Nivedita Mookerji that the government has made sure that mistakes committed during 2008-2013 are not repeated while announcing the Rs 20-trillion package.

Door open for stimulus 6.0; govt with industry: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Calling her stint as FM during the pandemic "the most challenging assignment yet", Sitharaman said she was not upset with the criticism that the recent stimulus package was too little

What really is essential?

To make iron-fisted distinctions between essential and non-essential products is poor policy making

PM Modi to make it official today: Lockdown will stay with caveats

But, even if lockdown restrictions are eased, labour remains the biggest challenge for both agriculture and industry.

Health emergency of a lifetime

The ministries may not have opted to work from home yet but that doesn't mean the government sees COVID-19 as a passing threat

Book review: B K Syngal's riveting memoir of a tumultuous era in telecom

Brijendra K Syngal, who is approaching the ninth decade of his life, reminds you that telecom policy was just as tumultuous years ago as it is now.

Genpact CEO Tyagarajan explains how he came to be known as 'Tiger'

Tyagarajan tells Nivedita Mookerji why the coronavirus outbreak is a wake-up call for people across the world

Floor price ain't good maths

It's avoided by regulators in developed countries as it is considered anti-competitive and anti-consumer

Big e-commerce meets small biz: A balancing act for Amazon, Flipkart

As trader groups cry foul against them, online majors learn to do business with small companies

With no sign of turnaround, NCR real estate market on tight belt

The second of a three-part series looks at how the overall economic slowdown and govt action on the debt-laden builders have altered the real estate landscape of Gurugram region

States, local communities must come together to ensure tap water for all

According to government's estimates, some 146 million rural households do not have tap water coverage

Inside a VC's world

The book is an easy read if you are interested in an insider's perspective of the venture capital and start-up space in India

Channelling into a new stream

Boosting investment to creating employment: Officials managing the Jal Jeevan Mission are setting goals beyond universal water supply

Mistry as Tata Sons chairman: Cloud over key decisions, board appointments

If all those decisions are null and void, the group's business will be in a mess, an official pointed out.

Needed: Seamless internet

In times of need, access to internet should be widened to scotch rumours and fake news and not the other way round

Sitting on piles of data

In the next leap, Ayushman Bharat will not only scale up its data pool and spend but also the model to tackle fraudulent transactions and entities

Startling parallels between Tiffany, Flipkart

The two got new owners at an identical deal size. But the similarity ends there...

If Vodafone actually quits, India will be the bigger loser

The govt must take a call at the highest level at the earliest, treating Vodafone's exit call with all the seriousness that it deserves

Two books offer a close account of Flipkart and BigBasket's journey

Two books - one an insider account, the other a journalist's narrative - capture the journey of Flipkart and BigBasket, the first-movers in India's e-commerce story

How govt has fared on its promise to connect the unconnected, underserved

Whatever be the outcome of the AGR verdict on telcos, the government must deliver on its promise towards the other India