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Tough challenges ahead for renewable energy sector

In the concluding part of a two-part series, Business Standard looks at the bright spots of the green energy sector as well as the looming threats

Why govt deals are high-stakes game for IT firms

Even as government projects aren't lucrative from a revenue perspective, companies fight with each other to bag the contracts

Renewable energy gets new lease of life

Why cornering oil assets is important to India

Picking up stakes in Middle-East oil companies will have positive effects on the currency as well as on India's energy security

Changing face of higher education on private campuses

New centres of excellence have come up in north India in the past 5-6 years. They promise flexible curricula, international faculty and research-based education

'Tax is payable on service provided by Indian entity to foreign affiliate'

Cold comfort for exporters

Many exporters doing projects abroad find the retention money comes in quite late

Why Lamka will not bury its dead

Church bells don't toll in Churachandpur any more. The district in Manipur is in mourning for over 230 days. Nitin Sethi tells the story of nine dead, three Bills & a state singed by clashes

Aptel order leaves power producers reeling

While its order on tariff has shielded consumers from frequent increases in electricity costs, it has plunged power companies back into darkness

New rule applies on service tax

Making India poverty free: Did the Government underestimate GDP growth?

For the government to eradicate poverty by 2032, India will need to grow at 10% nominal GDP, but this will involve radical reform instead of incremental reforms

Assam people 'substantially dissatisfied' with govt's role on promoting entrepreneurship: survey

The finding was part of India Entrepreneurship Report 2015, prepared by direct selling American company Amway, in association with Nielsen India

Why Raghuram Rajan has been polite with his 'one-eyed' statement

Nowhere has Rajan tried to demean India's progress; on the contrary he has implied that India can grow much faster, something Jaitley has said, too

Some states are better placed than others

Fiscal concerns cloud likely uptick in Capex

By increasing states' share in the divisible tax pool to 42%, the 14th Finance Commission has ushered in a monumental change in the country's fiscal architecture. States now have the flexibility to pr

State MSMEs received investment of Rs 13,000 crore in Eleventh Plan

UP has formulated its own start-up policy to promote entrepreneurship through a supportive framework

Ready for a quantum leap

With investments totalling Rs 40,000 crore in the pipeline, Uttar Pradesh is poised for a take-off

Bharat beats India in household consumption

Household consumption of FMCG products in villages grows at almost double the pace of urban areas in 2015, show IMRB data

Excise brass displays a welcome change

EY Survey on reporting standards: What spooks corporate India?

In the survey, respondents said there was a need to improve the information technology infrastructure to improve reporting. Forty-eight per cent of the Indian respondents identified data consistency a