UPI has found a new revenue stream. The problem? Its potential ₹20,000-crore MDR pool could merely match what the network already costs to run
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The space association is calling for wider financial support, including tax incentives, lower GST and new lending models, while emphasising that private participation should complement rather than replace ISRO
UPI has made payments easier for consumers and cheaper for merchants. But with a new MDR on some transactions above ₹2,000, the cost of accepting UPI, cards and cash is set to look different for businesses
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A new research paper examines why millions of women are being left behind in India’s growth story and the barriers keeping them from greater economic participation
Two decades on, the JPMorgan Chase chairman and chief executive is back in the city. Dimon is in Mumbai for the bank's 11th annual India Conference, which opened on September 21 and runs through September 22
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Garg’s claim that the Indian government manipulated GDP figures has triggered a flurry of political and economic reactions, after his views began circulating widely on social media earlier in the day. While some backed his argument, others dismissed it as an economic error
Rohan M Ganapathy, co-founder of Bellatrix, one of India's earliest venture capital-funded spacetech start-ups, discusses why stronger domestic demand can help India’s space industry scale and capture a larger share of the global market
Inflation risks are rising because of a confluence of food, fuel and imported price pressures, and testing monetary policy’s ability to engineer a soft landing
India's real advantage in agriculture is not choosing between tradition and technology. It is the ability to combine them
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India’s spacetech sector has grown from one start-up in 2014 to over 450 now. It’s time policymakers looked beyond legacy champions and backed India’s new space companies
India’s spacetech start-ups are making big breakthroughs and taking off after a long lull. Can they become world beaters?
Pawan Kumar Chandana, co-founder, Skyroot Aerospace, discusses the spacetech start-up’s journey, fundraising challenges, India’s space reforms and the future of the private space sector
Raghu Mahajan, assistant professor, physics, ICTS Bengaluru, says India’s ambitions in AI, quantum tech, space and robotics require sustained basic-science funding, global collaboration and research-friendly institutions
Awais Ahmed, co-founder of spacetech start-up Pixxel, talks about building domestic space capabilities, government demand and India’s ambition to compete in the global space industry
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On Monday, the rupee appreciated 18 paise to close at 95.78 against the US dollar.
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Pronab Sen, in an interview with Outlook Business, says the bigger concern with the new GDP series is not just the sharp downward revision to past growth estimates but the lack of transparency over the data and methodology behind it
Inflation risks are rising because of a confluence of food, fuel and imported price pressures, and testing monetary policy’s ability to engineer a soft landing
