NHAI opens up new highway stretches for construction

Wednesday 6 June '07

Having evinced enthusiastic participation from private players in road projects across the country, the National Highways Authority of India is now moving onto the next level.

Turnaround saga in the background, Railways surges ahead on cool AC performance

Tuesday 5 June '07

What was once a huge loss-making business for the Indian Railways is now rapidly emerging as its biggest money-spinner.

Govt may lower pre-contract land cap for roads to 50%

Tuesday 29 May '07

It’s not just Special Economic Zones that are facing the heat when it comes to the issue of land acquisition. India’s ambitious road expansion plans

More PPP funds in national highways, but states get little

Saturday 26 May '07

When it comes to financing Public Private Partnerships in the transport sector, state highways do not seem as rosy to financiers as their national counterparts do. Even though..

Pvt missing from PPP model in transport projects

Friday 25 May '07

A critical “P” seems to have gone missing from the 3 Ps of the Public-Private Partnership model that’s being sold as the panacea for India’s infrastructure woes.

New system to ensure that ‘pirate’ TRIPS at entry point

Monday 21 May '07

With Intellectual Property Right (IPR) violations becoming a major cause of concern for Indian industry, the Customs Department has now launched a unique...

Some builders say no to govt subsidy for roads

Wednesday 2 May '07

The country’s private sector seems to have turned bullish on road development projects in a big way.

For most insurers, freedom to fix prices is proving a trap

Tuesday 1 May '07

A liberal market with tightly controlled prices — that was the perception of the general insurance industry in the country, until December last year.

Bitter harvest: Sugarcane glut has Solapur farmers in a sweat

Friday 27 April '07

To curb the losses, some cane growers are concentrating on jaggery production, but it’s neither easy nor remunerative

Machines could be the new humans in customer care

Tuesday 24 April '07

With attrition rate of around 60% in the BPO sector, firms want to ensure they do not rely on people alone

Word-of-mouth gets new meaning as recruiters take to blogging

Monday 12 March '07

From working as ads to getting customer feedback, online ‘buzz’ is doing a lot for small firms, and very cheaply

Insurance providers use simulation to assess risk

Wednesday 7 March '07

With detariffing in the insurance sector having come into play since January this year, domestic insurers now have the freedom to charge differential premium rates based on their risk assessment of different categories of customers.

Fruits of change ripen in Thane’s orchards

Friday 2 March '07

Tribals turned to drought-tolerant fruits 10 years ago, now malnutrition-hit district reap dividend

Futures trading off but pulse prices stay

Friday 16 February '07

Govt banned futures trading in dal to curb inflation but prices have not fallen, only risen in some cases

Firms struggle to retain talent as economy booms

Tuesday 13 February '07

So the economy is booming, multinationals are flocking in and employment opportunities are there for the asking. Result: rampant job hopping, with attrition rates as high as 80 per cent in some sectors.

Wine as purple as Pune’s jamun

Friday 2 February '07

It's new wine in a new bottle. Tropical Indian fruits such as the jamun, pomegranate and karonda have rarely gone beyond the dining table or pickle jars but now, these could be the toast for wine connoisseurs across the world.

Domestic insurers relying on business intelligence to stem losses

Wednesday 24 January '07

An insurance company in the US faced a peculiar problem. A significant number of its female customers claimed insurance compensation on their cars once they reached their mid-thirties.

Automobile majors bank on hybrid cars to beat fuel costs

Saturday 6 January '07

M&M has showcased prototypes of its new Scorpio; Tata Motors has begun at new technologies to improve fuel efficiency

Collective harvest in Vidarbha

Friday 5 January '07

Low costs, better dividends: Farmers in 10 villages in Wardha and Amravati discover staying power by working together

It’s a heady mix for SMEs: IT and workplace

Tuesday 12 December '06

A report says there are 7.6 mn SMEs in the country, which are set to spend $500 million to better their services

Indian cattle model jumps global fence

Friday 8 December '06

FAO studies benefits of indigenous and upgraded breeds besides cooperative efforts

Cane farmers protest export ban as prices fall

Friday 8 December '06

With sugar prices having fallen by a whopping 30 per cent over the past few months...

Clinical trial segment poised to touch $1.5 bn by 2010: McKinsey report

Thursday 23 November '06

India’s large population of patients suffering from a multitude of ailments seems to have become a blessing in disguise for the clinical trials sector...

Gadchiroli’s guardians

Saturday 11 November '06

One evening ten years ago a woman came to Dr Abhay and Rani Bang’s clinic in Gadchiroli with her sick baby. ‘‘Before we could do anything, the baby died.

From BPO to ESO, IT’s a $40 bn leap

Thursday 26 October '06

According to a Nasscom-Booz Allen Hamilton study, the engineering services outsourcing business in India has the potential of generating $40 billion by 2020