While political consensus is difficult it should be possible to separate the really controversial aspects

Any setback in agriculture may be offset by industry, services

Product firms can become `IP factories’ and leverage the increasing softwarisation of hardware

What are the anti-avoidance provisions which are proposed to be inserted by the Finance (No.2) Bill, 2009? Gifts other than cash gifts will now be roped in under the new sub-clause (vii) under sub-section (2) of Sec. 56, when they …

Unless a fresh Notification taking into consideration the extended limit of municipalities and corporations is issued, the deeming provision will apply only with reference to the city/ town limits as on the date of notification in force at the time o f sale.

As global recessionary pressures increase, enterprises are looking at ways to capitalise their existing IT infrastructure, with many of them adopting the managed services business model.

Indian firms have won large outsourcing deals this year placing them among the top 10 global service providers, on contract value terms. Top Indian outsourcing cos

The current version of IP addresses allotted to websites – IPV4 – is almost getting exhausted. This version can accommodate only a limited number of IP addresses, which is likely to be exhausted by 2011-12.

Indian Railways has cancelled a locomotive management system contract awarded to Satyam Computer Services in Jan this year, after the company failed to meet the deadline for submitting required financial details and start working on the pilot project.

The new RBI guidelines, which becomes effective from August 1, to provide a third-factor identification for all online transactions may trigger a 25-30% decline in daily business.