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Digital economy to see exponential growth to $800 bn by 2030: FM

The total number of retail investor accounts has almost doubled, from about 45 million as of March 2016 to 88.2 million by March 31 2021, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Spread of digital economy leads to demand surge in tech space: Study

The top-five digital skill domains in demand in September-November 2021 are Testing, Platform Technologies, Java, Cloud Infra, and Data Analytics

Controlling mergers in digital markets a challenge: CCI chief Ashok Gupta

'Merger reviews in technology markets need to be guided by case-specific economic evidence,' says Ashok Gupta.

We're almost cashless societies, but let's not rush too quickly into future

It isn't the pandemic that's putting this popular means of payment out of existence. All that Covid-19 has done is to accelerate a trend that was already with us

Mobile industry vital for India to be $5 trn economy by 2025: K M Birla

The mobile industry will play a "vital" role in India's vision to be a $5 trillion economy by 2025, of which $1 trillion will be the contribution from digital economy, Aditya Birla Group Chairman said

Strive to place India among top 2 digital economy globally: Mos IT

The primary objective of the government is to make the country a trillion dollar digital economy and at least one of the top two digital economies in the world, MoS for Electronics and IT said

Open network for e-commerce: Beneficial for sellers and consumers?

The government plans to democratise e-commerce with Open Network for Digital Commerce and end what it says monopolistic practices in India. Let us find out how ONDC may benefit sellers and consumers

BNPL players hawk nearly $8 billion in credit to a wide swath of society

They are largely digital non-banking financial companies with credit lines from banks

China's Xi vows tighter oversight of tech firms, digital economy

The wide-ranging crackdown has covered much of the vast digital industry

Digital niche, super niche skills demand surge since Apr-June: Report

Demand for talent with digital niche and super niche skills has witnessed a surge since the April-June quarter following growth in the digital economy

Account Aggregator system can democratise credit, bolster lending ecosystem

An AA enables a free and instant exchange of financial data between FIUs and FIPs with the consent of customers

India's consumer digital economy to grow 10x to $800 bn by 2030: Redseer

Online retail is set to become the third-largest by scale with an annual GMV of $350 billion by CY30

India's consumer digital economy to touch $800 billion by 2030

Driven by online shopping across the spectrum, India's consumer digital economy, which was pegged at $85-90 billion in CY20, is expected to become a $800 billion market by 2030: report

Equalisation levy: Objective, Budget proposal and impact

SBI Cards m-cap tops Rs 1-trillion; Five factors that are driving the stock

The firm's m-cap is now more than that of Tata Motors, Shree Cement, and JSW Steel

CEOs of top tech firms hail tax norms for digital economy in Budget 2021

They say coming in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, the Budget looks to strengthen many important pillars for economic recovery and future growth

Data and the Indian state

A set of essays examines the interaction between the expansion of the digital economy and India's socio-political framework

Migration from cash-based economy to digital is a work in progress: RBI

Still a long road ahead, especially across Tier III-VI) and societal cross-sections (senior citizens, migrant workers), apex bank in booklet on Payment Systems

India leads the mobile-first consumer economy amid Covid-19, shows data

While Covid-19 catalysed several trends, it most importantly fast-tracked the transition to a mobile-first world.

India added 1,600 tech start-up, 12 unicorns in 2020: Nasscom report

Depending on headwinds, 2021 promises to be a positive year for Indian tech start-ups - marching steadily towards a trillion-dollar digital economy goal