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Currency in circulation jumps 17% to Rs 21.10 trillion: RBI annual report

The demand for the Rs 500 bill, which is the second highest denomination after the Rs 2,000 note, has soared the highest and now accounts for over 51 percent of the value of currency in circulation

Rerating of Indian equity?

However, this will be tested with the economy clearly in slowdown mode

Digital India: Raipur gets country's first airport Common Service Centre

Ranchi to be the next, followed by airports in larger cities

PUKAR: How a tribal village's digital push empowered its women

PUKAR's objective was to help villagers secure the benefits due to them under various government welfare schemes and become more aware of their rights

Digitally-enabled India: 2019 can be the year

The challenge will lie in preparing the new workforce with the skills and work culture they need to participate with the digital natives

93% of Indian firms facing major hassles in digital transformation: Report

The DT Index calculates the state of digital transformation today

India's smartphone users likely to reach 650 million by 2022, says EY

India's digital economy is expected to grow to $1 trillion and lead to the creation of 10 million jobs by 2022

What is driving the digital-first approach of traditional, legacy brands?

Apart from the growing adoption of the internet in the country, brands are drawn to the agility of the medium

What is still holding back India's long promised digital revolution?

Trust, convenience, and experience set up stumbling blocks to the online experience, stemming the country's digital thrust

Redundant mobile apps of various govt agencies slowing Digital India drive

A majority of over 2,000 apps have seen downloads in single or double digits only

Digital India eliminates middlemen, creates job opportunities: PM Modi

Modi said when he first spoke about digital payments, people made fun of him but due to use of digital payments, benefits are reaching the people directly and the role of middlemen has been abolished

Digital India is war against touts, a help to check black money : PM Modi

Digital India is about education, employment, entrepreneurship and empowerment. "It will help realise the objective of reform, perform, transform," he said.

PM Modi highlights benefits of empowering citizens through Digital India

Modi also stated the initiative has brought in a movement towards more digital payments

We need national digitech champions

The digital communication policy must include a well-defined plan to build a robust, design-led domestic industry that is scalable, technologically contemporary and globally competitive

Govt to form new electronics policy to build on the momentum: IT Minister

It will also push ahead to meet the ambitious goal of increasing the size of India's digital economy to USD 1 trillion in the coming years.

60% of India's GDP to come from AI, other digital services by 2021: Study

By the year 2021, around 60 per cent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to be derived from digital products and services. Created through the use of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things and cloud computing, among others. So says a study commissioned by information technology major Microsoft. It says digital transformation will add an estimated $154 billion to our GDP by 2021. "India is clearly on the digital transformation fast track," says Anant Maheshwari, president, Microsoft India. Organisations, he said, are increasingly deploying emerging technologies such as AI and that will accelerate this change-led growth even further, with the application of this in sectors such as education, health care and agriculture. "(Such) Technologies can really solve some fundamental problems and if applied the right way, could unlock a lot of potential," Maheshwari told Business Standard. The catch, he says, is the need for a supportive ..

Govt mulls policy to push virtual varsities via tablets, big screens

Source said a draft policy had been prepared by the Ministry of HRD in consultation with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Data Tracker: India is far away from being a cashless economy, says survey

Payments banks, which offer electronic remittances, financial advisory, online banking and more, offer immediate value to unbanked consumers

Data Tracker: Mapping the digital opportunity in India

There is significant potential for brands to innovate with their offerings to drive online growth according to a report by Google and Boston Consulting Group

Corporates activities open to public scrutiny as data available online: FM

This transparency is good for the system, good for corporate India: Arun Jaitley