India File

The waiver bill for the States could amount to 1 per cent of the GDP

Loan waiver can be a temporary balm for the country’s farm distress. What Indian farmers really need is a fair price for their crop. TV Jayan and Rahul Wadke report

Despite the increasing job insecurity, IT employees are not yet convinced about forming a union, write Venkatesh Ganesh and TE Raja Simhan

But real estate and cab companies are wary of the negative sentiment

But the agrarian crisis is worsening

Failure to generate employment could be KCR’s Achilles heel

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao might be the favourite for the 2019 elections. But three years into his first term, KCR’s performance is a mixed bag. M Somasekhar reports

The hospitality industry may be known by the likes of Taj and Oberoi. But hotel owners are now emerging from the shadows of big names and transforming the industry. Chitra Narayanan reports

The professional SAMHI, a PE- controlled hospitality firm was born because Ashish Jakhanwala, who had led hotel development for Accor Group in India, ...

Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution clarifies his views on food wastage and portions. Excerpts: Your ...

Faith, and an informal system help the temple limit waste

The impulse to control choices has rarely worked in India

We squander a lot of food, period. But is fixing portions the answer? Rashmi Pratap reports

While Arvind Panagariya is vocal about the need to create jobs, the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog points out, in a conversation with BusinessLine, ...

With a rise in exports, job opportunities for skilled workers are looking up in the textile hub

Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised one crore jobs during the 2014 elections. At the present rate of job creation, this will take 30 years. Muthukumar K and Seetharaman R report on the employment crisis

In a country that abounds as much with cooking talent as with customers craving for authentic food, home chefs have found the perfect market to not just make money, but also preserve traditional cuisines. Rashmi Pratap reports

Home chefs are free of hassles that come with opening a restaurant

While most in this Haryana town have the ID card, banking challenges remain

The hamlet ranks first in AP for using the Aadhaar-based system for transactions

Even as the Centre plans to link as many as 500 schemes to Aadhaar, concerns over data safety are rising. Richa Mishra reports

Delhiwalas just spent a breathless winter. Now a summer of water scarcity and mosquitoes beckons. With Central and State governments at loggerheads, community participation could be the only hope for cleaner living, writes Preeti Mehra

One of the bloodiest years in the history of Indian Railways underscores the urgent need to overhaul the rail network, reports Raghavendra Rao K

Rising pest attacks are mounting pressure on cotton farmers even as prices play truant. Rutam Vora, KV Kurmanath and Vishwanath Kulkarni report