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Postal Dept’s Payments Bank to have 3.5 lakh employees

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today asked Department of Posts to hasten process of setting up all 650 payments bank…

June 2, 2016 20:18 IST

Not scared of any ‘threat’: Modi government to Finmeccanica

Govt today reacted sharply to Finmeccanica’s warning to reassess ongoing projects of supplying components to India, which has initiated process…

June 1, 2016 18:59 IST

Chennai Metro Rail project to India Post payments bank proposal: 8 key decisions taken by PM Modi-led Cabinet today

From extension of Chennai Metro Rail project to proposal to set up India Post payments bank, the Cabinet chaired by…

Updated: June 8, 2016 11:08 IST

India Posts Payments bank, Telecom Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, cabinet ministers

Cabinet clears India Post’s payments bank proposal

Government today cleared proposal to set up India Post payments bank with a corpus of Rs 800 crore and has…

June 1, 2016 16:56 IST

Umang aggregator app: New ‘common’ mobile app to give access to over 1,000 govt services, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Government is working on a mobile application which will give access to over 1,000 services from Centre and state governments…

May 31, 2016 10:24 IST

Call drops: Ready to consider punitive powers for Trai says Ravi Shankar Prasad

The communications ministry is ready to consider any proposal to empower the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and give…

May 31, 2016 07:40 IST

Ravi Shankar Prasad directs DoT to look into call drop masking tech

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has directed the Department of Telecom to look into the call drop masking technology being…

May 30, 2016 23:36 IST

Receiving Gangajal by post from Haridwar, Rishikesh to be a reality soon

Receiving Ganga water by post could be a reality soon as the government endeavours to tap the e-commerce platform to…

May 30, 2016 17:59 IST

Satya Nadella in India: Microsoft CEO says it’s about celebrating tech that India creates

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who is on his third trip to India in just seven months, met MoS Finance Jayant…

Updated: May 30, 2016 15:23 IST

Will continue to raise H-1B, L1 visa fee hike with US: Ravi Shankar Prasad

The Centre will continue to take up the issue of hike in visa fees for Indian software professionals working in…

May 22, 2016 20:05 IST

India Post payments bank will be functional by March 17: Ravi Shankar Prasad

India Post’s payments bank will start functioning from March 2017 and serve as a wider platform to implement financial inclusion…

May 22, 2016 18:01 IST

I don’t understand self-regulation on call drops: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Almost a week after Bharti Airtel’s announcement to adopt self-regulation for addressing instances of call drops, telecom minister Ravi Shankar…

Updated: May 21, 2016 07:21 IST

Govt to auction 2,000 mhz of spectrum in 2-3 months: Ravi Shankar Prasad

In what could be the biggest ever sale of telecom airwaves, government will auction 2,000 megahertz of spectrum in the…

May 20, 2016 23:47 IST

Two years of NDA government: When was the last time telcos did not shed tears on spectrum price, Ravi Shankar Prasad

As the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government completes two years in office, communications & IT minister Ravi Shankar…

Updated: May 16, 2016 10:12 IST

BSNL made operative profit under NDA rule: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today blamed previous UPA government for heavy losses at state-run BSNL in recent years.

May 13, 2016 23:40 IST

Telecom operators owe govt Rs 54,828 crore in licence, spectrum fee: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Telecom operators owe the government Rs 54,828.25 crore in licence fee, spectrum charges and arrears, of which Rs 44,380.91 crore…

May 11, 2016 21:46 IST

US visa fee hike: Govt against discrimination towards Indian professionals

Against the backdrop of hike in visa fee by the US, the government today said it is against discrimination towards…

May 11, 2016 15:39 IST

No TSP has entered into partnership with Chinese firms: Ravi Shankar Prasad

No telecom operator has entered into partnership with Chinese companies in the communications sector although some foreign firms, including Chinese,…

May 6, 2016 17:46 IST

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