MUMBAI: In a landmark agreement signed with Pune plant workers on Tuesday, Tata Motors India’s largest automobile company by revenues, has initiated a move to bring 15-20,000 blue collar factory workers to a wage structure that is performance-linked.

The company concluded a long-term wage settlement agreement with its Pune workers Union that covers 6,400 workers, after 19 months of negotiations. Tata Motors will now work towards getting workers from Sanand, Lucknow and Jamshedpur factories to sign a similar agreement.

Continuing its rising streak, the benchmark BSE Sensex rose over 63 points to 29,594.84 in early trade on Thursday after the Lok Sabha approved four legislations to give shape to the historic GST amid short-covering in view of March series expiry.

Sentiments got a leg up after the much-awaited tax reform -- Goods and Services Tax (GST) -- inched closer to its July 1 rollout date with the Lok Sabha approving four supplementary legislations on Wednesday, brokers said.

Reliance Infrastructure InvIT Fund, which is planning a Rs 3,000-crore issue next month, has become the first to get approval from the National Highway Authority (NHAI), according to sources.

The RInfra InvIT Fund, with a proposed issue size of Rs 3,000 crore with an option to retain over-subscription of up to 25 per cent, will own 10 toll road assets, with an option to acquire further assets in future. These assets cover 770 km of national highways across five states.

Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) announced an offer for opening a zero balance savings account on Wednesday, with zero charges for all digital transactions.

This comes when many of its competitors, such as State Bank of India and HDFC Bank, are either raising or reintroducing charges for transactions. From April 1, SBI is set to introduce a fee for failing to keep a minimum balance in some types of savings bank accounts.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) said that its construction arm has recently bagged orders worth Rs 1,725 crore across two of its business segments.

In the transportation infrastructure business, the company bagged contracts worth Rs 725 crore.

The Sensex registered a good beginning on Tuesday as it recouped over 127 points after Monday's loss, with Asia providing a positive backdrop amid sustained foreign inflows.

The 30-share index was trading higher by 127.47 points, or 0.43%, at 29,364.62, with all indices led by technology, IT, power and healthcare trading in the green with gains up to 0.79%. The gauge had lost 184.25 points in the previous session.

Microsoft India is betting big on cyber security solutions for cloud adoption growth as Indian businesses seek better security.

More businesses are looking at hosting their applications on the cloud, shifting from the traditional IT infrastructure on-premise to improve efficiency and bring down costs. Firms are looking to move to a model from one-time expense for software licenses and IT hardware in the on-premise model to pay as you rent model on the cloud with upgrades thrown in during the usage period.

Sony India on Tuesday launched its new "world's fastest" SF-G Series SD card that comes with enhanced features specially designed for professional photographers and videographers.

With a write speed of up to 299MB per second, the SF-G Series supports maximum performance of digital imaging devices, contributing to longer continuous shoot of high-resolution images. It contributes to a shorter buffer clearing time as well.

Recognising the popularity of Truecaller, an application that identifies mobile numbers - ICICI Bank has partnered the Swedish communication company behind the app to enable in-app payments using the Unified Payments Interface.

According to ICICI Bank, Truecaller is the third-most used app in India and the new partnership will allow millions of users of the app in the country to instantly create a UPI id, send money to any UPI id or a mobile number registered with the BHIM app. It will also enable users to recharge their mobile number from within the Truecaller app itself.

Mumbai: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is drafting rules to monitor share transfer agents and registrars and improve their functioning, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

This comes a year after Sharepro Services (India) Pvt. Ltd, a share transfer agent, was found to have defrauded at least 10 companies including Britannia Industries Ltd, Asian Paints Ltd, Aptech Ltd, Tata Communications Ltd and Kansai Nerolac Ltd of Rs21.7 crore. Some of the companies also filed police petitions against Sharepro, and Sebi imposed an interim ban on the company.

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