State-owned Coal India Tuesday said the stock in some of its mines has increased due to regulated lifting by the power producers.

"Due to regulated lifting by the power houses, coal stock has increased in some of the mines of Coal India Ltd," the PSU said in a filing to BSE.

MUMBAI: In a bid to encourage women entrepreneurs and promote greater usage of banking services by women, the country's largest lender SBI has decided to set up one all-woman branch in every district. The bank has already opened 14 such branches - one in each regional hub. Speaking to TOI, SBI chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya said, "Supporting women to grow is an idea that is central to our philosophy of being the 'Banker to every Indian'. SBI has initiated steps to ensure that at least one all-women branch is there for each district.

New Delhi, Mar 8 (Agencies): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday withdrew his Budget proposal to tax withdrawal of savings accumulated in the employees provident fund (EPF) scheme.

”In view of representations received, the government would like to do a comprehensive review of this proposal and therefore I withdraw the proposal,” Jaitley said in a suo motu statement in the Lok Sabha.

Mumbai: The market regulator is set to clarify what the term ‘control’ means in the context of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) by pegging the shareholding threshold of an acquirer at 25%, two persons familiar with the development said.

The move is aimed at removing ambiguities that companies currently confront during takeovers, one of the two persons said, requesting anonymity.

New Delhi: The unravelling of an agreement between top executives of Ashok Leyland Ltd and Nissan Motor Co. to end their alliance led to the Indian company suing its Japanese partner in the first week of February, two Ashok Leyland executives said.

Around Rs.200 crore vendor liability figures quoted by Nissan are not in the joint venture’s books, one of these executives said, adding the overall liability figures are only around Rs.700 crore, far less than Rs.1,200 crore quoted by Nissan. Both executives requested anonymity.

Bengaluru: Infosys Ltd will unveil in the coming weeks a programme that aims to identify top performers among its employees, and put them under the direct supervision of chosen senior managers, as the software services firm strives to retain talent, find internal candidates for new roles, and provide a fast-track career path in a 193,000-employee organization.

The programme is chief executive Vishal Sikka’s most ambitious employee engagement measure in the 20 months since taking the company’s helm in August 2014.

Bajaj Auto is likely to sell around 50,000 units of the 150cc 'V' bikes in the country in the span of 12-18 months in order to extend the brand in various parts of the country.

Bajaj Auto is likely to sell around 50,000 units of the 150cc 'V' bikes in the country in the span of 12-18 months in order to extend the brand in various parts of the country.

ICICI Bank on Monday announced the 'iWork@home' initiative on the eve of International Women's Day, where women employees will now be allowed to work from home for a year, which can be extended.

The programme has a three-level security protocol which ensures that only the concerned employee is able to access the system. The second initiative is meant for women managers with young children up to the age of 3 years where the bank will foot the travel and stay cost of their children and the caregivers.

Ford India, the seventh largest player in the domestic passenger vehicle market, has emerged as the largest exporter in the month of February. The company shipped more cars than Hyundai and Maruti, the two top exporters in the April-February period.

With its low single-digit growth and expanded capacity following the commencement of Gujarat plant last year, exports have become critical for Ford. The American car maker shipped 11,823 vehicles to more than 50 destinations last month.

Axis Bank, India’s third-largest private sector lender, has decided to step up hiring. After going slow on hiring for two years, the lender would increase its headcount in the next financial year by 10 per cent, said Rajesh K Dahiya, group executive (human resources), Axis Bank.

The bank had increased its headcount to 42,420 in March 2014 from 21,640 in the corresponding month in 2010. The number of employees, though, fell in 2014-15, despite the bank increasing the number of branches from 2,402 to 2,589. By March 2015, the headcount dropped to 42,230. However, the employee base rose to 47,876 by December 2015.

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