Tag: India economy
Sarvam AI Startup Programme Fuels Indic AI Builders
Sarvam AI has introduced the Sarvam Startup Programme, providing early-stage companies with up to 12 months of API credits, priority engineering support and production-ready infrastructure to build multilingual AI applications without backend complexities. Founders Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar positioned the initiative to empower India’s developer ecosystem with high-quality models fluent in 22+ Indian languages and English, enabling full agency in creating voice agents,...
Oracle Layoffs Fund AI Data Centre Push Amid Cash Squeeze
Oracle is planning thousands of job cuts across divisions as it grapples with a cash crunch from aggressive AI data centre buildout to support major clients including a $300 billion OpenAI agreement, xAI and Meta, as Bloomberg News first reported. The reductions, potentially broader than typical rolling cuts, may begin this month and target roles expected to diminish under AI automation, coinciding with an...
RBI Relaxes Loan Rules for Microfinance and NBFCs
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has partially rolled back stricter lending rules for small borrowers and non-bank lenders, following recent policy adjustments aimed...
New Tax Bill Grants Authorities Broad Digital Access
India’s newly proposed Income Tax Bill, 2025, grants sweeping powers to tax authorities, allowing them to access taxpayers’ emails, trading and social media accounts,...
Jindal Stainless MD Seeks 25% Import Duty to Curb Dumping
Jindal Stainless Ltd. (JSL) Managing Director Abhyuday Jindal has urged the Indian government to impose a 20-25% import duty on stainless steel to prevent...