While new business schools come up, industry experts said the quality issue was crucial for them to survive.
Developers and consultants said even buyers have not been showing much enthusiasm in booking properties, due to high prices and the overall lacklustre economic environment.
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Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra and Bajaj Auto have noted a rise in these incidents.
In the April 2012-February 2013 period, the life sector's industry's new business premium collections fell 6.1 per cent, compared to the corresponding period of the previous financial year.
To join 'Big Bazaar Profit Club', a customer has to pay Rs 10,000, after which he can shop for Rs 1,000 a month for 12 months.
The issues unions have been pursuing aggressively include forced suspensions, flexible work conditions, recognition of a union and salary parity for contract workers.
At Rs 340 a square feet a month, the nine-year pact is among the costliest.
Though exposure draft proposed 35-60% hike, Irda raised it only 19%.
The company's total debt is Rs 5,500 crore (Rs 55 billion) as of December 31, 2012.
LIC had evinced interest to purchase the land at Baba Kharak Singh Marg at around Rs 800 crore.
Tesco, which has a franchise agreement with Trent Hypermarkets for the latter's back-end operations, is believed to be interested in investing in those hypermarkets
FMCG giant HUL sold or leased its landmark commercial properties, including its former headquarters, last year.
To operate large wholesale markets and imports.
Human resource experts say the volatile environment might change its hiring pattern, with the process spread through the year, instead of happening during December - February as at present.
A day after the Budget, the industry estimates the sale of affordable homes could increase up to 20 per cent this year due to an additional exemption granted to first-time buyers.
An interest rate cut, at a time when demand was not showing any sign of revival, would boost sentiments, especially for interest-rate sensitives like the car and real estate sectors, which had been showing negative growth, a majority of the 15 CEOs polled by Business Standard said.
The market regulator had last month allowed bourses to set up debt segments to develop the country's languishing corporate bond market.
Like other food and grocery chains, Birla Retail is aggressively pushing its private labels and large packs to woo customers. Besides offering value, private labels push retailers' margins.
Priority will be to maintain a balance between sector's growth and consumer welfare.
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