India has emerged as one of the 10 fastest growing sources of foreign direct investment into the US.
It is our only chance of avoiding a repeat of our catastrophic second wave, asserts Naushad Forbes.
Early GST rollout to help create more jobs, boost output, says IMF.
The award was conferred by French Ambassador Dominique Girard at a function.
So vaccinate employees and families, staff at home, rickshaw drivers, milkmen, service providers, shopkeepers and street vendors, says Naushad Forbes.
A study reveals that top business houses in India are reluctant to voluntarily disclose important information.
According to Nielsen, rural growth has plunged to a low 5 per cent in the third quarter of quarter from a high 20 per cent a year ago. This has for the first time in seven years rural growth has fallen below urban levels.
'Birla only made representations to then PM for coal blocks allocation.'
Earlier, an inter-ministerial group used to take these decisions.
In a communication to chief secretaries and director generals of police of all states, the ministry asked them to take action to allay apprehensions and maintain peace and tranquillity, and inform people about the availability of food, medicine and other essential commodities.
The India Economic Summit which would deliberate on ways to enhance India's competitiveness and present the country's perspective to the business world, would begin in New Delhi from November 27-29
R Parasu Raman, chairman, CII -- southern region and chairman and managing director, Novar India Ltd, speaks to Shobha Warrier on the Budget.
The annual talk-fest of rich and powerful from across the world in snow-laden Alpine resort town of Davos will be attended by nearly 40 heads of government among more than 2,500 global leaders from over 100 countries.
Gopalakrishnan, who is the immediate past President of CII, is the Chairman of the summit.
United Bank of India has already declared Kingfisher a wilful defaulter while State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank and IDBI have initiated such a move.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday assured the industry that momentum of economic reforms will continue to make India a hotspot of global investment. India has turned the crisis created by COVID-19 pandemic into an opportunity to push the economic reforms, which remained pending for decades, she said while addressing the National MNC's Conference 2020 organised by industry chamber CII.
As many as 44 shareholders of Flipkart sold their holdings to Walmart. The income tax law requires the buyer to withhold tax while making payment to the sellers, in case they are not exempted from levy of capital gains tax.
In a major liberalisation, the government on Thursday allowed manufacturing of several hundreds of equipment and products in the defence sector without licence.
India's GDP estimates for 2020-21 show that the economy is expected to perform much better than earlier projections by different agencies, indicating a sustained V-shape post-lockdown recovery, experts said. The first Advance Estimates (AE) by the National Statistics Office (NSO) has projected a contraction of 7.7 per cent in the real GDP during 2020-21. This was better than the projections by certain international agencies like the IMF and World Bank.
'If you wish to expand your business in a competitive global environment, you have no option but to be ethical.'
According to data released on Thursday, Wholesale Price Index-based inflation rose to seven per cent in October from 6.46 per cent in September.
Our government has failed the country on several counts. All this must change for India to redeem itself in six months, says Naushad Forbes.
The Indian automotive industry has the potential to reach a size of $33 to 40 billion by 2015 from the current $6.7 billion, chairman of 'CII Auto SCM India 2004,' M Lakshminarayanan, said in Chennai on Friday.
With growing urbanisation in India, nearly 85 crore people are estimated to live in cities across the country by 2050, a latest report by industry chamber CII and realty consultant Jones Lang LaSalle said.
India could break the chains of under-achievement and begin attaining higher rates of economic growth in the 1990s only after it discarded the influence of that Soviet model, said Bharatiya Janata Party President L K Advani.
Tamil Nadu has cornered around 18.63 per cent of the fresh investments in Q1FY21 and topped the list of state-wise investments. These investments should help create over 67,212 jobs.
Capital markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday asked listed companies to work towards splitting the roles of chairman and managing director before the April 2022 deadline, as the new directive is not aimed at weakening the position of promoters. Listed entities were initially required to separate the roles of chairperson and MD/CEO from April 1, 2020 onwards. However, based on industry representations, an additional time period of two years was given for compliance. The regulation will now be applicable to the top 500 listed entities by market capitalisation, with effect from April 1, 2022.
Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley will inaugurate 'Made in India' show in Beijing on October 16.\n\n\n\n
Today, when you buy a door or a window in wood, you are not aware that you are depleting forests. Tomorrow, your wood will have to be certified that it is from a sustainable forest, says R Parasu Raman, Vice Chairman, WGBC.
The ongoing economic slowdown seems to have weighed down on the confidence of India Inc.
India Inc gave a thumbs up to the UPA-II's last Union Budget before the general elections next year and said Finance Minister P Chidambaram presented a "bold" and "growth-oriented" Budget.
India will shortly unveil a 'One Nation-One Card policy' for public transport that will entail connectivity between various modes of transport
The government is looking at formulating a national broadband policy to push broadband penetration in the country and has already prepared a vision paper along with the Confederation of Indian Industry.
The study draws attention to the contribution of the Indian industry
The steel major, which had shifted its headquarters to Luxembourg had approached the authorities for related licenses.
The CII meet was ideal for laying out details of concrete policies. But Rahul Gandhi did not choose to speak in concrete terms. Devangshu Datta examines
The government hopes that the PLI schemes would provide 200,000-300,000 direct employment over five years, according to sources in the know.
