Overall business confidence index is at 6-quarter high: Ficci survey
For most companies this would mean extending medical coverage to same-sex partners, say legal experts.
India Inc on Thursday expressed fear that the RBI's decision to raise key short-term rates will push up the cost of borrowing, making some of their projects unviable and hurting expansion plans.
As the Modi government enters the fourth year of its tenure, it is looking more confident, shedding its earlier inhibitions about offering sops or new opportunities to big business, says A K Bhattacharya.
There, however, has been an improvement in operating margins.
L&T will give Rs 6 per share special dividend to shareholders for the six decades that company patriarch A M Naik served with the engineering and construction major, S N Subrahmanyan, the CEO & MD of the infrastructure major said.
Aggregate figures for a sample of 43 companies (excluding oil & gas PSUs as well as those in the banking, telecom and software sectors) in the BSE 100 index suggest that operating profit margins (OPMs) were down by 63 basis points (bps) year-on-year in the December quarter and that there appears to be no major causes for concern.
India Inc on Monday said the policymakers in the country must ensure corrective measures at the earliest to rebuild investor confidence.
The lockdown has taught companies a lesson or two on running business with fewer human resources. These lessons are unlikely to be forgotten, observes Mahesh Vyas.
It works like this. There is a section in the US called 144A securities, which was launched in August 15, 2007. Trading in 144A securities takes place only among qualified brokers, dealers and QIBs. Retail investors cannot participate in this segment.
Some big ones hoard cash unduly and others borrow to keep up payments to shareholders
Companies, so far, were constrained by the provisions of Articles 370 and 35A, which restricted the purchase of land and hiring manpower.
Companies have activated a comprehensive pandemic response plan with requisite risk mitigation protocols for keeping networks working as telecom is an essential service.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making his inaugural address on the 95th Annual Day of Indian Chamber of Commerce via video conferencing.
The stimulus packages should continue for another year or at least till October 31, he said, pointing out that the economy is yet to achieve the pre-crisis level of nine per cent.
At least 150 companies, including some from the Tata Group, have started collecting data about their SC/ST employees, as India Inc is no more "caste blind", according to a CII paper on affirmative action.
The government, industry and civil society groups agree they have no data, which they admit are the building blocks for any action for inclusive growth.
According to the Icra report, earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation margin of its sample declined by 44 basis points on a YoY basis and 23 basis points on a quarter-on-quarter basis to 16.6 per cent.
Decisions taken during the meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama will take the bilateral strategic ties to an "altogether new high", India Inc said.
The general elections in April/May 2024 are expected to add volatility to the Indian markets, keeping investors on their toes.
India Inc on Tuesday sought tax cuts in the forthcoming Budget, even as it asked the government to move towards an effective goods and services tax rate of 15 per cent in the next few years.
Yunus will teach India Inc why and how social business is not charity but business wherein a surplus is passed on to the target group of beneficiaries in the form of lower prices, better service and greater access
At the sector level, commodity linked sectors (energy, materials and utilities) and industrials reported the strongest revenue growth, while telecom, consumer discretionary saw the most decline in net profits.
'Being financially independent is crucial.' 'This spares women a lot of grief if the marriage, especially in large business families, breaks down.'
According to data compiled by global consultancy firm Grant Thornton, the volume of M&A deals by Indian companies in countries like Brazil, Scotland, Netherlands and Canada is greater than that in the UK. The value of the nine deals in the UK clinched by Indian firms so far this year stands at just $58.50 million, while India Inc acquired four companies in Canada for a total of $166.70 million, one deal in Scotland for $80 million and another in Brazil for over $33 million.
Companies put in strict disclosure, job switch clauses in HR policies.
A back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests that the total mobilisation through share issues (including rights, initial and follow-on issues) will be at least Rs 1.04 lakh crore (Rs 1.04 trillion).
The sale of Essar Oil was India's biggest deleveraging exercise undertaken by any debt-heavy group
Brokerages expect revenue growth at a 7-quarter high but profitability may disappoint.
Some sectors like aviation, hospitality, travel and tourism, and automobile have witnessed zero cash flow since the lockdown began.
India Inc is expected to post 35-45 per cent rise in net profit in the fourth quarter ended March 31.
India Inc on Friday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assertion that the government will not impose capital controls, although reassuring to investors, must be supplemented with tough reform measures.
The Crisil study covered 600 companies excluding financial services and oil companies, representing 71 per cent of the overall market capitalisation of India Inc.
India Inc has mobilised a whopping Rs 23,252 crore (Rs 232.52 billion) through private placement of bonds in the first three months of current fiscal, even as government entities witnessed a decline in such borrowings.
More than 61 per cent of women choose non-professional courses.
The charm of foreign shores as source of funds is getting stronger in India, with domestic firms already having raised over $13 billion (Rs 60,837 crore) from global debt markets, surpassing the 2005-figure.
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