'We have set out a timetable to reduce income tax rates for all incomes below Rs 50 lakh, and to progressively eliminate the surcharges on income above Rs 50 lakh, by 2024.' The Budget speech past CII president Naushad Forbes wants to hear.
Gopalakrishnan, who is the immediate past President of CII, is the Chairman of the summit.
India will shortly unveil a 'One Nation-One Card policy' for public transport that will entail connectivity between various modes of transport
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.
The forms might soon come "pre-filled" and taxpayers won't have to fill details such as income, income sources, and personal details
In a major liberalisation, the government on Thursday allowed manufacturing of several hundreds of equipment and products in the defence sector without licence.
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.
EV players suggest a reduction in the goods and services tax on batteries from 18 to 5 per cent as it would help push demand.
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
The highest water-use efficiency of more than $ 50 per cubic metre is in Oceania, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Israel, Denmark, Finland, and Great Britain while the lowest is in Central and South Asia, including India, at less than $ 10 per cubic metre.
R Parasu Raman, chairman, CII -- southern region and chairman and managing director, Novar India Ltd, speaks to Shobha Warrier on the Budget.
Industrialists affirm their belief that the adverse effects of demonetisation and the goods and services tax are finally over.
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.
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.
The ongoing economic slowdown seems to have weighed down on the confidence of India Inc.
The study draws attention to the contribution of the Indian industry
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 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.
The steel major, which had shifted its headquarters to Luxembourg had approached the authorities for related licenses.
Relax fiscal consolidation, boost public capex and reduce cost of finance, industry tells Centre
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 large drop was for export orders that were meant to be delivered until October.
India Inc on Friday said the hike in railway passenger and freight fares will help in resource mobilisation, hoping that the higher fares will lead to better quality and safety of services offered by the Indian Railways, while asking the government to allow FDI in Railways.
Infosys executive co-chairman and president of the Confederation of Indian Industries Kris Gopalakrishnan on Friday heaped praise on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, describing him as 'a global leader'.
Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley will inaugurate 'Made in India' show in Beijing on October 16.\n\n\n\n
India moving in right direction on GST, says Panagariya.
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.
Rajiv Kumar will continue as vice-chairman of the body, along with other full-time members V K Saraswat, Ramesh Chand and V K Paul.
"A Meryl Streep or Jimmy Kimmel can speak their mind, and stay assured that they won't be harmed. That does not happen in India," say Manavi Kapur & Ranjita Ganesan.
Rahul Gandhi spoke about his vision of empowering women and giving voice to the people of billion-strong nation.
Sharma, who has been regularly reviewing the situation with senior officials, has expressed concern over the drop in industrial performance in the recent months, the statement said.
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.
Sebi was also working on issues like the role of independent directors for board-level corporate governance, related party transactions and methodology for fixing of compensation of top personnel of companies.
Steps are needed at granular level to boost investment in infrastructure, says Vinayak Chatterjee.
'This has become a necessity now to kick start the investment cycle'
The Union Communications and IT Minister Arun Shourie on Wednesday invited the Japanese companies to relocate their hardware facilities to India and sought withdrawal of the 20 per cent withholding taxes for software exports.
With political uncertainty reaching a new high, India Inc gets more anxious.
The founding members of The E-Commerce Council of India include Snapdeal, ShopClues, UrbanClap, Shop101, Flyrobe and Fynd, among others.
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