R Parasu Raman, chairman, CII -- southern region and chairman and managing director, Novar India Ltd, speaks to Shobha Warrier on the Budget.
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.
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.
Relax fiscal consolidation, boost public capex and reduce cost of finance, industry tells Centre
The large drop was for export orders that were meant to be delivered until October.
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.
Even though option to invest as a company is available, many FPIs have chosen trust route to enjoy less tax or zero tax through tax havens such as the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg.
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 steel major, which had shifted its headquarters to Luxembourg had approached the authorities for related licenses.
India CMD Ramkumar Ramamoorthy clarified Cognizant would continue hiring, and that the earlier job-cut announcement was but a small one, considering the company had around 290,000 employees globally.
The founding members of The E-Commerce Council of India include Snapdeal, ShopClues, UrbanClap, Shop101, Flyrobe and Fynd, among others.
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
India moving in right direction on GST, says Panagariya.
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.
Acharya emphasised that the time is "really ripe" for land, labour and agricultural reforms in India.
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'.
"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.
'The babus in Delhi are not able to understand the pain industry is facing.'
Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley will inaugurate 'Made in India' show in Beijing on October 16.\n\n\n\n
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.
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.
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.
'This has become a necessity now to kick start the investment cycle'
Steps are needed at granular level to boost investment in infrastructure, says Vinayak Chatterjee.
Khichdi -- prepared using rice, pulses, coarse cereals and spices -- has been selected as Brand India Food
"I would hope that the government would very respectfully request him to continue for one term or my preference would be two terms," Narayana Murthy 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.
With political uncertainty reaching a new high, India Inc gets more anxious.
'The next general election is four years away. That's enough time to recover -- provided the government stops spending and taxing so much,' says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
Brokerage Edelweiss Securities said if the NDA returns to power with a clear majority in line with exit polls, markets would rejoice the policy continuity.
No single real estate company holds even 5 per cent of the total market share.
Etihad is in talks to pick up a 24 percent stake in Jet.
Sectors throw up a wishlist for the Finance Minister.
We will now get CAG to do the audit for the last 3-4 years, says the secretary.
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