The highest domestic package, however, fell 10 per cent
Showing a better trend in remuneration and other benefits for the top-level executives, staff salaries across the board have risen by an average of 50 per cent.
Despite a steady collection rate, the government faces a steep Budget target of Rs 6.1 trillion for CGST for 2019-20.
'The current budgetary practice of shifting expenditures off-balance sheet in order to be seen to be meeting fiscal targets should be discontinued; additional fiscal stimulus would be imprudent; individual income tax rates should not be cut; GST rates should not be raised now,' advise Arvind Subramanian and Josh Felman.
Sanjeev Goel, business head, Manipal ProLearn, lists 10 courses that are currently most suitable for working professionals to upskill or reskill to ensure they remain of value in the job market and in future-ready organisations.
It is a slight improvement over last year.
RBI says haste in easing norms for banks harmful to economy.
The direct tax collections are likely to fall short of the revised Budget target by Rs 650 billion and, in fact, were Rs 150 billion lower than the original estimate for the fiscal
Top Congress sources said they would not hold up the Bill.
The greatest disconnect lies in the estimates of industrial growth.
Issues like high insurance cost and the announced price hike effective January could also weigh on sales in 2019. The only bright spot is the softening seen in fuel prices over the past month.
HDFC twins, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and SBI from the financial space gained between 1-2.7%.
Experts expect the trend to continue in the near term.
If you think the film is gutsy, you are simply being blind to the truth that the whole men-are-worthless slant is saleable right now, argues Sreehari Nair.
Apart from skill development, employees are considering work-life balance.
The year 2015 is likely to see an average pay increase of 11.3 per cent across job roles.
While growth metrics for Infosys was skewed to a single vertical and it is struggling to get a handle on costs, TCS has been able to manage growth and keep cost inflation under control.
There has also been a shift from hiring freshers to those with two to five years' experience.
'India is in a slowdown which most of us have not seen in our living memory.'
MFs have garnered record assets in the past one year, led by increased investor participation through SIPs and robust returns in mid-cap schemes.
It's simple really.
'This looks like a long-term bear market and there could be mounting losses in the near-term,' says Devangshu Datta.
The Consumer Price Index hit the lowest in six months in March at 4.83 per cent.
RBI said the outlook for economic growth for 2016-17 has turned uncertain after the unexpected loss of momentum by 50 basis points in Q2 and the effects of the withdrawal of banned notes
Even as floods play havoc in Uttarakhand, several states have opposed the provisions of a 38-year-old Model Flood Bill aimed at minimising losses to life and property in the natural calamity.
Metals bucked the trend and shone across the board.
Being mandatory, these recommendations will have to be immediately built into the Budget for 2015-16.
Impact of the slowdown is most visible among promoter/owner-CEOs
The ripples from November 8 may be seen in next year's state budgets.
Vishal Sikka, the new chief executive officer, is in the process of internally discussing and finalising the future course of action, chief operating officer U B Pravin Rao said on Tuesday.
The Modi government has handled inflation far better than any government in the past two decades. Both the stock market and currency indices have begun to show confidence in the economy, despite the mounting global headwinds of trade.
Nikesh Arora has an engineering degree in electronics and worked for a brief period at Wipro, selling computers.
Companies world over have to confront unprecedented factors that can cause losses.
A collaborative approach can yield better results in reforming labour laws that can be implemented in the whole country, instead of different states following different norms in their own jurisdictions. That approach could also help the governments convince the trade unions to see merit in these reforms, says A K Bhattacharya.
Overall, it has projected a 10.3% salary rise for India Inc in 2016 compared to 10.6% in 2015.
While far from being a currency war, India does not have much of an option but to depreciate to accommodate its exports at a time when China shows its intent to let its currency depreciate.
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Across all industries in India, almost 87 per cent of respondents plan to allocate a larger portion of their budget to high performers
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