Confederation of Indian Industry has demanded the removal of Fringe Benefit Tax and various other direct tax reforms
Striking a different chord with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who prescribed a social charter for the industry, Confederation of Indian Industry's new president Sunil Mittal on Friday
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Ahead of the visit, Chinese embassy officials briefed Indian scholars that investment promised would be $100 billion. How this figure came down to $20 billion is a mystery.
The government on Friday admitted that providing more and better jobs to the young still remained a challenge, even as the Indian economy was back on a high growth path after hit by the global financial crisis for two years.
Since independent directors are not involved in the day-to-day management of the company, their liabilities should be distinguished and made less onerous than liabilities of the executive and non-independent directors, said a CII statement.
The lawmakers, speaking at a Capitol Hill event hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry to release its new study about Indian companies investing heavily in the US and both saving and creating jobs, hoped that this message will alleviate the concerns over outsourcing and loss of American jobs among their constituents.
American lawmakers, who were attending the Confederation of Indian Industry's launch of a new study on Indian investment in the United States at a Congressional reception on Capitol Hill, showered Ambassador Meera Shankar with a surfeit of kudos, much to her embarrassment.Congressman Joe Crowley, New York Democrat and co-chair of the India Caucus in the US House of Representatives, said, "Ambassador you are a rock star". He also spoke of her receiving "a rock star welcome".
The annual ball, renamed this year as 'India soiree', showcased the food, fashion and performing arts of the country.
India Inc said the Foreign Trade Policy would give a significant push to manufactured goods and agriculture- and labour-intensive exports.
Projecting a higher growth rate of 8.3 per cent, the Confederation of Indian Industry on Thursday tempered the optimism with the caution that hardening interest rates, below-normal monsoon and spiralling oil prices could cut-off the crescendo.
While Delhi turns out be the safest and best city to live in India, Jamshedpur and Patna are rated as the worst cities.
B Muthuraman, vice chairman, Tata Steel, has been elected as the vice president of CII.
Taking into account the buoyant performance of the Indian economy in the first half of the current financial year, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has revised its GDP growth estimate for the year from around 8 per cent to 8.6 per cent.
India's apex industry chamber Confederation of Indian Industry has landed itself in a controversy over the issue of its support to launching negotiations on trade and investment issues, opposed by developing countries.
India and Russia have agreed to double bilateral trade within 3 years to $10 billion.
Concerned over the non-performance of some schemes over a long period of time, Sebi Chairman U K Sinha said that fund houses need to look into the matter and consider merger of some schemes.
In his inaugural address at the 7th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, organised by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Tamil Nadu government and Confederation of Indian Industries, the prime minister said that professionals, including doctors, dentists, pharmactists, engineers, architects and chartered accountants, would have the benefit of practising their professions in India.
Corporate India is on the path to recovery after having been pummelled around in the global recessionary storm, with companies showing optimism on hiring and salary increases, says a joint Mercer-CII survey.
Leading industry chambers, Confederation of Indian Industry and Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday said the loss caused by Tsunami disaster was limited to shipping, tourism and marine products export sectors but refused
India Inc expects huge business opportunities to open up with the Nuclear Supplier's Group sanctioning an India specific waiver on Saturday.
The day, now called Technology Day to mark the anniversary of the tests, will see the government launching a company, under a public-private partnership between the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Department of Science and Technology, to attract the world's leading technologies and promote innovation in the country.
According to a survey by the Confederation of Indian Industry, the Business Confidence Index for October- December 2010 fell by 1.4 points to 66.2, compared to an increase of 1.5 points in the first half of 2010-11 (April- September).
The government also appointed Dr Vinod Paul, a pediatrician at the AIIMS, as a member of the NITI Aayog
Das was the chief mentor of CII for the last five years. Prior to being the chief mentor, Das was the Director General of CII from 1974 to 2004.
the Confederation of Indian Industry Business Confidence Index (CII-BCI) has predicted a return to better business conditions than before the downturn. The index for the period between October 2009 and March 2010 surged by a robust 7.4 points to 66.1 points, against a mere 2.4 point increase during the first half of the financial year.
As many as 76 per cent of the respondents did not expect economic reforms to move forward, given the upcoming 2014 general elections.
According to Staermose, the main issue is that the changes in labour laws should be done after holding extensive tripartite consultations.
With its inherent advantages, Karnataka has the potential to become a global aerospace hub by 2015, an industry body said on Friday as it urged the state government to launch a host of initiatives to make this happen.
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in its Pre budget memorandum for Union Budget 2012-13 has asked the government to announce initiatives that can accelerate the pace of private investments.
Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata will inaugurate a two-day national summit on Corporate Social Responsibility in Chennai beginning from June 14.
Central Board of Excise and Customs chairman V Sridhar has also said the realty sector would not attract 10 per cent service tax in effect.
India's second largest software exporter Infosys Ltd is eyeing big opportunities in cloud computing but advocates that there is need to put in place a policy framework for the same.
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