The CAG audit and other data suggests it could be far from the efficient new alternative that was once conceptualised. A conclusive review remains elusive till the government begins to release more granular and comparable data on the complex backend of GST to a deeper scrutiny, by researchers, auditors and the public.
Start-ups such as Max Wholesale, Jumbotail and ShopKirana are helping them place orders, maintain inventory, optimise delivery routes and make payments, all digitally.
Adapting to the new hybrid normal of remote and office work, cautiously optimistic corporate are looking to hire more people and provide better appraisals in the new year as they step out of the pandemic-ravaged 2020. The coronavirus pandemic emerged as the biggest inflection point for the Indian job landscape. For the corporates, work-from-home and remote workers became the new normal and for the professionals, online learning and digital skills took centrestage.
Cloned journals have become more rampant in the post-pandemic world.
With a string of deals with telecom service providers, DTH operators and Bollywood stars, Netflix goes all out to protect its turf in India and fend off competition, says Viveat Pinto.
In the age of robots and automation, skills such as people management, coordination and negotiations will be relevant, says Babita Shekhar.
Service sector and employees alike are embracing the gig economy in India.
Twenty years after India's insurance sector was opened up, unshackling the control of state-owned companies, as many as 50 private players have set up shop. Along with their foreign partners, private players have brought about a sea change in the product offering, distribution and underwriting processes, and services levels. Yet, India's insurance penetration needle has not moved much.
'It is common knowledge that cash is anonymous.' 'When demonetisation was implemented, one of the intended objectives was to put identity on the cash holdings in the economy.' 'With the return of Rs 15.28 lakh crore in the formal banking system, the almost entire cash holding of the economy now has an address.' 'It is no more anonymous,' says Arun Jaitley.
Upskill. Network. Increase your employability status. Don't be redundant, says Gaurav Vohra.
Reveleus, a business of I-flex solutions, said on Monday the International Monetary Fund has selected its business intelligence and data warehouse technology offering for the design and implementation of a data warehouse.
'The rule for millennials is: You can have a career for life.' 'You have to constantly adapt to the needs of the industry to stay relevant.' 'The jobs will be the same, but the skill sets required will be different.' 'Technology will dominate the nature of jobs available in the future.'
The updated election ads policy for India will require advertisers to provide a 'pre-certificate' issued by the EC or anyone authorised by the poll panel, for each ad. Further, Google will verify the identity of advertisers before their election ads run on its platforms, reports Peerzada Abrar.
These companies are noteworthy for the transparent and conservative accounting and prudent management.
Candidates need to be agile to understand the situation, be receptive to unlearn and learn and adapt accordingly, advises Sanjeev Verma, vice president-HR, STT GDC India.
It's time we dispensed with the paper trail and shifted all labour law paper, workflows and permissions online.
'We look forward to providing great customer experiences in India.'
Becoming a unicorn is surely a marker for a company in its growth story, but it's not a major achievement nor is it a turning point of any significant worth.
Experts, however, are of the opinion that a world manned mostly by bots is still some time away. Also, new jobs -- of bot builders and supervisors -- will emerge with time.
CEO Vishal Sikka's strategy is in line with focus on academic research in new technologies.
A report details the campaign conducted by a China-linked threat activity group RedEcho targeting the Indian power sector.
Global IT firms seeing dearth of talent in countries such as US, looking for people with such skills from countries like India
On LinkedIn, job postings for software engineers were the highest across multiple industries.
Last year, the software giant launched a cloud adoption programme for SMBs.
A near-decisive victory for the United Progessive Alliance (UPA) in the 15th Lok Sabha may have been unexpected for everyone, but not so the viewer turnout for television channels on May 16, the day the results were declared.
Indian IT giants are outstanding companies with great management teams, but they have been held hostage by their past success.
Several of WhatsApp's early features were designed keeping Indian conditions in mind, given the choppy connectivity and existence of devices of different makes. In fact, India was the first country where WhatsApp rolled out in-app video calling services in 2016, ahead of its global launch, underlining the importance of the market for the company.
Records of millions of car owners are mined to generate leads, pitch sales and get feedback to develop vehicles, says Ajay Modi.
The cola major expands its portfolio of healthy foods under brands Tropicana and Quaker Oats, looks to bring down its sugar addiction by Apurva Venkat.
In 2014-2015 the I-T department put up 669 cases for prosecution. The charges stuck in only 34 cases: Just 5%. It was no exceptional year -- the story broadly follows the script every year.
Data is the new oil, and intelligent data is the new petrol, said Mukesh Ambani
The maximum fall on total market valuation will be in Mumbai (Rs 2,00,330 crore) followed by Bangalore (Rs 99,983 crore) and Gurgaon (Rs 79,059 crore).
According to the ratings data released by the online media ratings agency Audience Measurement and Analytics Ltd (aMap) for April 25-27, SetMax not only got higher average viewership ratings than Star Plus between 8 pm and 9 pm, when the quiz show aired, but the average time spent on SetMax (40 minutes) was double what viewers spent on Star Plus.
Use of blockchain technology will ensure that banks will not be blindsided like in the case of the Nirav Modi-Mehul Choksi blowout at PNB, says Raghu Mohan.
Athira Nair tells you how to run a successful SEO business.
DDinesh Kumar Khara is someone who cares for others's ideas and suggestions.
If he takes the people along with him (which he always does); cares for the customers (80 per cent of SBI's new customers are in the 20-40 age group); and doesn't take his eyes off technology, his job is done, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
The best cities to reside are Kochi, Kozhikode, Shimla, Thiruvananthapuram, Mysore, Goa, Thrissur, Pondicherry, Kannur and Thiruvalur. The list of 'earn-in' cities has been topped by Gurgaon, followed by Silvaasa, Noida, Faridabad, Rupnagar, Chandigarh, Surat, Bangalore, Gandhinagar and Pune.
With strong GDP growth, expanding base of start-ups and growing trend of new technologies like cloud in the country, the 21st century is Indian century, IBM chief Virginia Rometty said.
UBS has already recruited 180 people in the city.
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