Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Employees of some top Indian companies were in for a pleasant surprise when they received a mail from their HR team announcing a hike in salaries and bonuses. Led by IT firms and start-ups, HR managers say that while some have offered cash and stock options, others are in a wait-and-watch mode and add the trend will pick up in other sectors. For example, IT giant Cognizant - which had an attrition rate of 19 per cent in the December quarter - has established a $30-million employee retention fund in order to bring down the high attrition rate.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Developers announce new projects, vacant land being unlocked
The first to see price hikes will be soaps. In the past six months, domestic palm oil prices have increased by 46 per cent. Palm oil is a key input going into soaps.
Metal prices from copper to aluminum and tin have shot up by about 7-32 per cent in the past three months.
Since coronavirus broke out in a few cities in China and a couple of cases were spotted in India as well, rumours claimed for the first time that it was carried by birds.
A star-studded black tie event hosted by Parmeshwar Godrej in honour of newlyweds Elizabeth Hurley and Arun Nayar saw the who's who of the city's party circuit.
From paints to apparel and lifestyle majors, brewers, distillers and fragrance makers have stepped into the market, even as the frontline companies including FMCG players, pharma and healthcare majors were the first to seize the opportunity created by Covid-19.
It's puzzling why Indian cos keep their acquired brands out of play.
According to the order, all factories producing essential goods and services will remain operational at full capacity.
The numerous integration measures have led to savings in areas including supply chain, technology, inventory management, and marketing.
@015 may be a good year for FMCG firms.
While FMCG companies were not barred from carrying out their operations during the 21-day lockdown, since most manufacture staples and essential products, capacity utilisation remained poor, owing to the restricted movement of raw materials, finished goods, and labour.
Experts attribute this to new launches in anticipation of a demand revival after the 2014 general elections.
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An interview with Mathew Eipe, executive director & president (chemicals), Godrej.
The Rs 2,000-crore Patanjali, looking to grow its turnover two-and-a-half times in FY16.
Captains of the industry, including Adi Godrej and Anil Ambani, were among the early birds from India Inc to cast their votes in the financial capital.
'Is it advisable to have more number of scrips in small quantities or a few scrips in big quantities?'
This tiny community may have just about 70,000-odd people but they are possibly the sweetest, funniest, crankiest bunch you'd ever come across! (Psst. They celebrate their New Year today!)
Investment push by the Modi govt and draw-down of UPA's welfare schemes to put pressure on demand.
The most consistent wealth creators since 2008 are all consumer-facing companies, says Devangshu Datta.
Fast cars, marathons, golfing and shooting - nothing stops these high-power tycoons from pursuing their passion.
The government hopes that the PLI schemes would provide 200,000-300,000 direct employment over five years, according to sources in the know.
President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday conferred the Padma awards on several eminent personalities including industrialist Adi Godrej, Olympic medal winners Yogeshwar Dutt and Vijay Kumar, actor Nana Patekar and designer Ritu Kumar.
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Delay in demand recovery and higher stock valuations mean low safety margin, say analysts.
While Forbes magazine's India Rich List remains dominated by individual business leaders, those making the mark along with their family members are also quite a few and also include three in the top 10 -- Hinduja Brothers (6th place), Adi Godrej & family (8th position) and Sunil Mittal & family (10th).
Mahindra and SCM Real Estate, the investment arm of Standard Chartered, would together invest Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) in multiple projects and hold equal stakes in the JV to be called Watsonia Developers.
Industry officials say the crunch has not only affected manufacturing of edibles but even of items like nozzle pumps and other goods used in packaging.
Subhash K Jha remembers the flamboyant star, 12 years after he passed away.
Data from market research agency Nielsen shows that 152 new players entered the hygiene market in March as the lockdown was implemented to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease. The trend is expected to continue, the agency says, as hygiene and health emerge as key themes.
Many chief executives said they were talking to people at the top level in their organisations to find how their companies can help the flood victims.
A large group of high-profile personalities from corporate India on Saturday left for Lahore on a chartered aircraft of the Indian Airlines to watch the third one-day international match between India and Pakistan on Sunday.
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