Jewelers also want import duty on gold to be reduced from the current 10 per cent to at least 5 per cent.
'Education is disconnected from social reality and does not even attempt to solve the real problems of our country,' observe Peehu Pardeshi and Sandeep Pandey.
Dr Rakesh Mohan, former RBI deputy governor, and Dr Pronab Sen, former chairman of the Indian Statistical Commission discuss the issues facing the Indian rural and manufacturing sectors and what the government must possibly do to improve demand and perk up the Indian economy
'At the stage where we are in today in the country, by the time mass vaccination becomes available, it would be around the middle of next year.' 'Most of those people, who got infected this year, will be next year back to level zero -- once again susceptible.'
Small scale drug makers fear that they may have to shell out anything between Rs 20 lakh (Rs 2 million) to Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) for acquiring land and equipment as mandated by the new GLP.
Make in India needs policy support for access to markets.
Consumers should be given freedom to make a logical choice, and manufacturers enough leeway so that they can produce what the consumer wants.
'There are different kinds of risk.' 'It is a very powerful value. Your ability to de-risk the risk is also as important for risk taking.'
The Congress kept sheltering Quattrochi, and the BJP was more intent on shielding the Hinduja brothers. The fact is that the two roads crisscrossed, and neither the truth prevailed nor did the law take its course, says Mohan Guruswamy.
'The financial sector's performance in the first two quarters was a revelation.' 'It clearly showed the clean-up had been done in the past one-and-a-half years and that capital brought in was significantly stronger.'
'India-China economic ties are likely to take a hit in the wake of the new situation, but that also provides India with a new opportunity to strengthen its manufacturing base,' points out Dr Rajaram Panda.
About 50,000 truckers, most of whom are single-truck owners, could be thrown off their businesses due to the recent fuel price hike. "Already the vehicle supply on the road is higher than the requirement. "With the fuel price hike, fleet owners will look to cut down fleet size wherever needed and due to this, small single-truck owners could be at the receiving end," Ashok Goyal, managing director at BLR Logistiks (I) Ltd said. The company has a fleet of 500 vehicles of all types-small, medium and large with pan-India presence.
The six service lines that Infosys is focusing on include manufacturing, retail, consumer packaged goods, logistics, lifescience, energy, communications, financial services and insurance.
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
Most high-profile exit since co-founder Narayana Murthy returned to the helm.
When you are born with six toes on each foot like Indian heptathlete Swapna Barman, you cannot help being fussy about your footwear.
There are 230 million vehicles on the road, and counting. Bulk of these are under seven years old and once they get older, the industry estimates the requirement for spare parts and aftersales service to shoot up sharply.
The country's largest consumer goods company Hindustan Unilever says it has been able to reduce its water use by regular metering, monitoring and controlling of utilities consumption at all its manufacturing sites
Listing out the achievements of his government, he said the country has moved away from a culture of delaying work through 'atkana, latkana and bhatkana' (obstructing, delaying and misguiding).
Moms don't have the luxury of time. When a problem presents itself, we have to think on our feet and come up with a viable solution.
India has been opposing the pact as ITA will only benefit the country when its domestic manufacturing is robust.
The possibility of the slowdown affecting more players is greater if the industry doesn't get access to easier finance in the next six to eight months.
But lower growth numbers in the quarters to come may not mean renewed weakness in the economy at the ground level, says Pranjul Bhandari.
'The only idea -- the only idea -- of the shutdown was to buy time.'
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has noted the contradiction.
'What prevents infection are masks, physical distancing and good ventilation.'
Import curbs on Chinese panels and modules may help, but low demand and capacity remain problem areas, says Shreya Jai.
'The way they are playing, the bowlers we have, this is the best team in the world and I see them winning the World Test Championship.'
'Chinese experts estimate that the new US administration is 'at the crossroads of how to re-manage and control' Sino-American differences and strategic divergences and Biden's bottom line is that the US would have 'extreme competition with China, but won't allow competition to develop into conflict',' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'The revival of household savings and investment is the litmus test of whether we are on the road to recovery,' says Nitin Desai.
With the virus mutating, can vaccines be assumed safe and effective in the long run?
Vehicle sales across categories registered a decline of 8.62 per cent to 20,86,358 units from 22,83,262 units in May 2018.
'In the process, I hope that our Earth will be able to heal some more.'
Forty five organised slaughterhouses are not in a position to cater for the big demand for rawhide
Lack of visibility on rates makes companies apprehensive.
The domestic car sales volume of the company is also growing at 15%
These risks are viewed as more acute in the online world.
Modi said the ease of doing business ranking improved because the government initiated reforms to end difficulties in the lives of people.
