Yogendra Kumar Modi was on Friday elected as the next president of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. He will succeed A C Muthiah.
The BJP president said that the focus of development should be on agriculture and its allied industries and called for the promotion of PPP model to encourage private entrepreneurs to participate in development projects.
As per the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India, the two Asian giants can emerge as world's largest trading partners by 2030.
There are more than 5,000 family businesses across the Kingdom, of which only 156 are listed on the Saudi bourse, according to Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry chairman Saleh Kamel.
In a telephonic conversation, Mitra explains to Namrata Acharya how the state is reeling under a huge debt, a 'legacy' of the Left government.
Many British companies employ foreign professionals when the required skills and experience are not available within the United Kingdom or European Union.
In fact, India stands to gain in sectors such as textiles, handicrafts, chemicals and pharmaceutical from its trade with the Asean economies.
United States Senator Mark Warner, the democratic co-chair of the Senate India Caucus, said Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and India's restraint in the face of continuing terrorist attacks is nothing short of remarkable and keeping with the best traditions of India.
The GDP growth fell to a nine-year low of 5.3 per cent in the first quarter, down from 9.2 per cent the same time last year.
India's clinical trials business is expected to reach $1 billion.
The Central Vigilance Commission on Saturday indicated it did not want to come under Lokpal but work closely with the proposed anti-corruption ombudsman.
Telugu actor-director MS Narayana passes away at 63.
Ficci's Business Confidence Survey continued to show a robust rise in the second quarter of the ongoing financial year 2010-11 as all three confidence indices -- current conditions index, expectations index and overall business confidence index -- saw an increase in their values.
Trinamool Congress candidate and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce And Industry secretary general Amit Mitra, pitted against Communist Party of India-Marxist candidate and West Bengal Finance minister Ashim Dasgupta, is confident that his party is heading for a victory at the forthcoming Assembly elections.
The US-India Business Council (USIBC) in coordination with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (Ficci) is preparing a list of invitees for the business summit to be addressed by visiting US President Barack Obama.
Draft norms soon, but central bank worried about self-dealing by company promoters.
The actor said that Anna Hazare's credibility cannot be questioned.
The conflict between reigning actress Ramya and her Dandam Dashagunam producer Ganesh has come to a settlement.
Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons Ratan Tata termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a 'doer' and said he should be given more time.
Growth and economic reforms in India must take centre-stage again and acts of corruption or security concerns should not distract the attention of the government and the people, said Union Home Minister and former finance minister P Chidambaram recently.
United States Pharma giant Pfizer is in the final stages of an agreement with India to supply anti-COVID-19 vaccines, Chief Executive Officer Dr Albert Bourla said on Tuesday, observing that the domestically manufactured vaccines would be the backbone of vaccinating the Indian people.
The government is set to announce some significant measures to reduce the high transaction costs faced by the country's exporters in their day-to-day operations. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will be unveiling the measures on February 8.
Supporting India's concerns on the immigration reform bill, an eminent Indian-American has asked US lawmakers to make the necessary changes in the pending legislation, which if passed, among other things would badly hit the global competitiveness of American companies.
Close on the heels of the Indian team's visit to Thailand for discussions on bilateral free trade agreement, FICCI president Y K Modi met Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Bangkok to promote business ties between the two countries.
'Roads are important as they provide domestic economic stimulus.'
In a major relief to thousands of Indian IT professionals, a federal judge in the US on Thursday blocked the enforcement of a temporary visa ban by the Trump administration on a large number of work permits, including the most sought after H-1B visas, ruling that the president exceeded his constitutional authority.
India on Monday unveiled a roadmap to step up trade with Latin American countries by ten times to over $22 billion in the coming years.
Chains such as Fortis generate a significant portion of their revenue through health insurance policy reimbursements.
Business and industry leaders from India and Pakistan on Tuesday said the two countries would look up to the 21st century as one of trade - and not of wars.
The Asian economy is likely to suffer a loss of $11-50 billion following the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic, a study by industry chamber Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry said.
Close on the heels of amending the Patent Law to bring in product patent regime, the government is all set to come out with a separate legislation for data protection.
Bengal Inc wants politics to be kept out of business by the new government that will be decided in the ongoing assembly polls in West Bengal as they believe the prosperity of the state has taken a beating on account of political differences and issues.
India's security concerns over Chinese telecom equipment are groundless, a Chinese trade body has said, asserting that Chinese companies used same technologies as their Western counterparts and banning them was discriminatory.
India's Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector is facing stiff competition from the likes of Mexico, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Canada and Ireland that are posing a grave threat to the growth of India's BPO sector, said the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India.
Enthused by the success of US President Barack Obama's visit, India said on Tuesday it is time to 'seriously consider' a trade-opening agreement with America, similar to the ones entered with the ASEAN and South Korea.
There are also concerns on the central government finances for the current fiscal, he said, adding, performance during the first half on the fiscal front poses some risks in both receipts as well as expenditure estimates.
