From installing water-saving aerators on taps to using cans for washing hands and dishes, Bengaluru is adopting diverse strategies to tide over the water crisis. While several citizens have taken to social media to urge Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to make work from home mandatory for IT companies, it appears that hybrid mode will continue to be the norm for most - although with new water conservation measures in place. Co-working space provider Urban Vault has, for instance, installed smart water meters to detect leakage.
Sales growth slows but expenditure control, lower interest burden save the day.
Unperturbed by the change of guard at the Centre, India Inc on Thursday exuded confidence that economic reforms would continue to be the focal point of the new government even as it emphasised on stability.\n\n\n\n
A new dimension will be added to the India's growth story by Bharti Airtel's acquisition of Kuwait's Zain Telecom, besides enhancing the country's brand equity
India Inc welcomed the Railway Budget by describing it as "balanced" focused on passenger safety and infrastructure modernisation.
India Inc's profit share in the country's GDP at 15-year low in 2018. Since 2013, net profit for top 500 companies has remained in the range between Rs 4 trillion and Rs 4.8 trillion despite steady growth in nominal GDP.
At present, when Indian corporates declare dividends, a dividend distribution tax is slapped at 15 per cent.
As the world celebrated International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PwD) on December 3, corporate India has kept up with efforts to make workplaces more inclusive and accessible. Organisations across sectors are taking initiatives such as equipping offices with practical work tools like Braille-friendly and voice-enabled lifts and screen readers. While inclusion has gained pace, only 11.3 per cent (or 3.4 million out of 30 million) Indians with disabilities have jobs.
India Inc expects huge business opportunities to open up with the Nuclear Supplier's Group sanctioning an India specific waiver on Saturday.
The rupee breached the 80-mark against the dollar on Tuesday. The steady depreciation in the value of the rupee against the US dollar is likely to prove expensive for corporate India. The listed companies' revenue expenses in foreign currency or imports exceed their export revenues or revenue earnings in forex. In their latest financial year, BSE500 companies, excluding banks and non-banking finance companies and insurance (BFSI), reported combined forex expenses of Rs 12.31 trillion against forex earnings of around Rs 10 trillion.
Initial projections, at least, suggest that things are not looking good enough for India Inc, as margins are expected to soften further.
Individuals will have to wait for some more time; RBI may do away with mid-quarter policy reviews.
Corporate India at present is more indebted than all state govts put together.
Rising commodity prices are set to hurt margins of India Inc in the on-going fourth quarter of FY 11, even though revenues are seen higher than the previous year, ratings agency Crisil said on Monday.
The bulk of the incremental profits will come from oil & gas and automobile sectors.
As global economies contract because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the focus of most of the India Inc has now moved back to the home market where demand is expected to pick substantially from the coming festival season.
The depreciating Indian rupee (the currency touched a record low for the second day in a row and closed at 53.22/23 to the dollar on Tuesday) has brought the foreign fund-raising cost for India Inc on a par with the domestic borrowing cost.
The last four years, the best for corporate profits in a long time, have not been as impressive for corporate capital expenditure. The combined net profits of India's top listed companies excluding banks, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) increased at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 32.4 per cent since FY20, a sharp jump from the 7.4 per cent in corporate earnings between FY14 and FY19.
India Inc borrowed heavily in December.
Order inflows during the quarter-ended September declined 31.5 per cent compared to the level a year ago. Companies are still not committing fresh capital expansion.
Corporate India reported high double-digit growth in net profit for the fourth consecutive quarter in October-December 2023 (Q3FY24), driven by margin gains from lower prices of raw material and energy.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd may spend about $12-15 billion over the next few years on AI infrastructure that could include a giant 1GW data centre, Morgan Stanley said in a report. Ambani had at the company's annual shareholder meeting in August announced a major push into AI through a new subsidiary and strategic partnerships.
Revenue and profit contractions to continue till investment cycle does not revive.
The 2009 Budget had raised the rate of MAT to 15 per cent. The industry wants it to be lowered to at least 10 per cent in the forthcoming Budget.
Global slowdown has dampened hiring prospects of India Inc, causing its outlook to hit the lowest ebb, with only 19 per cent employers having positive recruitment plans in the next three months, according to global staffing services firm Manpower.
India Inc's order book doubled in the fourth quarter (January-March) of the last financial year compared, to the year-ago period.
India Inc is staring at significantly higher compliance and governance costs, following the Securities and Exchange Board of India's (Sebi's) latest tightening of disclosure norms and regulations around the filling of key positions, the materiality of information, and third-party transfers. Recently, the securities market regulator amended the Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements (LODR) to introduce a raft of changes that will affect how listed companies go about transparency and disclosures. The new framework will further empower public shareholders and soon move towards a 'comply or be penalised regime or comply or explain' in the case of high-value debt-listed entities.
The quarterly global survey asked more than 6,000 firms in 30 countries that whether they were hiring at managerial and professional level and planned to do so in the coming quarter as well.
India Inc on Tuesday described the United States President Barack Obama's announcement to punish American firms by levying high taxes on their outsourcing business as 'protectionist' and a retrograde measure that, it said, will hurt the US companies.
Here's a look at how the new corporate governance norms will affect India Inc boardrooms.
Seeking to cut costs in the wake of the current economic scenario, India Inc is increasingly adopting a differential salary structure based on performance and is also trying to attract the employees with intangible benefits like a favourable work environment, a new study says.
In the backdrop of cement players refusing to cut prices, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday asked India Inc to look beyond their balance-sheets and play a role in helping the government ensure macro economic stability.
After the hit of the pandemic, India Inc is now worried about the adverse impact of inflation and higher commodity prices on their revenues and margins. The inflation scare is the strongest among manufacturers of consumer goods such as automobiles, consumer durables, and fast-moving capital goods (FMCG). Companies across sectors fear they will not be able to pass on the hike in input costs to their consumers due to weak demand, which, in turn, would lead to a hit on margins and profitability in the forthcoming quarters.
It may be the season for corporate matchmaking but India Inc's record of managing partnerships is far from impressive, says Shailesh Dobhal.
The government's plan to cut the corporation tax rate while phasing out exemptions may be sound, but it may not mean a reduced tax burden for India Inc.
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