New Delhi/IBNS: India has a unique opportunity to lead the world with new models of digital access to healthcare, which can serve not only emerging markets but also developed markets given that countries across the globe face significant inadequacies around healthcare access and affordability, said Prashant Tandon, HealthTech Committee Chair & CEO & Co-Founder of TATA 1MG.
Bengaluru/IBNS: The government can bolster working capital for e-commerce suppliers by lowering GST on input services like logistics and facilitating refunds of accumulated input tax credit in the upcoming Budget, according to Vidit Aatrey, Founder & CEO – Meesho.
MumbaiIBNS: A lower GST on appliances will help improve the penetration levels in India which remains low despite the positive impact on the quality of life and productivity, according to Kamal Nandi, Business Head and Executive Vice President of Godrej Appliances.
Mumbai/IBNS: Speaking on the upcoming Union Budget, Godrej Industries Ltd.'s Chairman and MD - Nadir Godrej said global inflation, China's economic slowdown, the pandemic's aftereffects, and the conflict between Ukraine and Russia pose a great challenge for the Indian economy.
Budget must allocate funds for multimodal logistics parks to maintain rapid growth of logistics sector: Expert
Mumbai/IBNS: Reduction in the price of essentials is the biggest expectation from the 2023 budget, according to a pre-budget survey conducted by Consumer data intelligence company Axis My India.
Mumbai/IBNS: The Economic Survey 2022-23 tabled by the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Tuesday has projected FY 2024 growth at 6-6.8%.
New Delhi: The Economic Survey 2022-23 tabled by the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament, on Tuesday states that while the pandemic impacted both labour markets, and employment ratios, now with sustained effort in the last few years, coupled with quick response after the pandemic, and the world’s largest vaccination drive being undertaken in India, labour markets have recovered beyond pre-Covid levels, in both urban and rural areas, as observed in supply-side and demand-side employment data.
Guwahati: Deba Kumar Burman and Pranamika, whose marriage was no less than a fairytale story, are now prominent names in Assam as they created a Rs 6 crore turnover restaurant chain in Guwahati.
New Delhi: As many as 21.9 crore beneficiaries have been verified under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri – Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) Scheme including 3 crore beneficiaries verified using State IT systems as on January 4, 2023.
New Delhi: Elaborating on success story of India’s National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme, the Economic Survey 2022-23, tabled by Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman, says that as on 6 January 2023, India has been able to administer more than 220 crore Covid vaccine doses across the country.
New Delhi: The Overall Gross Value Added (GVA) by the Industrial Sector rose 3.7 per cent, based on data available for the first half of the FY23, which is higher than the average growth of 2.8 per cent achieved in H1 of the last decade, stated the Economic Survey 2022-23 presented by the Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Tuesday.
New Delhi: While the role of traditional infrastructure has been well recognised, in recent years, the role of digital infrastructure in socio-economic development of the country has assumed an increased importance, revealed the Economic Survey.
New Delhi: Economic Survey 2022-2023 highlights buoyant performance of the Indian capital markets in the past year, driven by increased contribution of Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and greater participation of domestic institutional and retail investors.
Jammu: Already excelling in the field of academics, the University of Jammu with international standard infrastructure in the making, with an upcoming Rs 5 crore in the Capex budget for the year 2023-24 is all set to transform the institution into a hub of sports.
New Delhi: The balance sheet clean-up exercise over the last few years has enhanced the lending ability of financial institutions – seen in double-digit growth of non-food credit offtake by Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) since April 2022, as per the Economic Survey 2022-2023 released on Tuesday.
New Delhi: India has been able to face the headwinds to its external sector from a position of strength in the back of strong macro fundamentals and buffers, as per the Economic Survey released on Tuesday.
New Delhi: India to witness GDP growth of 6.0 per cent to 6.8 per cent in 2023-24, depending on the trajectory of economic and political developments globally, as per the Economic Survey released on Tuesday.
New York: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday released its latest projections on world economic growth where India was seen to be growing at the rate of 6.1 per cent in 2023.
Mumbai: The BSE Sensex on Monday recovered 169.51 pts to close at 59,500.41 following gains in IT, Technology and Telecommunications stocks.
Amsterdam: Dutch health technology company Philips on Monday said it will scrap 6000 jobs to restore the company's profitability, media reports said.
Kolhapur: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari Saturday said the Kokhapur-Sangli highway would be constructed of cement concrete to prevent potholes on the arterial stretch for the next 50 years.
Mumbai: Adani Enterprises has maintained that its Rs 20,000 crore Follow on Public Offer (FPO) is well on track despite a muted response across investor categories amid a market rout in the group’s share.
Mumbai: The government intends to increase India's exploration acreage to 0.5 million sq. km. by 2025 and 1.0 million sq. km. by 2030, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday.
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New Delhi/IBNS: Centre’s rice procurement is expected to be equal to last year's level of 592 lakh tonnes in the current 2022-23 marketing year ending September, despite an estimated decline in Kharif output, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways will invite Expressions of Interest (EoI) for the development of Mega International Container Transhipment Port (ICTP) at Galathea Bay of Great Nicobar Island of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
New Delhi/IBNS: The global economy is likely to shrink significantly this year but the worst—both in terms of growth and inflation—appears to be over, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Friday, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Coal India Ltd (CIL) is looking to process the overburden rocks for sand production in mines where OB material contains about 60% sandstone by volume which is harnessed through crushing and processing of Overburden, the Ministry of Coal said on Friday.
New Delhi/IBNS: MeitY Startup Hub (MSH), an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), and Meta, the owner of firms like Facebook and WhatsApp, together released the list of 120 startups and innovators for the XR Startup Program, in Delhi on Friday.
