India can look forward to becoming a $ 25-30 trillion economy in its 100th century: Tata Sons Chairman
New Delhi: The country can look forward to becoming a $25-30 trillion economy in its 100th year of Independence, said Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran on Friday while addressing FICCI’s 95th Annual Conventi...
BUREAUCRATS INDIA‘India’s Century’ initiative proposes roadmap to achieve 600 million jobs and Rs 10 lakh per capita income by 2047: FICCI-McKinsey
New Delhi: With India’s century of independence 25 years away, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), in partnership with McKinsey has launched ‘India’s Century – Achieving sust...
BUREAUCRATS INDIACasa Mia Coliving announces successful completion of its seed round funding
Singapore: Singapore-headquartered Casa Mia Coliving has announced the successful completion of its seed round financing, raising US $1.3 million from real estate and private equity veterans. The funds raised will be used to ...
BUREAUCRATS INDIACorporate India can play big role in unleashing the economic potential of NE
New Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs and Education Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh on Monday said that the CSR spent by the corporate sector has increased in the last few years. “Corporate India has...
BUREAUCRATS INDIARBI hikes benchmark lending rate by 35 basis points
Mumbai: In a bid to tame inflation, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday raised the benchmark lending rate by 35 basis points to 6.25 per cent. Inflation has remained above its tolerance level for the past 11 months....
BUREAUCRATS INDIAIndia to achieve 100 pc solid waste mgmt: Hardeep Singh Puri
New Delhi: Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, and Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri has said that India has witnessed a transformative change in sanitation since 2014. “Under the leadership of Prime...
BUREAUCRATS INDIABIS signs MoU with top six engineering institutes
New Delhi: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with top six engineering institutes of India for introducing Indian standards as an integral part of the curriculum. This initiative is ...
BUREAUCRATS INDIARisk Code Adoption should be voluntary: Former SEBI Chairman M Damodaran
New Delhi: Risk management must be driven by the understanding of what is good for the corporate, said M Damodaran, Chairperson, Excellence Enablers and former Chairman, SEBI, at the release of the FICCI – GRMI Model Ri...
BUREAUCRATS INDIAIndia-Australia ECTA to unleash a new economic paradigm: FICCI
New Delhi: Industry body FICCI has expressed delight over the India-Australia Economic Cooperation & Trade Agreement having been passed by the Australian Parliament. The two countries, while strengthening the QUAD and the Indo...
BUREAUCRATS INDIASubhrakant Panda is President Elect of FICCI
New Delhi: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has announced Subhrakant Panda as its President-Elect. Panda is currently the Senior Vice President of FICCI. He shall succeed Sanjiv Mehta as pres...
BUREAUCRATS INDIAGovernment and industry should work together on bigger goal: Union Minister Piyush Goyal
New Delhi: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal has stressed that the government along with the industry should work on a bigger goal to make India a developed country and aspire to become a much larger econom...
BUREAUCRATS INDIA50 basis point hike in repo rate by RBI was widely anticipated: FICCI
New Delhi: The 50 basis points (bps) hike in the repo rate by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was widely anticipated, said industry body FICCI president Sanjiv Mehta while commenting on the monetary policy announcement of Ind...
BUREAUCRATS INDIATime for India to lead sustainable consumption of resources globally: Former MoEF&CC Secretary
New Delhi: CK Mishra, Former Secretary, MoEF&CC, has stressed the need for Indian businesses to move forward from climate mitigation to adaptation. “It is time for India to lead the sustainable consumption of resour...
BUREAUCRATS INDIA‘Make in Odisha Conclave’ held in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: The Government of Odisha, in collaboration with FICCI organized the Odisha Investors’ meet. “Odisha is one of the fastest growing economies in India and has consistently grown above the national average...
BUREAUCRATS INDIAIndia needs to move beyond jugaad, create a culture of innovation: HUL CEO-MD
New Delhi: The world has quite successfully survived, then revived and now thrived by finding opportunities in the recent disruptions. Digitization and tech led innovations are taking centre stage to meet the needs of the pre...
BUREAUCRATS INDIACost of inaction is higher than cost of acting: Unilever Global CEO Alan Jope
New Delhi: The world has quite successfully survived, then revived and now thrived by finding opportunities in the recent disruptions. With it came a sense of urgency to ideate, improvise and innovate, to nurture new economic...
BUREAUCRATS INDIANational Logistics Policy will reduce cost and improve competitiveness: FICCI
New Delhi: Welcoming the National Logistics Policy announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently, industry body FICCI has said the policy has the potential to significantly reduce costs, improve industry competitiveness, and ...
BUREAUCRATS INDIAFICCI commits to adopt one lakh TB patients
New Delhi: The industry body FICCI has announced to adopt one lakh TB patients under the Tuberculosis (TB) Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, which President Droupadi Murmu launched on September 9, 2022. It is aimed at reinvigorating the ...
BUREAUCRATS INDIAReal estate will stem a favourable economic outlook: Union Minister Kaushal Kishore
New Delhi: Real estate will stem a favourable economic outlook, making India a developed nation by 2047, said Kaushal Kishore, Union Minister of State for Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, while speaking at ‘Realty 2022’ organised...
BUREAUCRATS INDIANeed to reduce compliances for improving food processing sector: Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel
Mumbai: Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries and Jal Shakti Prahlad Singh Patel has said that the Central government is aware that Indian food processing, especially the unorganized sector has major women pa...
BUREAUCRATS INDIATrust, transparency, disclosure key imperatives for capital markets: SEBI Chairperson
Mumbai: At SEBI, we follow a disclosure-based regime. This is our fundamental regulatory approach. We believe we exist for the capital formation of the economy. Unless trust in the system is protected, we will fail in our cor...
BUREAUCRATS INDIADirect tax collections shoot up to Rs 6.48 lakh crore
New Delhi: India’s direct tax collections up to 8th September show that gross collections are at Rs 6.48 lakh crore, which is 35.46 per cent higher than the gross collections for the corresponding period of last ye...
BUREAUCRATS INDIAIndia’s external debt pegged at $ 620.7 billion
New Delhi: India’s external debt pegged at $ 620.7 billion as at end-March-2022, grew by 8.2 per cent over $ 573.7 billon as at end-March 2021. While 53.2 per cent of it was denominated in US dollar, Indian rupee denomi...
BUREAUCRATS INDIASyngenta India’s ‘Drone Yatra’ reaches Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: The use of drones will significantly improve the ease of farming and Uttar Pradesh government is making concerted efforts for multifaceted use of drone technology – right from spraying of fertilizer to monitori...
BUREAUCRATS INDIAIndia should increase R&D push in quantum technologies: Principal Scientific Adviser
New Delhi: Prof Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India, has emphasized on the need to include more R&D in newer technologies, especially quantum technologies. “Today, India is at the beginni...
BUREAUCRATS INDIANishant Kanodia appointed Chairman of Matix Fertilisers and Chemicals
Mumbai: Nishant Kanodia, promoter of Matix Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd, has been appointed Chairman of the company. He succeeds the late Yogendra Kanodia. Nishant Kanodia, in his previous role as Vice Chairman, had been pro...
BUREAUCRATS INDIANeuron Energy set to expand its footprint through a tie-up with EV giant E-Ashwa
Mumbai: Neuron Energy Pvt Ltd, a bootstrapped start-up successfully establishing itself in the battery manufacturing segment supplying Lithium-Ion and Lead Acid batteries to the EV sector in India, has announced its strategic...
BUREAUCRATS INDIA5G auction process echoes Centre’s proactiveness to ensure ease of doing business: FICCI
New Delhi: The recent 5G auction process echoes the robustness and confidence of the telecom sector as well as the proactiveness of the government when it comes to ‘Ease of Doing Business.’ Supported by market-fri...
BUREAUCRATS INDIA4,32,796 companies struck off down during last five years
New Delhi: The removal of the name of the company from the Register of Companies is a continuous process and a total of 4,32,796 companies have been struck off during the last five years, said Union Minister of State for Corp...
BUREAUCRATS INDIANSRCEL at IIM-Bangalore partners with Acumen
New Delhi: NSRCEL, the innovation and entrepreneurship hub of IIM-Bangalore has partnered with Acumen, a global non-profit organization that is changing the way the world tackles poverty by investing in sustainable businesses...
BUREAUCRATS INDIAIndian Railways records best ever July monthly freight loading
New Delhi: Indian Railways (IR) recorded the best ever July monthly freight loading of 122.14 MT in the month of July '22. The incremental loading in the month of July has been 9.3 MT, that is, a growth of 8.25 per cent o...
BUREAUCRATS INDIAReal GDP growth in 2021-22 stands at 8.7 pc
New Delhi: As per the provisional estimates released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), Indian economy in 2021-22 has fully recovered the pre-pandemic real GDP level of 2019-20, said Union Minister of State for Finance...
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