RBI's decision well-timed: IndustryThe RBI on Wednesday allowed certain individual and small borrowers more time to repay debt and allowed banks to give priority loans to vac...
05 May, 2021, 04.44 PM IST
86 percent of people in India following AYUSH guidelines, says ministry officialAddressing the ASSOCHAM Foundation Week 2020, AYUSH Ministry Secretary Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha said through the Ayush Sanjeevani mobile appli...
18 Dec, 2020, 05.34 PM IST
Work from home destroys work-life balance, affects mental health: ExpertThe Covid-19 pandemic has forced organizations to change their status quo on functionality leading to the new norm of Work from Home. It wa...
26 Aug, 2020, 04.29 PM IST
Irdai expresses concern over high hospital tariffs, plans to standardise charges"Hospitals keep on changing tariffs on a regular basis. There is no body to check that. The regulator does not allow insurance companies to...
14 Feb, 2020, 05.37 PM IST
States should contribute in defence, railways, highway projects: Bibek DebroyDebroy said state governments should contribute in funding for defence, national highways and rail projects.
18 May, 2019, 06.20 AM IST
IoT to unlock revenues worth $11.1 billion by 2022: Study"Fast forward to India 2022, 5 new mobile connections per second are estimated to join the power of internet." said the joint study by Asso...
25 Dec, 2018, 02.45 PM IST
India IoT can reach 2 bln connections by 2022: ReportThe report, also estimates, that in India “five new mobile connections per second” will plug on to the internet by 2022.
24 Dec, 2018, 06.18 PM IST
GST rate not fixed for food supplements yetLack from nutraceuticals’ categorisation under the GST could mean they are levied the top GST rate of 28%, up from 18-22% now.
17 Jun, 2017, 01.38 PM IST
Corporate firms introducing yoga at workplace to boost productivity, says surveyThe report is based on the views of 1,500 corporate employees from 250 companies across 18 broad sectors like media, telecom and KPO from m...
19 Jun, 2016, 12.49 PM IST
Notify rules for mobile tower installation on government property: AssochamThough government has the intention to provide access to its properties, clear plan and guidelines to operationalise it are needed, the cha...
20 Sep, 2015, 01.04 PM IST
FSSAI should form rules for nutraceuticals, diet supplements: ASSOCHAM reportThe paper said about 60-70 per cent supplements in the market are fake such unregistered and unapproved products should be recalled.
22 Jul, 2015, 03.52 PM IST
Demand for yoga trainers is set to grow by 30-35% in two years: ASSOCHAMOwing to lifestyle stress, more and more people are taking to yoga, which requires trained teachers taking awareness of yoga further.
19 Jun, 2015, 02.47 PM IST
Increase in consumption of organic food products: ASSOCHAM surveyIncrease in disposable income has ensured that nearly 62% of households in the upper end segment prefer to have organic products.
23 May, 2013, 12.25 PM IST
Gujarat's contribution surged in pharma, to become global hub: ASSOCHAMNearly 52K people are employed in Gujarat’s pharmaceutical sector, which has witnessed 54% CAGR in capital investments over the last three ...
30 Apr, 2013, 06.02 PM IST
- IRDA suggests Life Insurance Council to prepare single insurance product
Sectoral regulator IRDA has asked the Life Insurance Council to design a single insurance product that will cover life, non-life and health.
15 May, 2012, 07.40 PM IST
- Develop multi-speciality health city in Bangalore to tap medical tourism: Assocham
The proposal envisages various super-speciality hospitals for patients seeking treatment of international standards at affordable prices.
28 Sep, 2011, 03.25 PM IST
- Pharma cos against draft policy
Differences between the government and pharma sector turned into a pubilc spat with the latter calling the draft pharma policy a bid to nat...
14 Nov, 2006, 03.40 PM IST