Ensure self-reliance, reduce chemical product imports: Secy Tejveer Singh to industryHe highlighted the need for a strategic roadmap and announced a new scheme to strengthen domestic manufacturing, including three proposed c...
22 May, 2026, 11.40 AM IST
No need to panic amid West Asia crisis, just be more productive: Piyush GoyalIndia's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal urges businesses to boost productivity and embrace global challenges as opportunities. He advises ag...
20 May, 2026, 12.46 AM IST
Withdrawal of retirement funds soon to be automated: EPFOThe Employees Provident Fund Organisation, EPFO, will soon automate final provident fund withdrawal claims. This will speed up money transf...
13 May, 2026, 05.00 PM IST
Troubles in China may impact Indian steel sector: AssochamThe troubles in China are expected to spell disaster for the Indian steel industry as desperate Chinese manufacturers would aggressively du...
28 Aug, 2015, 08.05 PM IST
Fiscal loss from fraud smaller problem than image dent: StudyThe financial loss resulting from an actual or attempted payments fraud is a smaller problem as compared to the damage caused to the compan...
25 Aug, 2015, 08.42 PM IST
Five million jobs lost during high growth years: AssochamAs many as five million jobs were lost between 2004-05 and 2009-10, paradoxically during the time when India witnessed the highest and cons...
22 Aug, 2015, 03.12 PM IST
Corporates not too optimistic about economic recovery: AssochamAs for the present scenario, 61.5 per cent of the respondents felt that the situation is more or less same vis-a-vis six months ago.
19 Jul, 2015, 12.38 PM IST
Less than 20% farmers take crop insurance: StudyThere are about 32 million farmers who have been enrolled in various crop insurance schemes across India.
12 Apr, 2015, 01.32 PM IST
Vegetable prices likely to climb 20-25%: AssochamAccording to the joint study by Assocham-Skymet Weather, at least 25-30 per cent of ready-to-harvest crop has been damaged, impacting wheat...
05 Apr, 2015, 01.13 PM IST
100 entities waiting to apply for small, payment banks: AssochamThese interested firms are awaiting final guidelines which will provide more clarity to firm up their plan to apply for the 'differentiated...
18 Aug, 2014, 04.26 PM IST
Roll-out delay hikes manufacturing projects cost by Rs 4.5 lakh crore: Assocham study"New investments in the manufacturing sector have declined at an annual negative average rate of 21.5 per cent since 2009-10,"
10 Aug, 2014, 12.30 PM IST
Health insurance premium may cross Rs 32K crore by 2016-17: StudyIncrease in healthcare costs, rising per-capita income, burden of new diseases have contributed towards growth of health insurance market i...
08 Dec, 2013, 12.35 PM IST
Just one of ten MBA graduates get suitable jobs, claims studyMerely 10 per cent of graduates from business schools manage to get "suitable" jobs in the country as MBA courses are not adequately design...
30 Jan, 2013, 07.58 PM IST
- 'Delhilites cut holiday budget by 40% this New Year season'
'Around 82 per cent of surveyed people said Jaipur is their 1st priority followed by Agra, Shimla & Nainital on the list of favoured holida...
28 Dec, 2012, 04.43 PM IST
Pranab Mukherjee scores 7/10 in Assocham survey on Union Budget proposalsPranab Mukherjee has scored 7/10 for his Budget proposals in the assessment of 200 chief executives surveyed by industry body Assocham.
17 Mar, 2012, 08.05 PM IST
- FMCG sales likely to fall by 15% due to high prices in 2012
Prices of regular items like biscuits, coffee, tea, toiletries and personal care are likely to be raised by about 10 per cent or more.
01 Jan, 2012, 05.03 PM IST
- Organic farming may touch Rs 10,000 cr by 2015: Study
Organic farming may touch Rs 10,000 crore by 2015 on account of rising demand for such products as people are becoming more health consciou...
10 Jul, 2011, 11.05 AM IST