As India's job bandwagon picks up, IT sector falls off pace: DBS reportA slowdown in consumer demand post the pandemic and uncertain macroeconomic conditions triggered mass layoffs across Big Tech firms over th...
23 May, 2023, 01.41 PM IST
What the middle-class wants: Jobs, tax breaks, health and education spendThe annual budget must provide a basic policy structure to bring back 200 million missing jobs in the economy and assuage the middle-class ...
29 Jan, 2022, 10.20 AM IST
View: Why India’s illusory V-shaped rebound shouldn't prompt premature fiscal conservatismThe persistent fragility of Indian households, amid rising wealth and income inequality, will require prolonged fiscal support.
24 Jan, 2022, 05.25 PM IST
2021 Tough Job: Buoyancy in the job market may continue to be missing, but bad news won’t get worseThe Make-in-India drive will bring in some fresh investments but do not bet big on it to create many jobs. For a country that adds 7-10 mil...
26 Dec, 2020, 11.01 PM IST
Rural is the next frontier: Sumant Kathpalia, CEO of IndusInd BankNo talks with Kotak on merger and we are looking to target niche areas like SME funding, affordable housing, asserts the CEO of IndusInd Ba...
03 Nov, 2020, 12.07 AM IST
Why every investor should keenly watch the IT space‘Most of the IT companies will not show a huge drop in terms of their growth rates’
08 Jul, 2020, 09.11 AM IST
NRAI writes to FM; seeks financial bailout package; restoration of input tax credit, deferment of advance tax paymentsThe letter requests total and immediate deferment of statutory dues inclusive of GST, advance tax payments, PF, customs duties at the centr...
23 Mar, 2020, 05.53 PM IST
How India's workforce participation rate of women has sharply declined over the yearsWomen’s workforce participation is declining in rural India and is low and stagnant in urban India, primarily due to the shrinking of the a...
07 Mar, 2020, 11.29 PM IST
How the Finance Commission can make urban empowerment a realityAdministrative decentralisation requires devolution of functions, plus hiring and firing to local bodies, and no state government wants to ...
25 Apr, 2018, 09.32 AM IST
This time it’s different (but some things won’t change); here’s whyThis Budget has a defining context, some exciting prospects and more than the usual risks.
31 Jan, 2018, 12.01 PM IST
View: Air India a much bigger defaulter than Mallya. Dump it, make Indigo India's national carrierTo call Air India the national carrier, and so justify running it at losses that would make Mallya’s Kingfisher blush, is a tragi-comedy th...
14 May, 2017, 01.30 PM IST
Budget 2015: Industry upbeat over National Skills MissionThe mission will work through the Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry and aims to consolidate skill initiatives spread across s...
03 Mar, 2015, 12.34 PM IST
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
31 Dec, 2014, 12.23 PM IST
Politics: Looking back at India in year 2013Anti-corruption campaigns ruled 2013 with Aam Aadmi Party having assumed power in Delhi and India gearing up for 2014 general elections.
30 Dec, 2013, 11.32 AM IST
- NSDC to train youths in Naxal-hit areas for bank jobs
The initiative is aimed at helping the youth find jobs with local banks, where operations often take a hit as few regular employees are wil...
19 Nov, 2012, 12.14 PM IST
Fear of anti-graft probe halts Indian government purchasesAnnual GoI purchases, from pencils to guns, account for 20% of GDP. Will a promised procurement law kill the fear?
19 Sep, 2011, 11.53 AM IST
- Despite consumption being weaker, Indian consumers still confident; important for govt to sustain investment
Headline economy numbers look troubling. But the Indian consumer is still confident. That's the good news.
07 Aug, 2011, 02.54 AM IST