India pips other APAC countries with projected salary increment of 9.9%India's median salary increment in 2025 is projected at 9.9%, with financial services, construction, chemicals and oil sectors expecting hi...
28 Jan, 2025, 11.55 PM IST
Is the rich getting richer? Examining India's growing income disparityThe PLFS data reveals rising income inequality in India's labour market from 2017-18 to 2023-24, with the top earners experiencing faster i...
26 Dec, 2024, 11.37 PM IST
From 3.2L in 2011 to just Rs 3.75L in 2024: Ex-Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai's shocking comparison between CEOs vs freshers' salariesIndia’s IT sector faces criticism over stark wage inequalities, with fresher salaries barely growing in over a decade while top executives ...
23 Dec, 2024, 01.11 PM IST
Bengaluru woman's startup idea for 'maids and cooks' sparks debate. Netizens argue if it is empowering or exploitative?A Bengaluru woman, Amirtha, proposed a startup idea to train maids and cooks in preparing high-protein meals, sparking a heated debate on s...
06 Dec, 2024, 12.14 AM IST
Thousands of workers march across Italy in general strike demanding better pay and servicesThousands of workers in Italy went on an eight-hour strike to protest low salaries and government policies. The strike affected various sec...
29 Nov, 2024, 05.45 PM IST
Higher capital gains tax: Who benefits the most?Excluding tax havens such as Hong Kong, Singapore and the UAE, India’s capital gains tax remains one of the lowest globally, especially as ...
27 Jul, 2024, 12.18 PM IST
Sweden raises salary threshold for foreign workers by almost 120%; mulls further hikesThe government plans to further raise the threshold to 35,600 kronor, with exemptions for certain workers and a one-year grace period for c...
21 Jun, 2024, 11.54 AM IST
Grossed out or not, but whose GDP is it anyway?During a speech by King's College London's Anand Menon on the likely decline in Britain's GDP against the backdrop of the Brexit referendum...
13 Aug, 2023, 12.38 AM IST
India should draw up its own blueprint for AI, say industry veterans, expertsThey believe the downstream effects of adopting technologies such as AI without essential due diligence and appropriate safeguards can caus...
03 Apr, 2023, 07.24 PM IST
No peace for India's rupee as mighty dollar thunders on: PollThe rupee was then expected to recover just about 0.7% to trade around 81.30/$ in 6 months and 80.50/$ in 12 months, still not far from its...
07 Oct, 2022, 09.38 AM IST
Better safeguards bring back investor interest in infra bondsThe improvement in credit risk profile reflects the raft of policy facilitations that have helped shore up the attractiveness of the Indian...
09 Sep, 2022, 06.20 AM IST
Will the compensation of CEOs remain immune to the virus?The average payout for MDs and CEOs slipped about a quarter of a percentage point amid a continuing slowdown in certain sectors as companie...
28 Sep, 2020, 02.22 PM IST
When pedal power gets a new handleMany cycles of change in spheres social, political and matrimonial.
05 Jun, 2020, 08.38 AM IST
This was the week the world got really anxious about globalization's futureFrom challenges to Chinese growth to the rise of populist movements in Europe, there are plenty of reasons why market players should snap u...
10 Oct, 2016, 08.34 AM IST
Companies commit to equal pay pledgeThe average salary of women executive directors in India is 20% less than that of their male counterparts, according to a study for ET by P...
03 Sep, 2016, 03.36 AM IST
World Economic Forum (WEF) to hold annual India meet on Nov 3-4The World Economic Forum (WEF) will hold its annual India meeting on November 3-4, which is expected to focus on strategic vision of the Mo...
14 Jul, 2015, 08.59 PM IST
- Give a concerted push to reforms
Lack of access to quality education facilities, for example, remains one of the biggest impediments.
02 Jan, 2012, 05.18 AM IST