Apple suppliers created 50k direct jobs in India in 16 months; Swiggy's losses doubled in FY22Apart from the direct jobs, nearly 100,000 indirect jobs may also have been created by the Apple manufacturing ecosystem in the country, th...
02 Jan, 2023, 06.53 PM IST
India will benefit from agile labour codes. Look at China, Bangladesh and Vietnam for resultsThe pandemic has brought into sharp focus the scuffed edges created by trying to use square pegs of India’s existing labour laws to plug th...
25 Sep, 2021, 06.36 PM IST
View: Agriculture reforms will lead to a more bountiful cropMassive public investments in irrigation and fertiliser subsidies following the Green Revolution in the late 1960s have made India the worl...
28 Dec, 2020, 11.12 PM IST
View: The answers to India's post-Covid revival go beyond public spending and macro remediesWithout denying the need for governments to spend more to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe, we have failed to ask ourselves a more basic ...
03 Aug, 2020, 11.30 PM IST
'Not possible to extend concessions to Apple under GST regime'Cupertino-based iPhone and iPad manufacturer Apple has sought certain concessions for setting up manufacturing unit in India.
09 Oct, 2017, 03.26 PM IST
India facing problem of severe under-employment, says NitiMaking a case for reforming labour laws, the Aayog also noted that recently fixed-term employment has been introduced in the textiles and a...
27 Aug, 2017, 09.57 PM IST
Reduce import duty on gold, says Niti Aayog"Reduction in customs duty will not only reduce incentives for illegal transactions but it will also help ensure availability of gold for s...
28 Apr, 2017, 10.07 AM IST
Labour Ministry's new rule to ensure employer hiring contract labour files unified annual returnIn case, if, an employer maintains registers or records or reports in electronic form, such registers or records or reports shall also be t...
14 Mar, 2017, 02.02 PM IST
Blackberry to bring crisis communication platform to IndiaBlackBerry’s AtHoc is looking at tapping defense and security, government agencies, airports authorities and metro train projects like Delh...
23 Jan, 2017, 12.49 AM IST
GST will make consumer goods cheaper, boost jobs: CBECThe long-pending Constitution Amendment Bill that will pave the way for rollout of GST, a new uniform indirect tax regime, was passed by Pa...
30 Aug, 2016, 06.04 PM IST
Telecom sector to generate 7 lakh new jobs in five yearsThe telecom industry is expected unlock 7 lakh new job opportunities in the next five years, a top telecom skill development group said.
09 Jan, 2016, 10.28 AM IST
Budget 2014: Manufacturing to get truckload of sops from Narendra ModiSteps could include an amendment giving relief to automakers, consumer durables firms and others from the controversial Fiat judgement.
23 Jun, 2014, 03.12 PM IST
- Qatar calls for unified job contract format in the Gulf
Qatar has proposed preparing a unified format of employment contract for foreign domestic helps.
03 Jan, 2012, 10.36 AM IST
- Mirage-2000 deal may get government nod
A crucial meeting between the Union defence minister and the three chiefs of the Indian armed forces is scheduled to be held on Friday, in ...
20 May, 2011, 02.08 PM IST
- Crisis brings banks, bankers to their knees
Switzerland’s largest bank, UBS announced losses of $16.8 billion, — thanks to to losses at its investment banking unit — and another 2,000...
11 Feb, 2009, 01.08 AM IST
- NAPC floats JV with Swedish firm to diversify into water management
Infrastructure, real estate development and contractual mining company NAPC has diversified into water management following its strategic p...
09 Feb, 2009, 08.13 PM IST
- Civil servants may go on contract
The radical suggestion is an agenda of alternatives for making the civil service responsible for results.
17 Nov, 2006, 01.12 AM IST