Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/finmin-nod-for-74-fdi-in-defence-sector-under-automatic-route/article33288079.ece Aero India 2019 at Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru (file photo) – Sampath Kumar GP Aero India 2019 at Yelahanka Air Force
Month: December 2020
After initial hit, health-care units likely to recover: CRISIL SME Tracker | Business Standard News
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/after-initial-hit-health-care-units-likely-to-recover-crisil-sme-tracker-120120701120_1.html With the working capital cycle stretched, financially weaker hospitals may have to resort to short-term loans to stay afloat. Logically, a pandemic should
Markets crowded, but malls empty | Business Standard Column
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/markets-crowded-but-malls-empty-120120801392_1.html From Ranganathan Street in T Nagar, Chennai, to Dadar market in Mumbai, there was frenzied shopping during Diwali. But malls have not had
Five million potential workers may have left the labour force entirely | Business Standard Column
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/disheartened-job-seekers-120120701115_1.html It appears that the recovery phase of employment is over and a decline is setting in again Employment declined in India in November
DATA STORY: With sharp drop in active cases, India now 9th-worst-hit globally by this measure | Business Standard News
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/data-story-with-sharp-drop-in-active-cases-india-now-9th-worst-hit-globally-by-this-measure-120120900288_1.html India on Tuesday conducted 1,022,712 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 149,836,767. The test
Farm Laws: Centre must not yield to ‘mandatory MSP’ demand & refrain from imposing levies on non-APMC sales – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/farm-laws-centre-must-not-yield-to-mandatory-msp-demand-refrain-from-imposing-levies-on-non-apmc-sales/2146035/ Mandatory MSP and Levies on non-APMC markets will be an assault on the reforms the Union government has ushered in with the new
Farmers Agitation: Questions all parties must answer on Punjab & MSP – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/farmers-agitation-questions-all-parties-must-answer-on-punjab-msp/2146023/ Do the new farm laws really mean ending MSP, how do you fund extending this in a genuine manner to all crops? An
PM Modi’s 59-minute MSME loan: 93% applications disbursed till November 2020, marginally up from August – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/sme/msme-fin-pm-modis-59-minute-msme-loan-93-applications-disbursed-till-november-2020-marginally-up-from-august/2145740/ Credit and Finance for MSMEs: The scheme was launched to offer in-principle approval to a term loan or working capital loan from Rs
WhatsApp launches ‘Carts’ to ease buying, selling for customers, sellers | The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/sme/msme-tech-whatsapp-eases-selling-for-merchants-with-new-feature-tracking-inquiries-managing-requests-get-simpler/2145868/ Technology for MSMEs: The move signals WhatsApp’s intent to become the de-facto platform for businesses and customers who wish to buy and sell
Centre aims to increase MSME sector contribution to GDP up to 50%: Gadkari – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/sme/centre-aims-to-increase-msme-sector-contribution-to-gdp-up-to-50-gadkari/2145902/ Gadkari said currently village industries such as handlooms, handicrafts, Khadi Gram Udyog are generating Rs 80 thousand crore revenues which needs to be
Watch out! India’s social commerce growth may soon outrun e-commerce rise; expand 2X in 10 years – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/sme/watch-out-indias-social-commerce-growth-may-soon-outrun-e-commerce-rise-expand-2x-in-10-years/2146289/ The segment currently dotted with startups such as Facebook-backed Meesho, DealShare, Simsim, Atmanirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge winner Mall91, and more, is worth
‘Mask up for 100 days’: Biden sets pandemic goals of masking, schooling and vaccination in introducing health team – The Hindu
Clipped from: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/biden-sets-pandemic-goals-of-masking-schooling-and-vaccination-in-introducing-health-team/article33284248.ece?homepage=true U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announces nominees and appointees to serve on his health and coronavirus response teams during a news conference at his
india china standoff: China says it’s working with India for further de-escalation of border standoff in Ladakh – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/china-says-its-working-with-india-for-further-de-escalation-of-border-standoff-in-ladakh/articleshow/79625191.cmsSynopsis The Chinese and Indian armies held the 8th round of Corps Commander-level meeting on November 6 to resolve the border standoff that erupted
Blanket interest waiver on all loans to be Rs 6 lakh crore: Centre to SC – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/blanket-interest-waiver-on-all-loans-to-be-rs-6-lakh-crore-centre-to-sc/articleshow/79628798.cmsSynopsis If the banks were to bear this burden, then it would necessarily wipe out a substantial and a major part of their net
Valli Arunachalam slams Murugappa Group’s restructuring move for being gender biased – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/valli-arunachalam-slams-murugappa-groups-restructuring-move-for-being-gender-biased/articleshow/79628783.cmsSynopsis The Rs 38,100-crore Murugappa Group’s restructuring announcement has no mention of daughters being groomed for leadership roles in business, thus making it a
Vani Kola’s Kalaari turnaround hinges on a fourth fund and stability at the top – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/prime/technology-and-startups/vani-kolas-kalaari-turnaround-hinges-on-a-fourth-fund-and-stability-at-the-top/primearticleshow/79630633.cms Synopsis–Once a pioneer of India’s venture-capital scene, Kalaari lost its momentum as a large set of its investee companies died, went stagnant, or
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on making India a manufacturing hub – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/niti-aayog-ceo-amitabh-kant-on-making-india-a-manufacturing-hub/articleshow/79622218.cmsSynopsis Speaking at a webinar series on the Road to Atmanirbhar Bharat, Kant said while the Centre has done a lot of reforms, the
First roll out promised pro-farmer measures, then implement the farm laws – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/view-first-roll-out-promised-pro-farmer-measures-then-implement-the-farm-laws/articleshow/79630219.cmsSynopsis The sensible thing to do would be to hold the laws in abeyance for a year, while accepting one crucial amendment: to move
Why the Indian middle class gravitates towards Modi – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/read/why-the-indian-middle-class-gravitates-towards-modi/article33269351.ece?homepage=true Out of touch: The Congress, despite claiming to be the ‘manufacturer’ of the middle class through its economic reforms, has not been in
Agriculture must emulate the dairy model – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/agriculture-must-emulate-the-dairy-model/article33272113.ece?homepage=true Global leader The dairy sector’s success has made the world sit up and take notice – KK Mustafah Global leader The dairy sector’s