Clipped from: https://www.businesstoday.in/current/corporate/ultratech-cement-q3-results-net-profit-doubles-to-rs-1584-crore-net-sales-rise-18/story/428884.html With strong rural growth, revival in manufacturing sentiment, buoyancy in GST and tax collections, UltraTech expects demand to grow on the back of
Month: January 2021
Manufacturing might or services – what will steer India’s future economy? | Business Standard Column
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/manufacturing-might-or-services-what-will-steer-india-s-future-economy-121012201206_1.html We must acknowledge that India cannot replicate the export orientation of the East Asian manufacturing story, or even Bangladesh. The services story will
Shekhar Gupta: Why Modi is in retreat on farm laws | Business Standard Column
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/shekhar-gupta-why-modi-is-in-retreat-on-farm-laws-121012201521_1.html Farm reform could’ve been high point of Modi’s second term. But lack of patience, understanding and contempt for history have turned it into
The antitrust dilemma: CCI must come out with detailed penalty guidelines to reduce uncertainty – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/the-antitrust-dilemma-cci-must-come-out-with-detailed-penalty-guidelines-to-reduce-uncertainty/2176007/ Globally, the competition authorities, including the European Commission, the US, and the UK competition authorities, have issued penalty guidelines to ensure that the
Dushyant Dave writes: Centre’s farm laws will hurt farmers
Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/for-super-middlemen-farm-laws-farmer-protests-7156464/ Dushyant Dave writes: Centre’s farm laws will create monopolies in agriculture production and trade, and hurt farmers. Farmers during their ongoing agitation over
Dismissing criticism of vaccines in nationalist language doesn’t help in building trust | The Indian Express
Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/dismissing-criticism-of-vaccines-in-nationalist-language-doesnt-help-in-building-trust-7156434/ Public trust is critical for greater compliance with government guidelines during emergencies, be it COVID-appropriate behaviour or the acceptance of vaccination institutions. Transparency
Bibek Debroy writes on govt control over ‘essential’ commodities
Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/necessary-not-essential-7156469/ Bibek Debroy writes: Before liberalisation, there were around 80 Union government-level orders and around 150 state government-level orders decreeing various items as “essential”.
5 reasons why the government decided to put farm laws on hold | Explained News,The Indian Express
Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/farm-laws-pause-government-farmer-talks-explained-7156723/ The government has proposed that the farm laws be kept on hold for 18 months, or till such time that a proposed joint
Bitcoin slide shows no signs of stopping, worst week since March 2020 | Deccan Herald
Clipped from: https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/bitcoin-slide-shows-no-signs-of-stopping-worst-week-since-march-2020-941933.html The world’s most popular cryptocurrency fell more than 5% to an almost three-week low of $28,800 in the Asia session Bitcoin fell heavily
HDFC Bank submits plan of action to RBI, hopes to fix outage issue in 3 months | Deccan Herald
Clipped from: https://www.deccanherald.com/business/hdfc-bank-submits-plan-of-action-to-rbi-hopes-to-fix-outage-issue-in-3-months-942008.html RBI Governor had said it was necessary that the HDFC Bank strengthens its IT systems before expanding further The country’s largest private sector
RBI’s liquidity-withdrawal plan may pose risk to government borrowing: Analysts | Deccan Herald
Clipped from: https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/rbis-liquidity-withdrawal-plan-may-pose-risk-to-government-borrowing-analysts-942046.html Analysts think it will be months before the RBI can substantially reduce the average daily surplus of Rs 6 trillion ($8 billion) that
Brazil awaiting two million vaccine doses from India–deccan chronicle
Brasilia: The Brazilian government said on Thursday that a shipment of two million doses of the British AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine was finally set to arrive in
Telangana High Court refuses to intervene in Covid vaccine reactions issue–deccan chroncile
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court refused on Thursday to intervene in the matter of adverse reactions to some individuals in the Covid-19 vaccination programme. Responding to
Transparency needed to remove all vaccine fears–deccan chronicle
I’m used to schoolboys squabbling, hacks quarrelling and, even, fishwives shouting like alley cats but doctors and scientists lunging at each other’s throats came as
Travel, tourism jobs are back; 20.7 million employed in Dec quarter: CMIE–business today
Clipped from: https://www.businesstoday.in/sectors/jobs/india-job-market-road-recovery-education-manufacturing-sector-lag-cmie/story/428390.html Travel and tourism sector, which saw its employment fall by 5.5 million during the severe lockdown of June quarter, employed 20.7 million people
Jobs in Japan for Indians! 14 industries to absorb skilled workers for 5 years
Clipped from: https://www.businesstoday.in/sectors/jobs/jobs-in-japan-for-indians-14-industries-to-absorb-skilled-workers-for-5-years/story/428294.html A memorandum of cooperation on movement of specified skilled workers to Japan for a maximum period of upto five years has been signed
Higher job losses among young workers not good for economic recovery: CMIE–business today
Clipped from: https://www.businesstoday.in/sectors/jobs/higher-job-losses-young-workers-economic-recovery-cmie/story/428098.html As per the latest CMIE report, there were job losses in younger age groups, those below 40 years of age, while all age
Real estate cases under IBC make encouraging progress, 50% closed by Jul-Sep’20–business today
Clipped from: https://www.businesstoday.in/sectors/infra/real-estate-cases-under-ibc-make-encouraging-progress-50-closed-by-jul-sep-20/story/427319.html The enactment of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code in 2016, (IBC) along with RERA ushered in a new era of regulation for the
COVID vaccination poses both a challenge and an opportunity – Frontline
A volunteer undergoing Covaxin clinical trial at Civil Hospital, Sola, one of the hospitals selected for vaccine trials, in Ahmedabad on November 27. Photo: VIJAY SONEJI
Are courts encroaching on the powers of the executive? – The Hindu
Clipped from: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/are-courts-encroaching-on-the-powers-of-the-executive/article33629172.ece?homepage=true The courts are increasingly intervening in matters without providing sound legal reasoning On January 12, 2021, the Supreme Court stayed the implementation of three