Economy

GST implementation will be a case study, says Modi. Modi in a group-photograph with the US Business Leaders, at Washington DC, on 25 June 2017. The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has told American businesses of advantage India with a young...

Industry exhibits at San Diego. Chowdary launches Biotech Handbook. The strength of India’s Bio-Economy is estimated at US$42 billion, according to a book on the industry released this week by Minister of State for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences,...

CII workshops for 5,000 enterprises across India. The government has noted business community’s concerns, saying the Goods and Services Tax (GST) would be payable based on a simple return (Form GSTR-3B) containing summary of outward and inward supplies. The Form...

India runs a trade gap of over US$105bn.   ASSOCHAM has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remind President Donald Trump that If Indian IT firms have got a good foothold in the US, American top notch firms like Facebook,...

It will help facilitate GST rollout. A Goods and Services Tax (GST) facilitation cell has been set up in the Department with a view to facilitate the rollout of GST. The GST facilitation cell is headed by Sudhansu Sekhar Das,...

India tops Central and Southern Asian economies. Chandrajit Banerjee. India is ranked 60th among 130 countries on the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2017, backed by its contribution to the region and the global innovation landscape. The report launched at the...

Plug-in challenge of formal and informal sectors. Source: CII Picture. L-R: Bijay Kumar, Principal Commissioner, Service Tax-I Commissionerate, Kolkata; Dev Kumar Rajwani, Assistant Commissioner, Service Tax-I Commissionerate, Kolkata; Dipankar Chatterji, Past Chairman, CII Eastern Region & Senior Partner, L B Jha...

Rs.255,000 crore projects to boost southern economies. Gadkari flagging off the rail connectivity to the container and multi terminal cargos, at the Kamarajar Port in Chennai on 9 June 2017. A new container terminal, costing Rs.1,270 crore, is part of...

Reliance-Israeli platform for Indian investments. OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved.   Indian investors will get access to overseas venture capital funds through a new agreement between Israel-based OurCrowd Platform and India’s Reliance Private Client. OurCrowd, a global leader in equity crowdfunding,...

Over 30 Tata companies contributes to the region. Rao receiving the award from Malaysian Minister Ong. Joining at the award ceremony were T.S. Tirumurti High Commissioner of India to Malaysia and Ramesh Kodammal, Chairman of ASEAN Indian Business Council, Malaysia  ...