Industry Sectors

The real estate sector is obviously not without its own hopes from the first GST Council meeting of Modi 2.0. Reducing the GST rate for cement from the current 28% slab to 18% had been a long-standing demand of industry...

The Government has established Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS) to meet the funding needs of sprouting entrepreneurs in the country, the Rajya Sabha was told on 21 June 2019.

Purified terephthalic acid (PTA) demand in India is projected to grow at a CAGR of 3.44% during 2019-2030 to reach 9,023 thousand tonnes by 2030 from 6,179 thousand tonnes in 2018, according to ResearchAndMarkets report.

Circular Economy has the potential to create lakhs of entrepreneurs and generate 1.4 crore jobs in next 5-7 years, said Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog.

China has urged India to make an "independent judgement" about Huawei's operations in the country without being guided by the US ban on the Chinese telecom products.

Fairfax-backed Digit Insurance, an Indian insurtech startup with a mission to “Make Insurance Simple”, has reached 2.8 million customers with US$172 million premium in FY 2018-19.

Cricket Australia (CA) has chosen HCL Technologies to implement its Scale Digital methodology to unite and inspire Australian cricket community through advanced digital platforms.

Logistics & warehousing is a bright new spot on the Indian real estate heatmap drawing over US$1.1 billon investments, writes Shobhit Agarwal, MD & CEO – ANAROCK Capital.

The Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has advised the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to take a personal interest in expediting the defence projects in Andhra Pradesh, the foundation stones for many of which have been laid.

India will not allow multi-brand retail by foreign companies and on the pretext of B2B no entry will be allowed for multi-brand retail, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has reiterated, assuring support to small traders and retailers in the...