Payroll Reporting in India: Commendable but Long Road to Go
25 Feb 2019 Employment has emerged as an important subject in the development agenda of most national Governments and several international organisations over the past two decades. In the developed countries, persistently high and increasing unemployment rates have given rise to renewed concern for job creation, while in many developing countries productive employment is seen […]
India paving its way towards the ‘New World of Work’
05 Mar 2019 Changing Market DynamicsThe global economy has witnessed true transformation in the past few years. Factors like globalization, improved technology, demographics, and automation have rendered the job market more dynamic than ever. New jobs are replacing the old ones and there is an augmented need of skills and expertise to ensure success in […]
VLFM: A Unique Initiative supporting Make in India
11 Mar 2019 A joint pact between the Prime Ministers of India and Japan, this flagship program was started in 2006 by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Government of Japan, and National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC), Government of India. The Visionary Leaders for Manufacturing (VLFM) […]
EXIM Performance Analysis: Last Five Years
11 Jan 2017 The trade deficit for India has continued to follow the declining trend since FY12, on the back of falling global oil prices. While the performance of the dollar value of aggregate exports has been softening, mirroring the global slowdown, that of aggregate imports is being curtailed at higher rates on the back […]
Corporate Performance of Manufacturing Sector Shows Improvement
11 Jan 2017 The corporate results at the end of the second quarter of fiscal year 2017 brought a reason for cheer for the manufacturing sector which saw an improvement in both its bottom-line and top-line. The sector, which was buoyed by a significant fall in inputs costs following the collapse of global commodity prices, […]
OPEC Decision to have Major Repercussions
11 Jan 2017 On 30th November 2016, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced their first oil production agreement in eight years. The historic agreement will see oil production by OPEC nations cut by 1.2 million barrels per day (b/d) to about 32.5 million b/d for six months from the start of January […]
A four-point agenda to fast-track growth
24 Jan 2017 India’s GDP (gross domestic product) is expected to grow at 7.1 per cent in 2016-17, according to latest data released by the government. Although the demonetisation exercise has led to some moderation from 7.6 per cent growth achieved in 2015-16, the impact will not be long lasting. It is against this backdrop […]
Accelerating the Growth of Start-ups Through a Business-friendly Economy
03 Apr 2017 Gone are the days when starting one’s own business was seen as a path to self-inflicted failure or so to say ’suicidal’. From being a business-skeptic society towards becoming a start-up driven economy, India has come a long way in terms of a paradigm shift in its approach towards starting and doing […]
Inclusive Growth through Greater Collaboration
11 Apr 2017 CII and OECD: Inclusive Growth through Greater Collaboration In a globalized world where there is increasing interdependence among nation’s economic policies and multiple spill-over effects, the role of multilateral organizations like the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the global governance they support is crucial to keep the global […]
Inclusive Growth through Greater Collaboration
11 Apr 2017 CII and OECD: Inclusive Growth through Greater Collaboration In a globalized world where there is increasing interdependence among nation’s economic policies and multiple spill-over effects, the role of multilateral organizations like the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the global governance they support is crucial to keep the global […]