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Firms must step up focus, spending on strengthening IT systems to
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 1 (ANI): The focus and spending on information technology (IT) systems by business organisations in India needs to be complemented with similar efforts in operational technology (OT) and consumer technology (CT) systems to combat myriad cyber attacks, suggested a recen
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ASSOCHAM urges RBI to slash interest rates due to low inflation
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Against the backdrop of a decline in factory output, with inflation at a five-year low, the ASSOCHAM on Sunday wrote to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel, stressing on the need to cut at least 25 basis points in the policy interest rate, a
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19 percent of India's population financially excluded: Study
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Despite a strengthened institutional credit network, a study conducted by ASSOCHAM and EY has highlighted major lag in terms of financial services in the country, with 19 percent of the
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Digital India, Bharat Net initiatives key to expansion of social m
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New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): With initiatives like Bharat Net aiding the expansion of broadband network in India, initiatives like Digital India are said to gain momentum, leading to the expansion of social media, an ASSOCHAM paper noted.
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NITI Aayog approves Rs. 18k crore investment for rail projects for
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Government think-tank NITI Aayog on Friday approved investments worth Rs. 18,000 crore for high-speed rail projects for major routes of Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Kolkata, Union Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu said at an ASSOCHAM event here today.
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ASSOCHAM seeks relaxation of bank guarantee norms for ship constru
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New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Industry body ASSOCHAM on Wednesday approached the Defence Ministry seeking relaxation for stringent bank guarantee norms required for private sector shipyards, which are looking to bid for the construction of ships to be used by the Indian Navy.
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Abolishing check-posts after GST saves time, curbs corruption: ASS
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): With over 22 states dismantling inter-state check posts after the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on July 1, an ASSOCHAM analysis revealed that there has been a significant reduction of 24 to 36 hours in trucking time on trunk routes, apart from
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Government plans to create 65 million jobs by 2026: Dattatreya
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), 6 July, (ANI): The Union government is going to amalgamate, simplify and rationalise into four labour courses out of 44 existing labour laws and also plans to create 65 million jobs by 2026. Union Labour and Employment Minister Bandaru Dattatreya on Thursday said at an ASS
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Industry to contribute USD 280 billion to GDP in nine years: Study
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): An ASSOCHAM-APAS study has revealed that with the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the industry alone is expected to contribute USD 280 billion to India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the next eight to nine years.
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Record inflation augurs perfectly well for GST launch: ASSOCHAM
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): With retail prices growing by the slowest pace in the last four years by mere 2.18 percent, it is the perfect time for the launch of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), from inflation point of view, as this particular macro fundamental is placed at an ideal pos
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India to rise high globally in ease of doing business: ASSOCHAM pr
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): ASSOCHAM President Sandeep Jajodia on Saturday said that India would move many notches up the global ease of doing ladder by this single, but the most important tax reform in the country, the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
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GST will improve India's image as investor friendly country:
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): ASSOCHAM president Sandeep Jajodiya on Friday said the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) will boost India's GDP and will improve its image as an investor friendly country.
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