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Indo-US commitment to improve IT sector is commendable, notes ASSOCHAM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Lauding the commitment shown by India and the United States towards increasing market access in the Information Technology (IT) and other sectors, ASSOCHAM on Tuesday asserted that it will be highly beneficial to the upliftment of the USD 150 billion softwar
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ASSOCHAM-PwC report urges efficient waste disposal
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): In the wake of an improper waste disposal system, with waste being dumped without sufficient treatment, an ASSOCHAM-PwC study revealed that an estimated 88 square kilometer (sq. km.) of precious land needs to be brought under waste disposal through land fill
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ASSOCHAM says roads, railways should be exempted from GST
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], June 20 (ANI): In view of the long gestation period and showing negative returns, industry body ASSOCHAM has suggested that infrastructure and transportation such as road and railway sectors should continue to be exempted under Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime.
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ASSOCHAM highlights shortage of yoga instructors in India
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Despite the growing awareness regarding the benefits gained by doing yoga, a paper authored by ASSOCHAM Social Development Foundation revealed that India faces a shortage of over three lakh yoga instructors.
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ASSOCHAM demands postponement of GST rollout
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 17 (ANI): The industry chamber ASSOCHAM on Saturday wrote a letter to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and demanded that the government should postpone the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) as the IT network is not ready.
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India's growing electronics demand to create import gap of USD 300 bi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): With an ever growing demand for electronic products in India, domestic production may touch USD 104 billion by 2020, thus leaving an import gap of USD 300 billion, according to a study conducted by the ASSOCHAM and NEC Technologies.
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Indian electronics market expected to reach USD 400 billion by 2020: study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): The demand of electronic products in India is expected to grow at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 41 percent during 2017-2020 to reach USD 400 billion by 2020, the domestic production which is currently growing at a CAGR of 27 percent may touch USD 1
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ASSOCHAM, Videocon launch awareness drive for consumer electronic traders
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): In a view to generate awareness and educate retail partners around GST implications, ASSOCHAM and the leading consumer electronics and home appliances company Videocon organized the first-of-its-kind GST Summit for Traders on Thursday.
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ASSOCHAM identifies significant gaps in skill set contribution by develope
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): The most economically developed states are not adequately adding to skill sets, which may result in severe shortages of skilled manpower in the coming years, according to an ASSOCHAM-Thought Arbitrage Paper.
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Hazardous wastes in India mounting at the rate of 2-5 pct per year: ASSOCH
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): As per the joint study conducted by ASSOCHAM and PwC, in India, about 10 to 15 percent of wastes produced by industries are hazardous and the generation of hazardous wastes is increasing at the rate of two to five percent per year.
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GST is Modi Govt.'s 'biggest achievement': ASSOCHAM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): With the roll out of the 'revolutionary' Goods and Services Tax bill scheduled for July 1, the ASSOCHAM has perceived this as the present government's 'biggest achievement', facilitating digitisation, financial and inclusion, while pu
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Credit deployment to power, telecom sector declining: ASSOCHAM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): An ASSOCHAM paper noted that with a declining appetite for both lenders and borrowers in debt-ridden sectors like power, telecom and mining, the deployment of bank credit to these has witnessed a plunge and the trend may continue unless the basic issue of re
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