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Many working mothers of only children do not wish to have another baby: Su
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Increasing expenditure together with the need to devote more time and energy both in taking care of parents and raising kids are key reasons why as many as 35 per cent working mothers in urban India avoid considering a second child, noted a just-concluded ran
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ASSOCHAM for creation of Stressed Asset Funds for NPA resolution
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 7 (ANI):Apex industry body ASSOCHAM suggested the creation of a Stressed Assets Fund (SAF) with active participation of the cash rich public sector firms to turn non-performing assets (NPAs) into performing assets.
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Employment generated under PMEGP fell 9.5 pct YoY in FY16, says analysis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): The number of employment opportunities generated under the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) fell from over 3.5 lakh in 2014-15 to 3.2 lakh in 2015-16 thereby registering year-on-year decline of over 9.5 per cent, noted an analysis
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ASSOCHAM urges enhancing proficiency of India's human resources
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 30 (ANI): In the wake of the ongoing challenges faced by the Indian IT and other sector from protectionism in the United States and Artificial Intelligence (AI), an ASSOCHAM-PwC study revealed that the solution to this lies in facing the issue upfront and skilling up
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Need to urgently create ecosystem to make new IPR Policy successful, says
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 27 (ANI): Though the government has come out with a National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy to promote a robust intellectual property (IP) environment across India, we need an ecosystem to take a good idea to a logical end even before it is commercialised, U
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Visa curbs, rising rupee worsens layoffs in IT: ASSOCHAM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 19 (ANI): With the US tightening the norms for H-1B visas under the President Donald Trump's 'Buy American, Hire American' campaign, the Indian IT companies are bound to face disruptions by way of higher costs and even some laying off work force back hom
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IMD's forecast of 'normal monsoon' is a relief: ASSOCHAM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 18 (ANI): After speculations of an uneven monsoon were clarified by the Indian Meteorology Department (IMD) earlier today, apex industry body ASSOCHAM revealed that the announcement comes as a 'relief'.
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E-commerce term may be misinterpreted in GST; fear commodity exchanges may
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April. 16 (ANI): The scope of the e-commerce definition as given in the Goods and Services dispensation has been left so wide that it could go well beyond Amazon or Flipkart marketplace platforms and may even cover the commodity exchanges, the ASSOCHAM has said, seeking a
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Sale of ACs, power back-up devices on the rise : ASSOCHAM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 15 (ANI): Owing to the onset of an early summer this year, the sale of Air conditioner (ACs), inverters, generators and air coolers shot up, with an estimated 35 to 45 percent increase in demand as compared to last year, an ASSOCHAM survey revealed.
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826 housing projects running behind schedule: ASSOCHAM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 9 (ANI): A study conducted by ASSOCHAM revealed that as many as 826 housing projects are running behind schedule by an average of 39 months.
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Cautious RBI puts growth low on priority: ASSOCHAM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 6 (ANI): According to ASSOCHAM, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been cautious in its approach, even as faced with a big challenge of managing excess liquidity following demonetisation. The RBI has rightly decided to not go over-board and resorted to much feared me
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Decision on imposing import duty on wheat under final stages of considerat
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 22 (ANI): The decision on whether or not to impose import duty on wheat is under final stages of consideration of the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, a top official said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi today.
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