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GST on healthcare will make medicare unaffordable, says ASSOCHAM-TechSci s
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 25 (ANI): The healthcare sector catering to the unmet health needs of the society should be kept out of the purview of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) or else medical care would become expensive and unaffordable for the common persons, said an ASSOCHAM-TechSci Researc
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Link BPO promotion scheme with direct tax benefit: ASSOCHAM plea to Govt.
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Apex industry body ASSOCHAM has suggested the Union Government to link the India business process outsourcing promotion scheme (IBPS) with direct tax benefit.
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Note ban has negative impact on SMEs; large firms can benefit in long run,
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Demonetisation of high value currency notes would leave quite a negative impact on small and medium enterprises, rural consumption and job creation in the immediate run while the large and well organized sectors of the corporate India stand to benefit in the
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Digital transactions made through UPI, USSD witness exponential growth, sa
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 20 (ANI): The number of digital financial transactions made through Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) mode has grown exponentially by 3,574 percent and 10,603 percent respectively till 18th January 2017, Union Minister
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India will add 160-170 million labour force by 2020: study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): India's labour force will expand by 160-170 million in 2020, depends on various factors which includes population growth rate, labour force participation, education enrolment at higher levels etc, an ASSOCHAM -Thought Arbitrage joint study has pointed ou
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Rise in cyber crime in India: ASSOCHAM-PwC study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 18 (ANI): Cyber security incidents are seeing a rise in India, with a total of 39,730 incidents reported in the first 10 months of 2016, as against 44,679 and 49,455 observed during the years 2014 and 2015 respectively, a recent ASSOCHAM-PwC joint study said on Wednes
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Note scrapping can do little to stop future generation of black money, say
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Demonetisation may wipe out the stock of black money held in cash but can do little about the ill-gotten wealth converted to assets like gold and real estate and the scrapping of high value notes does not prevent the future generation of unaccounted money, sa
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Firming of crude prices in global markets will impact fuel prices in India
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 16 (ANI): Commenting on inflation and its impact on fuel prices, industry chamber ASSOCHAM on Monday said the firming of crude prices in the global markets will impact the fuel prices in India.
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Set-up quotas for women to enhance their decision making role, says MoS An
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Establish quotas to increase women's willingness to compete in competitive mixed-gender environments result in more qualified candidates for competitive positions, said Minister of State Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ms. Anupriya Patel at an ASS
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India needs 80 lakhs Wi-Fi hotspots, says ASSOCHAM-Deloitte study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): India needs over 80 lakhs hotspots as against the availability of about 31,000 hotspots with a view to reach the global level of one Wi-Fi hotspot penetration for every 150 people, according to ASSOCHAM-Deloitte joint study.
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PSBs need equity worth about Rs. two lakh crore by March 2019
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 12 (ANI): The real estate investment trusts (REITs) and infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) can help raise close to Rs. 50,000 crore in the near term given the interest shown by certain players in the infra and real estate space, noted a recent ASSOCHAM-Crisil jo
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India may get caught in cross fire of US-China trade war, says ASSOCHAM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 9 (ANI): In an escalating trade war triggered by the US President elect Donald Trump with Mexico and China, India may find itself in the cross fire with collateral damage to its economy, particularly to sectors such as information technology and select goods exports t
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