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Textile ministry preparing plan to promote handicrafts, tribal communities
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 23 (ANI): The government through convergence of various ministries is working on a plan to promote tribal, handicrafts community and fill the various gaps, Union Textile Minister, Smriti Irani said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi today.
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Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand welcomes businesses to integrate their operation
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.22 (ANI): Chief Ministers of Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand have said they will welcome businesses to leverage the strategic location from where they can implement growth strategies and manage and integrate their business operations for the region and beyond at an ASSOC
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Assure that GST will be applicable from April 1 across India, says Arjun R
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 22 (ANI): The union government is abiding by the target date for implementing the goods and services tax (GST) to ensure that it is applicable from April 1, 2017 across India, Minister of State for Finance, Arjun Ram Meghwal said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi
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Mergers no quick fix for public sector banks; they need autonomy, says ASS
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 21 (ANI): Asserting there are no quick fixes for grave problems facing the public sector banks, mainly centered around close to Rs. five lakh crore non-performing assets, ASSOCHAM President Sunil Kanoria today said a paper brought out by the chamber clearly suggests me
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Cauvery Water Management Board ideal for dispute resolution, says Central
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 21 (ANI): Setting up a Cauvery Water Management Board (CWMB) is the most ideal solution to settle the on-going Cauvery water conflict as per the directions of the Supreme Court, chairman of the Central Water Commission (CWC), G.S. Jha said at an ASSOCHAM event held in
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Indian electronics products to touch USD 75 bn by 2017, says ASSOCHAM-EY s
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 19 (ANI): The Indian electronic products industry in India is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.1 percent to reach USD 75 billion by 2017 from USD 61.8 billion in 2015 with increasing penetration across consumer products especially in semi-urban and rural markets, along
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Loss in exports lead to job losses, says ASSOCHAM study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 18 (ANI): Sharp drop in merchandise exports mainly contributed to a loss of 70,000 jobs during the second quarter of 2015 reinforcing a crucial point that the employment generation has to be led by the domestic demand in the wake of subdued global demand, an ASSOCHAM s
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Six new players likely to enter reinsurance market in India by January 201
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 17 (ANI): Up to six new players in the reinsurance market are likely to enter India by January 2017, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA) chief TS Vijayan, said at an ASSOCHAM event.
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WPI is in line with industry expectations, says ASSOCHAM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 14 (ANI): Apex industry body ASSOCHAM today said that rise in Wholesale Price Index (WPI) is in line with industry's expectation as it got some upward movements through expected increase in industrial output for the month of August 2016 over August 2015 but sluggi
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Bengaluru image among Fortune 500 firms sullied by Cauvery related agitati
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 13 (ANI): With widespread damage to the vital urban infrastructure, interruption in the transport including, roads, rail and air and inability of the workforce to safely move to and from offices and factories, Karnataka, particularly Bengaluru city, is estimated to hav
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India needs to work apace on climate change obligations; G-20 relief tempo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 12 (ANI): India may have succeeded in getting the December 2016 deadline for ratification of Paris Agreement on Climate Change put away at the recently concluded G 20 Summit, New Delhi would have to reduce dependence on coal fired electricity and work on climate friend
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We have not been able to make CCI very effective, says Suresh Chandra
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 9 (ANI): The government has not been able to make the Competition Commission of India (CCI) very effective, Union Law Secretary, Suresh Chandra said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi today.
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