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India To Witness Labour Reforms In 2025 In A Big Way
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The year 2024 saw the Union Government of India meticulously preparing the ground for proposed labour reforms, including the four controversial labour codes, and Employment Linked Incentive (ELI), though could not roll them out because of a range of issues, including hesitant attitude of India...
Politics Of Tariffs, Mass Deportation, Megalomania In New Year
By Matein Khalid Two tragic plane crashes in Azerbaijan/South Korea and now terrorist outrages in Las Vegas and New Orleans take the joy out of New Year’s Day but all we can hope that the world will be reinvented with a modicum of rationality when Donald Trump swears the...
Draft DPDP Rules Tightens Grip Government On Data Handling
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday released the draft rules under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, introducing specific provisions governing cross-border data flow, parental consent for processing children’s data, and new obligations for data fiduciaries. These rules, open for public consultation until February 18, mark a pivotal...
Centre Pushes Transfer To States To Meet Capital Expenditure Goals
NEW DELHI: Capital expenditure (capex) in the country in November declined 9 per cent over the previous month amid expectations that it would intensify in the second half this financial year. The data released by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), however, shows a positive trend in the transfer...
Rural Poverty Ratio Fell Below 5% In Fy24 For The First Time: SBI Research
NEW DELHI: Poverty declined faster in rural areas during FY24 as the poverty ratio dipped below 5 per cent for the first time to 4.86 per cent from 7.2 per cent in FY23, according to a study by SBI Research released on Friday. In comparison, the poverty ratio in...
Banks Post Strong Growth In Advances, Deposits In Q3
MUMBAI: Starting the new year on a positive note, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Yes Bank, and IDFC First Bank reported strong growth in advances and deposits in Q3. The growth in the December quarter was driven by festival-led demand, provisional business updates released by the banks on...
Social Security Net For Gig Workers By Early Next Fiscal
NEW DELHI: The government is likely to introduce a framework to provide social security coverage to gig and platform workers in the next four to five months, official sources said. The plan to roll out the benefits for the fast-growing labour segment by early next fiscal is despite the...
ICAI Seeks Tax Benefits To Promote Climate Change Mitigation Strategies
NEW DELHI: Chartered accountants’ apex body ICAI has sought tax benefits for promoting climate change mitigation strategies and a separate section for income from shares and securities in the income tax returns form. Besides, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has sought a special tax regime for...
EV Firms Agree To End Subsidy After Existing Subsidy Regime Ends: Goyal
NEW DELHI: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said the electric vehicle (EV) companies present in the meeting have unanimously agreed that they would no longer need subsidies once the existing subsidy regime ends. Stakeholders from the EV sector held deliberations with the minister here on issues...
EPFO Rolls Out Centralised Pension System In All Regional Offices
NEW DELHI: Retirement fund body EPFO has completed the Centralized Pension Payments System (CPPS) rollout in all its regional offices across the country that will benefit over 68 lakh pensioners, the labour ministry said on Friday. The CPPS is a paradigm shift from the existing pension disbursement system that...
Premium Devices Demand To Push India Smartphone Market To Over USD 50 Billion In 2025: Counterpoint Technology Market Research
NEW DELHI: Rising demand for premium devices, led by Apple and Samsung, is expected to increase India’s smartphone market size to over USD 50 billion (about Rs 4,28,900 crore) this year, market research firm Counterpoint Technology Market Research said on Friday. The Indian smartphone market size was estimated at...
Gold Prices Almost Flat At Rs 79,700 Per 10 Grams, Silver Slips Rs 230
NEW DELHI: Gold prices traded almost flat at Rs 79,700 per 10 grams in the national capital on Friday, according to the All India Sarafa Association. The precious metal closed at Rs 79,720 per 10 grams on Thursday. Silver slipped Rs 230 to Rs 90,400 per kg on Friday....
Vietnam Emerging As The Best Performing Economy In South East Asia
By Nitya Chakraborty from Hanoi Vietnam, the Communist nation with nearly 10 crore population is presently the focus of the big investors of the world including the USA as the nation’s leadership has made a miracle in building a highly skilled youth brigade along with the creation of an...
Agricultural Marketing In India Once Again Is In The Eye Of The Storm
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Farmers have already been protesting against the Centre demanding legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) for their crops and also implementation of Swaminathan formula C2+50 per cent for calculating MSP so that they could gent remunerative price for their produce, where C2 is the...
PM Narendra Modi Has To Deal More With Hard Core Hindutva In 2025
By Sushil Kutty 2024 was a happening year. Happenstance, 2025 also will be. There was a new government at the Centre in 2024 — with the same old Prime Minister and a brand new Leader of the Opposition! In year 2025, there will be a new government in Delhi...
Centre Must Allocate Higher Funds In Budget For Healthcare And Education
By Dr Arun Mitra At the time of Indian independence in 1947 with GDP at 2.7 lakh crore that is 3% of the world’s total GDP, it was a big challenge and horrendous task to meet aspirations of all sections of the society particularly the marginalized ones. Since the...
Nitish Kumar Sending Ominous Signals To BJP Before Bihar Assembly Polls
By Rahil Nora Chopra With the Bihar Assembly elections scheduled to be held in October-November 2025, the BJP has commenced playing Kaun Banega CM with its ally in Bihar, the JD(U) First it was Union Home Minister Amit Shah dispelled speculations that the BJP might push for a Maharashtra-like...
From Indigenous Warships To Maritime Security, Indian Navy Has Moved Ahead
By Aritra Banerjee India is witnessing a transformative era in its naval history. On January 15, 2025, the Indian Navy will achieve a historic milestone by commissioning three advanced combat platforms—Nilgiri, Surat, and Vagsheer—on the same day. These platforms signify technological advancement and mark a crucial step in India’s...
