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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicAssocham

Topic: Assocham

Need to revive demand, slash GST rates by 50% for all sectors, says Assocham chief

In an interview with ThePrint, Assocham president Niranjan Hiranandani says RBI should also look at a one-time loan restructuring to prevent a banking system collapse.

‘Economy has capacity to reverse slowdown’ — PM Modi wants corporates to ‘invest boldly’

Speaking at an Assocham event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Rs 100 lakh crore will be spent on building infrastructure & another Rs 25 lakh crore on rural economy.

Trying new cuisines, that’s what’s driving more and more Indians to travel abroad: Report

A report by ASSOCHAM says, 2.19 crore Indians travelled abroad in 2016, a rise of nearly 400 per cent since 2000.

On Camera

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan don’t owe us their political opinion

The expectation that every Indian celebrity must behave like Meryl Streep or Leonardo DiCaprio is misplaced. This is not Hollywood.

Use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible—Govt amid supply crunch & shipping delays 

With vessels stranded at Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, Centre ramps up production, cracks down on hoarding, and urges households to use alternative.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.