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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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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.

Modi says govt working to decriminalise provisions under Companies Act

Modi announcement comes at a time the Indian economy is dealing with a slump and the govt is looking to attract more foreign investments.

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.

PM Modi to chair meeting with top industrialists on ‘ease of doing business’

Modi will brainstorm on measures which can help India be a part of the top 50 in the World Bank’s ease of doing business index.

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Nuclear power is cleaner, more reliable than solar energy. India must ease regulations

Besides engineering, there have been significant developments in the regulatory framework for nuclear energy, with countries building standards and safeguards to avert future disasters.

Resurgence in India’s air cargo expected to continue as Red Sea crisis crosses one-year mark

After negative growth in 2022-23, air cargo volumes grew 18% year-on-year from October 2023 to March 2024 and 20% year-on-year from April 2024 to August 2024.

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.