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Govt-appointed panel to meet on modalities of open network for e-commerce

The discussions and meetings will begin soon to allocate work to various agencies that will be involved in developing the platform, said an official in the know

Time has come for fiscal stimulus to support the economy: Uday Kotak

We are working with the government and vaccine manufacturers to increase the vaccine available for Indian business and industries, said Uday Kotak

Tough audit rules

RBI must consider the concerns of financial services players

Covid-19: Introduce 'work from home' to break the chain, says CII chief

Several companies have already announced WFH even as several key cities like Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore go through a massive healthcare crisis due to lack of oxygen, doctors and medicines

Apply strict safety norms, not lockdown as Covid-19 cases rise: CEOs' poll

Partial lockdown measures may impact movement of labour & goods, they say

CII asks Haryana to relook its Bill on 75% jobs for locals in pvt sector

Says at a time when it is important to attract investments at the state level, Haryana govt could have avoided imposing curbs on industry

CII says farmers' blockade likely to impact India's economic recovery

In a statement, the apex industry body said around two-thirds of consignments in transit are taking 50 percent extra time to reach destination in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi-NCR

Amazon, CII partner to bring e-commerce to small enterprises in 10 states

Amazon.in and CII will work closely with the Ministry of MSME to enable lakhs of MSMEs across these states to leverage technology to reach customers in India and globally

CII launches plan to nurture new businesses, to work with DPIIT on strategy

Will provide policy inputs, identify new growth segments and set up international partnerships; wants govt to invite other nations to participate

Industry wants open and facilitative import environment to boost exports

The CII asks for policies to increase the country's share in the global merchandise trade by 2025 to 5 per cent from 1.7 per cent and in services export to 7 per cent from 3.5 per ent.

CII calls for early FTP to raise India's global export share to 5% by 2025

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has also outlined a 10-point agenda for increasing India's exports of goods and services in line with the prime minister's vision of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat

Recovery signs are visible, remove uncertainties over mini lockdowns: CII

Industry body wants containment zones limited to micro areas for seamless functioning of supply chains across state and district boundaries

High wastage keeps food companies from ploughing export benefits

The second of a 5-part series looks at the challenges in food export business

RBI draft governance code undermines bank chief executive officers: IBA

Says move to make board executive in nature will not fly; some independent directors expected to move on

Covid-19 impact: 50% pay cut at Bajaj Auto's Waluj plant in Aurangabad

The unit, which employs close to 8,000 including contract and permanent employees, accounts for half the company's total production in India.

Govt should keep 51% ownership for solidity in PSBs: YES Bank's Sunil Mehta

YES Bank Chairman Sunil Mehta spoke to Abhijit Lele and Pavan Lall about resetting the bank's strategy and corporate governance in banking, and what banks were to do to recover money.

Beyond alliteration: The PM's knack for wordplay, and economic realities

Anyone can string together alliterative words, but are they a substitute for serious thought and coherent action? Real economics involves choices, or every day would be Christmas, writes T N Ninan

Monetising fiscal deficit via secondary OMOs right way: Uday Kotak

If we keep subsidising or protecting businesses that are not able to compete, we have an issue. I would expect the market to be able to sort things out, says Uday Kotak

Covid-19: Experts seek income support, cash transfer for those affected

NIPFP's Rathin Roy said that providing income support and preventing wealth disruptions is a necessary requirement in the current situation.

Covid-19 crisis: PM Modi says growth will return, more reforms in the works

He said the pandemic might have applied the brakes on the speed of the economic growth, but the country had left behind the phase of lockdown and entered the first phase of unlocking.