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IBC set to resume; relief for key worst-affected sectors on the cards

Top officials to meet this week to discuss the matter

India Inc's profit contribution to GDP likely to jump three times

The Centre's move in 2019 to cut base corporate tax from 30 per cent to 22 per cent, too, will lead to an improvement in the profit-to-GDP ratio

Industry must live up to expectations: India Inc after PM's remarks

India Inc on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's acknowledgement of the private sector's role in India's growth and enhancing the country's prestige globally is a much-needed shot in the arm

The public sector has failed but private sector is hardly an inspiration

Though private sector now creates more jobs than public sector, the scale of operations of even the giants in Indian biz has not been big enough to alter employment dynamics the way China has managed

Would industry still hail a budget without tax sops if cost of money rises?

Higher interest rates will clip investment plans of companies and could bad news for FM Nirmala Sitharaman who feels she has kept her part of the deal in Budget FY22 by not raising taxes

Corporate air travel takes wing on economic revival, low Covid-19 cases

Online travel portals and airlines say the demand from companies is being led by essential services sectors like pharmaceutical, oil and gas, and power

Budget Byte: Healthy corporate profits may help improve govt spending

Rising corporate profits and relatively unaffected salaries may help continue this trend giving a positive impetus to government spending

Eco Survey reaffirms worst behind; but govt support needed: Industry

The Economic Survey reaffirms that the worst is behind us and the economy would bounce back with a V-shaped recovery, India Inc said

Best of BS Opinion: Budget with a long-term view, corporate earnings & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Turnaround time

Early trends in corporate earnings hold out hope

Tax sops over subsidies: Why PLI scheme doesn't enthuse India Inc

Local sourcing of components and state monitoring keep firms away from production-linked incentives

IT sector biggest contributor to India Inc dividend pool in the past decade

The average payout by the 186 companies in the past decade had been 41% and annualised returns for their stocks had been 8%.

India Inc on recovery path; 53% firms to raise headcount in 2021: Report

India's hiring activities declined last year due to the coronavirus pandemic

Time to take stock of our personal reserves, meaning of our work: K M Birla

We will look back at the year not so much for the memories it helped us create, as for the new tangents and angles it forced on the arc of our recent history

Covid-19 impact: Companies bolster risk handling after a year of bouncers

Companies are focusing more on preparing for unexpected surprises after the shifts in 2020

India Inc's big boys: Share of large borrowers on banks' books decline

However, large advances in the SMA-0 (special mention accounts) category registered a quantum jump (155.6 per cent) over the previous quarter and 245.6 per cent over March 2020 levels

India Inc gets back to office cautiously, even as many MNCs remain shut

Many are testing hybrid models to ensure safety and hygiene; seat-booking module introduced in some companies

BSE-listed companies' m-cap zooms to record Rs 193.18 trillion

The market capitalisation of all BSE-listed companies zoomed to a fresh lifetime high of over Rs 193.18 trillion on Thursday

Indian businesses aim to tap consumers directly in 2021: Report

The focus for digital platforms in India will be on selling directly to the consumers in 2021, a new report said

India Inc has always played a role in agriculture, albeit a limited one

Innumerable committees have recommended reforming the regulated markets much before 2003, when the first model APMC Act was framed to do precisely that in the country