Daikin Industries is one the biggest air-conditioner producers of the world. In India, it is coming up as a fast-growing air-conditioner producer. Kuldeepak Virmani, Director and Senior Vice President, Operations (North and East), Daikin Industries, India spoke to BE’s Kishore Kumar Biswas. ...
The Union Budget 2022-23 is being challenged by many observers and experts for somewhat neglecting the agricultural sector. This is because the FM did not address many key areas of the agricultural sector which were expected to be addressed. The Budget had no special announcement on MSP. On th...
The Indian MSME sector has been slowing down for about half a decade. Indicators pertaining to employment and output of this sector have recorded downhill movement. The stress has been very severe, particularly, after the Covid-19 pandemic set in. The Indian government has taken several steps to rev...
The Union Budget for 2022-23 has reportedly disappointed many health experts and observers. The two main areas that received extra attention in the Budget have been tele-mental health centres and the National Digital Health Ecosystem (NDHE). The NDHE is expected to digitise health records and create...
More than 15 industrial associations of MSME units staged a protest in Tamil Nadu January 17, 2022. This protest has attracted the attention of many observers in India. The main demand of the protestors was adequate government attention to help the MSME sector which has been working under severe str...
Iron ore prices and its supply hindrances, competitive selling prices, volatility of the prices, rising input cost, dumping of cheaper steel products, etc. are all matters of concern for the steel industry in India. But the rising concern of the industry has been the issue of environment pollu...
Recently, ASSOCHAM and rating agency ICRA released a joint report titled, ‘The Tea Industry at the Cross Roads’ in Kolkata. In the report, many important issues like strengths and challenges of the tea industry India, particularly north Indian tea, have been discussed. The main issues that the i...
IntroductionThe most important point to note is that a developing country like India may have to consume electric power by higher amount. This is because without consuming more power material condition of the common people can not be uplifted. At the same time the cost of power should not be so high...
The most important discussion among economists and observers is now regarding the possibility of the Indian economy reaching the pre-Covid level of GDP by end of FY 2021-22. But another equally intriguing question is whether the Indian economy is moving towards stagflation. What is stagflation? Stag...
The tea industry in India has revived to a large extent after the Covid-19 shock. But in spite of various efforts, the projected amount of production of tea as well as its export will not be achievable this year according to Raj Bansal, President, Tea Association of India.Bansal said this during his...