The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) is a premier national professional body under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, GoI. It has objective of promoting, regulating and developing the profession of company secretaries in India. Devendra Deshpande, President, ICSI spoke to Kishore Kum...
The recent monthly economic report of the Indian finance department has indicated that India is facing near-term challenges in maintaining its fiscal deficit, sustaining economic growth, controlling inflation and containing the current account deficit. The report also points out, “Many countries a...
It should be noted that food price inflation has been a long-drawn-out problem globally. The ongoing war in Europe has intensified the matter. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, prices of many items had reached their all-time high points even before the ...
The ongoing price inflation is a concern not only in India but also for the global economy. The purpose of this article is to concentrate on the inflation occurring in the Indian economy with focus discussion on its impact on rural and agricultural workers. The meaning of inflation is not high price...
Surprisingly, a few days ago while this reporter was preparing for an article on the status of start-ups in India, a junior friend called him. The caller was a successful electronic media journalist. The purpose of his call was to inform that he had left journalism during the pandemic period due to ...
An article published this year on International Women’s Day, that is, on March 8, 2022, pointed out that despite India’s rich entrepreneurship ecosystem, there was only a single woman CEO among the 80 unicorns present at that time in India. Unicorn represents a privately held start-up comp...
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...
