-The New Indian Express There were also reports that the auto sector has seen 3 lakh crore jobs being lost. NEW DELHI: TAKING notice of daily reports on job losses, the Union Finance Ministry has asked business chambers and industries to produce the exact number of job cuts to derive the correct picture of the economy. It has asked the industries to abstain from causing panic. “There are a number of reports that...
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India Inc looks to govt for stimulus, but fiscal space limited as revenue falters -Aanchal Magazine, Pranav Mukul & Anil Sasi
-The Indian Express The emerging consensus within India Inc. on the need for a government-led stimulus notwithstanding, the Centre has limited fiscal space given the lower tax collections. The Budget was a missed opportunity in terms of signalling reforms New Delhi: India Inc’s clamour for a stimulus to restart the investment cycle points to a near unanimous view within the industry — that government has to do the heavy lifting first...
More »The Modi government is facing a serious cash crunch -- thanks to GST -Shoaib Daniyal
-Scroll.in More than a tenth of GDP is provided by government expenditure. This is (more) bad news for the Indian economy. In 1773, the British Parliament passed the Regulating Act, appointing a governor general to oversee all of British India. This law marked the beginnings of the Central government of the British Raj, the single most significant institution to shape the Indian subcontinent for the next two centuries. It continues till today...
More »How Consultative Has India's RCEP Strategy Really Been? -Albertina Almeida
-TheWire.in There is little doubt that the smaller stakeholders and businesses within India's informal economy have the most to lose, and yet their voices are not being heard. “Concluding RCEP [Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership] this year is the region’s ‘collective interest and highest priority’”, trade ministers of the proposed pact are reported to have announced after their meeting in China in early August 2019. India was interestingly not represented by trade minister Piyush...
More »Private sector salaries logged slowest growth in a decade -Vineet Sachdev
-Hindustan Times It is also the first time in seven years that the share of salaries in sales revenue has come down. Hit by decelerating sales growth, Indian companies are tightening spending on their wage bills. Private sector salaries recorded their worst growth in 10 years in fiscal year 2018-19. It was also the first time in seven years that the share of salaries in sales revenue came down. These results are...
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