-The Hindu Heads of industry do not share the optimism of the government and RBI, shows CII poll of CEOs. Indian industry does not seem to share the government and the Reserve Bank of India’s optimism about this year’s growth prospects, according to a poll of CEOs conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Nearly two-thirds of CEOs of large corporates polled by CII at its national council meeting earlier this month...
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The Poverty of Economic Conservatism -Prabhat Patnaik
-NetworkIdeas.org In terms of economic policy, the Modi government must be perhaps the most conservative in the world. During the entire period of the pandemic when millions of people lost their incomes and livelihood support, most governments around the world provided universal cash transfers to the people, but not the Modi government. True, many other third world countries too did not provide such universal cash transfers, but their hands were tied;...
More »India’s workforce demands fiscal support following the second wave of Covid-19! -Vallari Sanzgiri
-SabrangIndia.in On-ground voices and detailed reports highlight the need for cash transfers to keep vulnerable groups afloat in face of a growing unemployment Many experts and reports analysing the socio-economic impact of Covid-19 have demanded fiscal support for India’s vulnerable and below poverty line (BPL) population amidst the Covid-19 crisis. On June 17, 2021, this notion was reaffirmed when Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) President T. V. Narendran said, “There is an estimated...
More »CII suggestion to Revenue Secy: Focus on consumption, investment
-The Indian Express CII recommended adoption of an expansionary fiscal policy to allow fiscal deficit to increase by around 0.5 per cent to 0.75 per cent of GDP, which will give government additional fiscal space of Rs 1.1 lakh crore to Rs 1.6 lakh crore. In a pre-Budget consultation meeting with Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) shared its pre-Budget Memorandum recommendations, focusing on providing impetus...
More »MSMEs created 1.5 crore jobs a year since 2014: Survey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A survey of 105,347 micro, small and medium enterprises firms (MSME), has shown a growth of 13.9% in net jobs created over the last four years at 3.3% per annum. The survey conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) said the overall job creation works out to 13.5 to 14.9 million per annum given that the total workforce size according to the Labour Bureau is...
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