Assocham

New Delhi, Sep 28: Dented by a general slowdown in consumer demand and a weak global growth outlook, India Inc expects to get a "booster dosage" of nearly 50 basis points worth of cut in key lending rates in the upcoming monetary policy…

Bhubaneswar, Aug 22: India needs a skilled workforce. In order to have skill development a symposium titled 'Skilling India-Empowering Indian Youth through World Class Education' was organised  on Friday by ASSOCHAM, India and FORE School…

Global e-commerce sales made through mobile devices are expected to cross $638 billion by 2018, says a joint study by ASSOCHAM and Deloitte. At present, the availability of e-commerce applications on various mobility devices is helping to…

New Delhi, May 24 (IANS): On the eve of the Narendra Modi government completing one year in office, industry body Assocham said on Sunday that it expects further reform initiatives in the next two quarters along with more attention to the…

New Delhi, May 17 (IANS): The Assocham on Sunday awarded Narendra Modi government 7 out of 10 for its first year's performance, saying it still needed to cover some ground on tax issues and a lot more remained to be done on improving ease…

Karnataka has ranked top in tractor sales across the country, with 18 percent compounded average growth rate (CAGR) for eight years from 2004-05 to 2011-12, a study by an apex trade body said Tuesday. "Karnataka is the only state to have…

Finance Minister on Friday met key industry representatives for their inputs on modifying the norms and the forms for filing returns but gave no assurances on when the exercise will be completed. During his visit to the US last week, the…

Industry chamber Assocham said on Sunday that it has written to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to reconsider the draft merger order of the National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) with its parent firm Financial Technologies (India) Ltd (FTIL) in…

Hike in personal income tax exemption limit to Rs.3 lakh, deduction for housing loans up to Rs.5 lakh and upward revision in the medical reimbursement allowance are among the main expectations of salaried individuals from the budget…