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Code on Wages Bill

The Union Cabinet of India has approved the Code on Wages Bill. This bill will subsume existing laws and make the code easier for doing business by various...

July 4, 2019

ESI Rate Cut

The government has reduced the rate of contribution for medical care under the ESI (Employees State Insurance) Act to 4% from 6.5%. How does ESI work? The medical...

June 19, 2019

Global Economic Prospects 2019

The Global Economic Prospects 2019 released by the World Bank makes the following observations: Global real GDP growth forecast has been reduced to 2.6% for 2019. The estimate...

June 5, 2019

SEBI Proposes Changes to FPI rules

The HR Khan committee constituted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed wide-ranging changes to the foreign portfolio investment (FPI) regime. The changes proposed...

May 25, 2019

Govt relaxes norms for Start-ups

The government has relaxed the norms under the definition of Start-Ups. The changes brought in are: The investment limit of angel investors to seek exemption under the Income...

February 20, 2019

How JNPT surged into top 30 of Lloyds Report?

India’s premier container port Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has become India’s only port to get listed among the top 30 global container ports in Top 100 Container Ports report. JNPT...

January 23, 2019

Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 9th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Summit. On the occasion, the Prime Minister also set the target for breaching into top 50 rankings of the ease...

January 19, 2019

Government promulgates Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019

The government has re-promulgated the Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 to amend the Companies Act 2013. Even though the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2018 for this effect was passed in...

January 14, 2019

Digital Initiatives for to promote the Ease of Doing Business of MSMEs

In the World Bank’s Doing Business (DB) rankings for 2019, India has climbed 23 spots to rank 77th globally. India has witnessed a substantial jump in the rankings...

January 8, 2019

Asia Competitiveness Institute releases Ease of Doing Business Rankings for Indian states

The Asia competitiveness institute (ACI) has released the Ease of Doing Business Rankings for Indian states. Rankings of Indian States Andhra Pradesh has topped the Ease of Doing...

January 5, 2019

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