Govt meets diplomats, pitches for business in Bengal
The West Bengal government in partnership with FICCI, hosted a diplomats' roundtable today in New Delhi as a prelude to the Bengal Global Business Summit 2025 (BGBS).
The West Bengal government in partnership with FICCI, hosted a diplomats' roundtable today in New Delhi as a prelude to the Bengal Global Business Summit 2025 (BGBS).
India must address the shortage of qualified professionals in the healthcare sector to boost universal health coverage (UHC) in the country, said a report on Tuesday.
As India doubles down on local manufacturing of end-to-end electronics products and more, there lies a massive $15 billion opportunity for Taiwanese companies across sectors like printed circuit boards (PCBs), electronic components and electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, according to a new report.
The meet was in the run-up to India Chem 2024, the 13th Biennial International Exhibition and Conference on Chemicals and Petrochemicals.
The Revenue Secretary further stated that the efforts of the government will continue to provide a hassle-free, simple, and collaborative approach towards the implementation of taxes.
FICCI is organising the 13th Global Skills Summit 2022 on Sep 27-28. This year the summit would focus on "Education to Employability -- Making It Happen."
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that future of financing in India is going to be governed through digitisation, noting that in July 2022 alone, 6.2 billion transactions worth Rs 10.6 trillion were conducted.
Industry body FICCI while welcoming the National Logistics Policy launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that it has the potential to significantly reduce costs and improve industry competitiveness in consonance with the Gati Shakti programme.
R G Agarwal, Chair, FICCI Committee on Crop Protection and Chairman, Dhanuka Group, said high Goods and Service Tax on crop protection chemicals especially hurts small and marginal farmers by increasing their input cost and prompting them to use these essential ingredients in sub-optimal quantities to the detriment of farm output and their own financial health.
This assessment is also reflective in order books as 55% of the respondents in Q-1 (April-June 2022-23) are expecting higher number of orders, the survey noted.
