New Delhi: Swiss Military Consumer Goods, a global lifestyle and utility accessories brand, is sharpening its focus for a major expansion push across product lines, geographies, and ‘Make in India‘ initiative, a company’s top official said. Seeing a consistent annual growth rate of 22% over the last few years, the company now has its eyes…
Demand elasticity of Indian products in US market would determine the cushion Indian industry has. By Sagar Shah and Ruchi BhatThe ‘liberation’ journey that started in Mr. Donald Trump’s first stint with China trade war continued as major campaign focus for second one. So the World anticipated reciprocal tariff changes in Trump 2.0 version. 2nd…
PM Modi (left) and Mallikarjun Kharge. (Agencies) NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge criticized the Modi government on Saturday over the ‘Make in India‘ scheme, saying that the BJP’s promise to make India a global manufacturing hub has not been fulfilled. In a post on X, he said, “Modi government’s ‘Make in India’ is a…
Delhi: “It is important to create long-term brand loyalty, not just offer-driven loyalty,” said Sankar Chatterjee, CEO, Decathlon India, at The Economic Times Great India Retail Summit held in Mumbai on February 20 and 21. In a fireside chat titled The Attention Economy: Winning the Battle for the Indian Consumer’s Mindshare, Chatterjee emphasized that genuine…
NEW DELHI: Modi government has given priority to industry and trade as it realises business plays a key role in achieving the goal of India becoming a developed nation by 2047, said labour and employment minister Mansukh Mandaviya. The taxes they pay are used for funding welfare policies that benefit everyone, especially the poor, he…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said in LS Monday that foreign minister S Jaishankar went to Washington to lobby for an invite for PM Modi for the US president’s inauguration, a remark that drew protests from the treasury benches and was swiftly refuted by Jaishankar.“We will not send him (FM) three or four times,…
NEW DELHI: Most of the tax proposals in the Budget are based on the precepts of good governance, which is evident in areas, such as ease of doing business, ease of compliance, technology and trust, a top official said on Monday.Finance and revenue secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey told a gathering of business leaders that Budget…
Rahul Gandhi gives speech in Parliament NEW DELHI: Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi criticized the government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative on Monday, claiming its failure has allowed China to establish a presence within Indian territory. Speaking during the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address in the ongoing…
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, carrying a red pouch containing budget documents, poses for a photograph with colleagues as she arrives to present the federal budget in the Parliament in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (AP Photo) Union Budget 2025 proposes the removal of import duties on several key mobile phone components. Finance…
Representative image Budget Expectations 2025: Last year, reduction in import duty singlehandedly improved the market’s strength and demand for precious metals and fine jewellery. With prices becoming more affordable, demand for jewellery rose in the current fiscal year. Encouraging and empowering the industry further with initiatives such as SGB (sovereign gold bond), gold ETF, GMS…
