The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
Sometimes major events completely disconnected may be data points for the plans of the different powers around the world. The challenge is to discern what purpose they serve? More critically, what are we moving towards?
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India Inc is hiring in 2013. The confidence index seems to be stable as of now. Although it has slipped 4 points since October, but the Regus global business confidence index for India is currently at 137 points for April. In a survey by workplace solutions provider Regus which spanned more than 26,000 businesses in nearly 100 nations – including India – gave an insight into the hiring patterns of the global companies.
“…94 per cent of Indian businesses are planning to increase or maintain headcount in 2013,” the survey noted. Globally, 85 per cent of businesses surveyed are planning to increase or maintain their headcount in 2013.
The robust hiring intentions of Indian employers could be attributed to higher revenue and increased profit reported by the Indian companies in the past one year.
The survey noted that nearly 39 per cent of businesses plan to increase headcount by more than 5 per cent. Interestingly, 67 per cent of respondent are planning to recruit employees in sales and marketing verticals, and 49 per cent in operational staff.
“….Companies feel it’s the right time to go out there and sell. These results suggest that sales and marketing professional will be in high demand in the coming months,” Regus vice-president (South Asia) Madhusudan Thakur said.
“Businesses need to consider how to recruit and retain the best in the field, ensuring they can remain competitive in their market,” he added.
The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
This visit of India left me with many questions. Many observations and inputs from different people and sections. Food for thought that I have tried to contemplate on and make sense of. Sharing all that with you.
When you analyze the last 60 years of the economic miracles of Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia versus the continued impoverished Indian economy, you get very interesting lessons. Can Indians have the wherewithal in them to do in one generation so that the coming generations may rise?
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