Arun Jaitley promises more reforms, privatisation of sick PSUs
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Wednesday promised reforms in labour, land acquisition and insurance laws and expressed readiness to look at privatisation of some loss-making public sector companies.
Nov 05, 2014, 17:34 PM IST
Economic reforms will be a long journey: Arun Jaitley
Speaking to an audience of foreign investors, Jaitley said people still needed to be convinced that making it easier to hire and fire workers would create jobs.
Nov 05, 2014, 15:44 PM IST
Jaitley promises corruption free, fair business environment
Committing to more reforms and eliminating corruption, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said steps taken by the new government were aimed at creating fair and transparent business environment and ending crony capitalism.
Nov 05, 2014, 13:06 PM IST
Govt open to privatisation of loss-making firms: Jaitley
Jaitley also said the government will soon unveil reforms for other natural resources sectors along the lines of coal block auctions.
Nov 05, 2014, 11:49 AM IST
Business leaders raise bar of expectations from Modi govt
Business leaders, including Mahindra Group chief Anand Mahindra and Chairman of Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation Yorihiko Kojima, on Wednesday raised the bar of expectations from the Narendra Modi-led government on reforms to boost India's economic growth.
Nov 05, 2014, 11:46 AM IST
WEF India Summit: Retrospective tax bad idea; open to privatisation of sick PSUs, says Jaitley
Asserting satisfaction with government's performance so far, Jaitley said that there are bound to be certain obstructions and hurdles but one need not be bothered much about those.
Nov 05, 2014, 11:25 AM IST
WEF summit begins today; Jaitley, Gadkari among participants
Policy makers and industry leaders will deliberate on issues of growth and competitiveness at the World Economic Forum's India summit that begins Tuesday.
Nov 04, 2014, 09:09 AM IST
WEF summit begins Tuesday; Jaitley, Gadkari among participants
Policy makers, including Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, and industry leaders will deliberate on issues of growth and competitiveness at the World Economic Forum's (WEF) India summit that begins Tuesday.
Nov 03, 2014, 17:06 PM IST
India Economic Summit to kick-start from tomorrow
India Economic Summit is co-hosted by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the World Economic Forum.
Nov 03, 2014, 14:30 PM IST
WEF meet in January to address new global context
The 45th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum will take place from January 21-24 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, with 'The New Global Context' as its theme.
Oct 03, 2014, 17:52 PM IST
India slips to 71st rank in global competitiveness list
Weighed down by challenging economic conditions for most part of the past year, India has slipped to 71st position -- the lowest among BRICS countries -- in an annual global competitiveness list, where Switzerland remains on top.
Sep 03, 2014, 18:23 PM IST
India among worst-ranked countries on tax and inflation
India is among the worst- ranked countries when it comes to taxation and inflation burden on economy, as also in terms of the negative impact of crime, terrorism and health hazards on business environment, a WEF report said on Wednesday.
Sep 03, 2014, 16:27 PM IST
Swiss economy most competitive once again; EU, U.S., Japan improve
The European Union is becoming more competitive but Switzerland, Singapore and the United States are the three economies to beat, an annual survey by the World Economic Forum said on Wednesday.
Sep 03, 2014, 05:52 AM IST
World Economic Forum elects four new foundation board members
The Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum Thursday said it has elected four new members -- MIT's Susan Hockfield, Alcoa's Klaus Kleinfeld, Jack Ma of Alibaba Group and Jim Hagemann Snabe, who is board member in a host of German firms.
Aug 21, 2014, 19:39 PM IST
