Many women entrepreneurs believe in giving back to society. Some of them do so by being green crusaders and take up environmental causes. Tamanna Sharma, Founder and Director of Earthling First (OPC) Private Limited, a start-up that works for green and sustainable events spoke to BE’s An...
Salebhai.com is an e-commerce marketplace that enables consumers to order a range of specialities directly from their hometowns and discover regional specialities from across India. Purba Kalita, the co-founder of Salebhai, manages the business development team, helping them sift through various pro...
Pragati, the ladies wing of Bengal National Chamber of Commerce & Industry held an interactive session on ‘Women’s Challenging Roles in Changing Mindsets’ on March 9, 2018, at the premises of Bengal National Chamber of Commerce & Industry, following the occasion of the International Wo...
Kiran Majumdar- ShawKiran Majumdar-Shaw is the Chairman and Managing Director of the biopharmaceutical company Biocon. She is a pioneering figure in the Indian biotechnology industry. As a global influencer, she is ranked among the ‘World’s 25 Most Influential People in Biopharma’ by Fierce Bi...
The tenth edition of the World Confluence of Humanity, Power, and Spirituality, organised by the Srei Foundation and the Kanoria Foundation, saw the convergence of ideas and principles to practise spiritualism at all levels. The aim was to promote the culture of peace and harmony through spiritualit...
United Bank of India has moved a step ahead towards Digital Banking by Launching “United e-Collect”, A digital Platform for Online Payment / Fee Collection Services. The Digital Product “United e-Collect” is launched by Pawan Bajaj, Managing Director & CEO in presence of Ashok Kumar Prad...
This is the second year that the rail budget has been merged with the Annual Budget of the government of India. This is why the railway sector has lost its prominence as a matter of discussion. Harindra Rao, General Manager, the Eastern Railways, said that matters like introduction of new trains and...
The approach and content of an annual budget of an economy depends on the existing context of both internal and global economic situations. The present global economic situation is being more and more favourable. At present, most of the European economies are doing well, similarly Japan. Considering...
This year’s budget has primarily focused on three key sectors namely agriculture, healthcare and infrastructure. The proposed plan of the government to provide 10 crore poor and under-privileged people with medical treatment coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh is indeed a laudable step.The general e...
The Budget has not focused on job creation. Industry, especially MSMEs, create jobs. Industrial GVA growth declined from 9.8% in 2015-16 to 6.8% in 2016-17 to 2.7% in 2017-18. In the same period, manufacturing GVA has declined from 12.7% to 7.9% to 3.1%. The FM failed the fiscal con...
