Tag: IT/ITeS

Is “Make in India, funded by China” the new norm?

If you are a millennial living in the Indian metros, you might be very well accustomed to the following trends: Using Ola for your last ride and paying through OlaMoney; Using Flipkart for buying that mobile on which you installed the Paytm and Snapdeal. What do the companies cited above have in …

E-retail, allied sectors to create 1.45 mn jobs by 2021: Report

India’s e-retail and allied sectors including logistics, warehousing and IT/ITeS are expected to create about 1.45 million direct jobs by 2021, a joint report by Snapdeal and KPMG said. Logistics and warehousing sector is expected to be the largest contributor creating direct employment opportuni…

Enterprise-level IT spawns many efficiencies

A study of 4,500 CRISIL-rated Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) shows that just four per cent of them have deployed business process management systems such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to generate better profitability and inventory management. Most of them limit their operations to bas…

Vodafone Business Services bets big on SME segment

Vodafone Business Services (VBS), Vodafone India’s enterprise arm, unveiled its growth strategy to double its target of the Small and Medium Business segment (SME) in the country, specifically Karnataka. In line with government’s vision of Digital India and Make in India, VBS aims to …

Union budget benefit MSMEs in Gujarat

The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on February 29 announced a string of tax sops for India’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) being built at GIFT City at Gandhinagar. Tax benefits announced by the minister “to facilitate setting up of the IFSC in India…