Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced details for the total Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package in a press conference on Wednesday. To increase the demand in the country and more take-home salary, the government has decided that EPF contribution for business entities and workers for the next three months will be reduced to 10 percent from the current...
In a freewheeling chat, a handful of industry leaders, who have refused to let COVID-19 dampen their spirits spoke candidly at a virtual round table about their business continuity plans (BCP). Incidentally, this bunch of zealots is working harder than usual to navigate their businesses into safer environments.
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The COVID-19 pandemic exploded the business world, not giving the leaders much time...
PM Modi announces Rs 20 lakh crore reform package, Who is it for? What’s in it for various sections?
While addressing the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday announced a mega Rs 20 lakh crore package to provide relief to the people and help the country fight the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. While Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is to provide...
One thing is pretty clear by now. The world will never be the same again after 2020. It will now be recalibrated in the new temporal zones BC (Before COVID-19) and AC (After COVID-19). And this includes the corporate and business environments, especially since a large part of how we work and function will depend on the strategies adopted...
According to a Mint report, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp has deferred joining dates of all campus offers and also planning to freeze most of its lateral hirings except in sales roles.
However, the company has said that it will honour all outstanding accepted offers made to students across India to the latter half of the year July-September.
Brian Humphries, CEO,...
India Inc is resuming back to its offices. Few companies have already started calling back one-third of their staff – the maximum strength allowed in red zones. A number of others are taking an extra calibrated strategy, 5% or a few staff in places of work to start with.
"Flipkart, Panasonic India, Whirlpool, Infosys, Tata Consultancy, Capgemini, Hindustan Zinc, Energy...
An exclusive conversation with Abhijit Bhaduri, Founder –Abhijit Bhaduri & Associates, Author, Digital Transformation Coach, and Talent Management Expert.
Abhijit is a Talent Management practitioner with global experience across various sectors. He is the ex-Chief Learning Officer for Wipro, a role he worked for seven years. As an alumnus of Microsoft, PepsiCo, Colgate and Tata Steel he has been exposed...
Axis Bank will continue with the Work-From-Home (WFH) culture even after the coronavirus crisis ends. The bank has decided to all employees will continue working from home for two or three days in a week.
Rajesh Dahiya, Executive Director, Axis Bank said, “While COVID-19 has posed a lot of challenges, it has also opened up new approaches to work. Adapting...
Tech Mahindra gets labour department notice over alleged complaints of salary cuts
Pune's Labour Office has issued a notice to Tech Mahindra Ltd. on a complaint that the IT services firm had reduced the salaries of its employees to maintain “profitability" amid the Covid-19 pandemic. A similar notice was issued earlier this month to Wipro Ltd. on a complaint that...
We live in the age of the 'Black-Swans’. All organizations are vulnerable to events that are neither predictable nor are these events within their realms of control.
The difference between the world we experienced and the world we anticipate to live in the future is contrasted by the presence of the 'black swan' events. 'Black Swans' will now appear with...