The Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail project that was launched in Ahmedabad on Thursday by prime minster Narendra Modi and Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, has the potential of creating 20,000 direct and indirect employment opportunities, according to a report by State Bank of India’s research team. After the commissioning of the project, direct employment of […]
India has surpassed China to secure the top position among 30 developing countries on ease of doing business, according to a study that cited India’s rapidly expanding economy, relaxation of FDI rules and a consumption boom as the key drivers. The 2017 Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), now in its 16th edition, ranks the top […]
In the most comprehensive and extensive analysis yet of CSR performance of companies in FY16, CSR performance of companies with respect to requirements of CSR legislation have substantially improved over FY15. The results are based on disclosures of close to 1,270 companies listed on BSE that had to comply with Section 135 of Companies Act […]
India, with a young skilled workforce, high growth rate and deregulation being undertaken by the government, is set to become an important destination for foreign investment, a former top US trade official has said. “With the young skilled workforce, its growth rate that is going to surpass China for the coming years, as well as […]
Aon Hewitt has partnered with Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore to launch a new programme, Next Generation CHROs, which aims to build a talent pool of leaders who drive business outcomes through human resources. “Managing change, a survey found, will be the biggest ask of a CEO from a CHRO (chief HR officer). When we asked […]
Organisations need to make staff appraisals more transparent and useful as most employees are neither fully conversant with the process nor do they see them as a worthy task to perform. Majority of the employees find performance reviews in their organisations opaque, cumbersome and a waste of time, reveals a TimesJobs survey, ‘The Performance Review […]