Green machines may see tax sops The forthcoming general budget 2008-09 is likely to unveil package of tax concessions on eco-friendly machineries used in wide range of industrial activities, sources close to budget making exercise told Deccan Herald.
Be competitive, fab firms told Union Minister of State for Commerce, Jairam Ramesh, on Monday, chided the Indian semiconductor industry for seeking protection under the garb of anti-dumping duty to stop influx of cheap products from China and Taiwan into the country.
ISA VISION SUMMIT / Indian ipod an Utopian dream
We must scale product design value chain, says Azim Premji Ruling out an India made ipod in near term, stating we are still far from it, Wipro Chairman Azim Premji, on Monday, exhorted Indian IT Inc to grow up the value chain in product design.
Credit card cos in for stiff norms, says RBI According to industry sources, non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), not affiliated with banks, are presently not allowed to engage in the credit card business.
US crisis not to affect Indian IT trends: Gartner Gartner Vice President and Regional Research Director Partha Iyengar said companies in the developed world have been advised to formulate shadow budget on the IT spending which was estimated to grow around 3.3 per cent for year 2008.
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