will soon commission a study on the household and livelihood profile of 422 slums across the city. While it is to effectively implement the schemes funded under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, the data would also help the civic body assess other welfare measures for those living in slums.The Corporation will float tenders inviting agencies to conduct the survey for gathering the...
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The business confidence index has bounced back on improving economic conditions and has in fact surpassed the level prevailed prior to the global financial meltdown, a survey has said."Given the continuing weakness in the global markets, strong business confidence in national economic policies implies that commercial policies will be much more aligned with domestic economic policy directions," the...
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visitEconomic and consumer confidence in the 16 countries that use the euro improved for the seventh straight month in October, as confidence over an economic recovery continues to gather steam.In a monthly survey by the European Commission, the overall Economic Sentiment Indicator for the euro zone rose sharply to a 13-month high of 86.2 from 82.8 in September.The increase in the ESI was stronger...
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credit crunch in the euro zone appears to be easing, a survey of banks by the European Central Bank shows, but only gradually, underscoring the fragility of the region's economic recovery.The survey, released Wednesday, comes after separate ECB data on Tuesday showed a contraction in overall lending in September from the previous year, but some increase from August.The new survey sheds further light...
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Inc today projected thecountry's economic growth in the range of 6-7 per cent forthis fiscal, but slackening global demand remains a majorconcern for the community, industry body CII said."This indicates a strong recovery sentiment for theIndian economy," the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)said in a survey.Out of 134 respondents participated in the CII NorthernRegion Business Outlook Survey,...
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Inc on Tuesday projected thecountry's economic growth in the range of 6-7 per cent forthis fiscal, but slackening global demand remains a majorconcern for the community, industry body CII said."This indicates a strong recovery sentiment for theIndian economy," the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)said in a survey.Out of 134 respondents participated in the CII NorthernRegion Business Outlook Survey,...
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The number of companies giving out salary increments to employees this year dropped to 56% compared to 81% last year.According to a Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) salary survey, out of the 212 companies surveyed, only 58.4% gave increments to non-executives, compared to 83.1% last year.Executives were marginally better off, with 52.6% of 215 companies grating increments compared to 79.5%...
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MUMBAI: A wide cross section of Indian business leaders believes that there will be substantial revenue growth among Indian companies in the next 12 months, underscoring the pace of economic recovery in India, which would be faster than in most countries, save China. A PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey of 62 CEOs of top Indian companies, done ahead of the World Economic Forum, said 63% of the leaders...
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India is the 'best country brand forvalue for money', according to this year's Country Brand Index (CBI) survey doneby FutureBrand, an international brand consultancy.In a world thathas lost its appetite to splurge to the worst economic slump since the 1930s,top billing in value terms can translate into billions of dollars of business inthe world's fastest growing economic sector — travel and tourism.International...
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MUMBAI: The economic growth forecast has been slashed to 6 per cent from 6.5 per cent for the current fiscal, according to a RBI survey among professional forecasters. "Forecasters have revised their real GDP growth rate downwards to 6 per cent in 2009-10 from 6.5 per cent in the last survey," the central bank said in a statement here today. The outlook of 6 per cent, though somewhat in line with RBI's...
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