Dear Friends, India is on work-in-Progress. Mr. Narendra Modi who took charge on May 26, 2014 as the Prime Minister of India has recently celebrated his party’s two years’ journey. Though lot needs to be done yet, the progress achieved so is far by keeping Aam Aadmi hopeful of Ache Din. Industry lobbying body ASSOCHAM […]
Partners Column – June, 2016 Read More »
Dear Readers, Greetings from R & A At a time when the global growth is facing increasing downside risks, India continues to remain a bright spot as being the fastest growing major economy in 2016-17, growing at 7.5%, ahead of China, as per the World Economic outlook released by the International Monetary Fund. This indeed
Partners Column -May, 2016 Read More »
With the transition from winter to summer and temperatures soaring high in India, I am sure that we Indians would have felt real heat watching ICC World Twenty20 Cricket Match against our arch rivals Pakistan on 19th of this month at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. It is indeed a very blissful moment for us to celebrate
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Dear Friends, Greetings to All! The great Chanakya, Prime Minister during the Golden Age of Modern India also known as Kautilya or Vishnu Gupta had once quoted, “When the king becomes stronger and controls the nation, petty thief, terrorist and traitors feel the heat and complain of intolerance in the Society”. I would prefer to
Dear Friends I am sharing my thoughts on few topics which have engaged minds of government, entrepreneurs, corporates, professionals etc., during last few weeks. Startup India: Our Honorable Primer Minister Mr. Modi recently launched an ambitious action plan for Startup India on 16th Jan 2016 in Delhi in the presence of celebrity startup founders from
I personally and on behalf of R & A Associates, wish you and your family a very happy, energetic, healthy and wealthy 2016. Every year comes with new hopes and dreams and with renewed determination to pursue them. It can be a time to set in place new things to learn and do or it
Partners Column -January, 2016 Read More »
The month of November started with preparations to celebrate Diwali, one of the biggest festivals in the year but the festivities were somewhat dampened as Swachch Bharat Cess was added to Service Tax. This year has seen an unprecedented rainfall in various parts of the country, especially in Orissa, Assam, Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh. Unfortunately,
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General: International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 6 October 2015 released World Economic Outlook (WEO) October 2015 Update. As per the said report, India’s growth is expected to strengthen from 7.3 percent 2015 and last year to 7.5 percent in 2016. Also, domestic demand in India is projected to remain strong. India has accelerated its efforts
Editor’s Column – November, 2015 Read More »
Dear Friends, The GDP numbers for Q1 for FY 2016 are out registering a growth of 7% as against 7.5% for the previous quarter in the backdrop of deceleration in the farm, services and manufacturing sector. Government projected a GDP of 8.1% – 8.5% for FY 16 which seemed to be a difficult proposition given
Dear Friends, As the whole country mourns the sudden loss of our most favorite and beloved President Dr. A P. J Abdul Kalam, I too would like to pay my respect and homage to him by taking an oath to imbibe some of his valuable principles of life: 1) Be Active AlwaysAt 80+, when most