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Are the Paralympics really Fair & Equal?
- September 21, 2021
- Posted by: Vishnu Krishna
- Category: Global growth
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From late July till early September 2021, Olympics fever had gripped the world. This included both the traditional Olympics and the Paralympics. In the lead up to the Games, many suspected that it would be called off at the first signs of detection of Covid virus amongst the athletes and the officials.
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HR Role in Cost Reduction
- September 11, 2021
- Posted by: Nidhi Bhalla
- Category: Human Resource
To some degree, starting a company can be simple. The real challenge is sustaining it. One thing you can do for the well-being of the company is to slash costs and save money. What role does HR Play in this? What is the contribution of HR is cost control? It is true you’ve got to spend money to make money.
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The Economics of Global Warming
- July 21, 2021
- Posted by: Vishnu Krishna
- Category: Global growth
Climate Change is a topic that needs no introduction. It has been in the news at every level for over two decades now. So much of it has been banded around that most of us (myself included) turn a blind eye to the after effects of climate change. But this morning, a short article in the a daily caught my attention. It read something like “India could have lost 3% of its GDP due to global warming”
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Developing Industrial Resilience: To Survive and then To Thrive
- June 8, 2021
- Posted by: Bansari Joshi
- Category: Global growth
Last 1.5 years have not been easy for any industry. Business plans have gone vary, risk mitigation formulas have not proven effective, investment strategies have had to be revamped; not a single industry has been able to resist the wrath of pandemic. To top it, almost every part of India has experienced a natural calamity or an additional epidemic in the past 1.5 years, intensifying the uncertainty.
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Growing Appetite for International Food and Beverages
- May 26, 2021
- Posted by: Anish Tanwar
- Category: Global growth
I have always felt that the Indian F & B industry is one of the most vibrant industries that has seen remarkable growth in the recent past and continues to expand rapidly. This can be attributed to the changing demographics, taste preferences, increase in disposable incomes, rising urbanisation, and growth of organised retail.
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Stress Management
- May 14, 2021
- Posted by: Nidhi Bhalla
- Category: Human Resource
Stress is a part of day-to-day living. In our daily lives, we are often exposed to situations that produce stress, especially, now when we are facing the adverse situation of the ongoing second wave of COVID pandemic. People are engulfed with virus in lacs and death tolls in thousands. And hence the importance of managing the stress has gained more importance.
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Good Solutions for Bad Air
- May 2, 2021
- Posted by: Vishnu Krishna
- Category: Global growth
It has become a commonplace to open the morning newspaper and read about all the gloom and doom associated with Corona virus. Just a month ago, Indians (myself included) thought that we have overcome the Covid-19 pandemic and almost scoffed at situation of developed economies like France, Italy and USA. Cut to present time, the joke is on us and how…..
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Permanent Establishment post Multi-Lateral Instruments
- March 22, 2021
- Posted by: Ajay Chaurasia
- Category: Accountancy and Taxation
According to Article 5 of Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) and the concepts underpinning Permanent Establishment in India, any profits of an enterprise of one Contracting State are taxable in the other state, only if the enterprise maintains a Permanent Establishment in the second country, and only for profits are attributable to that Permanent Establishment. Thus, a Permanent Establishment is the legal compromise between your source country and resident country for the purposes of taxation of business profits.
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Risk Aversion and Internal Legal Audit
- March 1, 2021
- Posted by: Bansari Joshi
- Category: Legal & Compliances
Entity ABC allowed its website users to make payments through a payment gateway present on its website, but failed to insulate itself in case of leak in data security of payment gateway. It had to compensate for 50% of losses suffered by the user on account of leak in data security of payment gateway.
Entity DEF did not know it was supposed to report KYC of its directors every year to Government. It had to pay a heavy remedial fee to rectify the non-compliance.
Entity XYZ understood they were supposed to maintain several registers under various labour laws only after being penalised by Labour Inspector.
Neither of the above situation an unimaginable one
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Understanding Notice Periods
- January 15, 2021
- Posted by: Nidhi Bhalla
- Category: Human Resource
Well, a few days became I was going through a new ruling passed by Gujarat government for not serving a notice period applicable as per the employment agreement. New rule says that any employee leaving the company without serving a notice period will have to pay additional 18% GST along with the payable salary. This made me realize and pen my thoughts on how many of us actually take notice period seriously. My new blog is all about understanding the notice periods.