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Blogs & News
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Managing Compliance and Ease of Doing Business
- November 16, 2020
- Posted by: Bansari Joshi
- Category: Legal & Compliances
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India currently ranks 63rd in the Ease of Doing Business ranking of World Bank. Over the last 5 years, India has improved its rank by 79 positions, 14 positions in last year alone, by implementing policies to increase efficiency and support businesses.
While there are many factors which decide a country’s rank in the Ease of Doing Business Index, an important factor is reduction of compliance burden
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Upskilling & Reskilling for the Future
- October 28, 2020
- Posted by: Vishnu Krishna
- Category: Global growth
It would be almost cliched to say that the Covid-19 induced global lockdown has shaken up the global job market. Millions around the world, across industries and geographies have lost their employment due to an uncertain short-term future. While most of us agree that global economy will bounce back but no one is sure by when.
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POSH: An Answer to Sexual Harassment at Workplace
- October 16, 2020
- Posted by: Nidhi Bhalla
- Category: Legal & Compliances
I was browsing through the internet searching for the work-related material and came across an article- “Rise in Virtual Harassment” that got my attention and had this strong urge to reinforce the importance of POSH Policy at workplace especially during the Pandemic phase wherein everything has taken a back seat.
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Building India into a Global Arbitration Hub
- October 10, 2020
- Posted by: Drishti Sharma
- Category: Global growth
Over the past few years, the government has taken a pro-active approach to promote India as an arbitration hub.
With a view to revamp the International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ICADR”), which was set up in 1995 to promote alternative dispute resolution mechanism in India the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Act, 2019 was passed by the Parliament.
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Can CSR help in mitigating COVID-19?
- September 30, 2020
- Posted by: Vishnu Krishna
- Category: Industries
Ever since the Companies Act of 2013 was notified, India assumed a pioneering role in channelizing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds in alignment with national priorities.
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TCS on Sale of Goods – Increased Compliance Burden on Taxpayers
- September 17, 2020
- Posted by: Ajay Chaurasia
- Category: Legal & Compliances
TDS and TCS have been a reliable weapon for the Government over the years serving the varied objectives of preventing tax evasion, widening the tax base and ensuring steady revenue collection for the Government. Thus, over the years, the Government’s clear intention has been to bring as many transactions under the ambit of TDS/TCS as possible.
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Handy Tips and Tricks for Virtual Calls
- September 5, 2020
- Posted by: Nidhi Bhalla
- Category: Global growth
Work did not stop due to the 2020 lockdown in response to COVID-19. It certainly hasn’t for #Octagonaindia and same for the rest of the world. Instead, there was an overnight transformation from office workers into telecommuters. We were all forced to adapt as quickly and as creatively as possible. This led to moving many processes, activities and events from the real world into the digital world.
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Money Matters
- August 1, 2020
- Posted by: Bansari Joshi
- Category: Global growth
Derivative trading started in India in 2000. If we had told you then, there could be a Derivative-style incentive plan for the Employees as well, would you have believed us?
I wouldn’t have believed us either. But the growing popularity of Phantom Stock Options is proving otherwise.
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Kicking off Circular Economy System in India
- July 18, 2020
- Posted by: Vishnu Krishna
- Category: Politics & economics
With the Covid-19 pandemic refusing to mitigate, Indian economy finds itself at a cusp…on one side there is the path that successive governments have taken to make the country stronger economically and on the other side is to think outside the square and have the courage to make some bold decisions that have impact on generations to come in terms of sustainability.
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Change in MSME Landscape-Beyond COVID-19
- June 29, 2020
- Posted by: Drishti Sharma
- Category: Industries
In the recent times India has emerged as an influential country showing strong development and improving its standing on international stage. The economic growth of India is highly dependent on manufacturing and service sector and the backbone of these sectors in India are Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).