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The logistics industry is the backbone of the country as it affects other sectors like trade, food and tourism among others. It was also one of the most affected during the pandemic-induced lockdowns; hence there were a lot of expectations from the Union Budget 2022. Needless to add, it has lived upto it and more. The impact of it was felt even in the stock market

Vineet Agarwal

Past President , ASSOCHAM

Sharing his perspective about future prospects of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), ASSOCHAM president, Vineet Agarwal opined that while organised and large businesses have shown a smart recovery in the midst of COVID-19, the bounce-back among MSMEs has not been commensurate. Agarwal said, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

Vineet Agarwal

Past President , ASSOCHAM

India needs a strong contract-enforcement agency, a simple GST regime and simplified taxation process along with a stable policy environment to significantly improve ease of doing business, said Sumant Sinha, the newly elected president of Assocham.
 
Sinha, who is chairman and managing director of ReNew Power, took charge as president of the industr

Sumant Sinha

Past President, ASSOCHAM

The objective of imposing basic custom duty on imported solar cells/module is to promote domestic manufacturing by making the domestic cells competitive and disincentivise project developers to imports cells. This is an alignment with Atmanirbhar Bharat mission as the solar industry is currently highly dependent on imports for sourcing solar PV products.

Sumant Sinha

Past President, ASSOCHAM