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Delhi's women face significant hurdles entering and staying in the workforce. Unpaid care work, limited childcare, and a lack of flexible work options are major issues. Many educated women never start working due to systemic barriers. Safety concerns and low pay in certain sectors also contribute. The study suggests solutions like expanding community childcare and formalizing flexible work.

New Delhi, May 12 () Sentiment in the manufacturing sector remains positive as overall capacity utilisation rose to 80 per cent in the fourth quarter, a survey by FICCI said.

The Indian economy is expected to expand 7% in fiscal 2022/23, slower than a previous estimate of 7.4% and the central bank's 7.2% projection, according to a survey by a leading industry body. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry's (FICCI) quarterly survey, released on Thursday, said the war in Ukraine is likely to keep inflation high and dent consumer demand.

Indian manufacturing has accelerated through the second quarter of 2023-24 and is likely to continue for the subsequent quarters of the financial year 2023-24, notwithstanding the slowdown in developed nations, industry body FICCI's latest quarterly survey revealed. The existing average capacity utilization in the Indian manufacturing sector is around 74 per cent, slightly higher than the 73 per cent recorded during the previous quarters. It sought responses from over 380 manufacturing units from both the large and SME segments with a combined annual turnover of over Rs 4.88 lakh crores.

Manufacturing outlook for the current quarter plummeted at its fastest pace in recent years, with those looking to raise production at its lowest level since UPA days, a survey conducted by industry chamber Ficci has shown.

NEW DELHI: India sees higher profits this fiscal with improvement in the business confidence following reform measures by the government.

The country’s manufacturing sector is expected to post a recovery in the July-September quarter, even as the hiring outlook for the segment remains bleak, according to a survey.

New Delhi, Dec 19 () Manufacturers are "less optimistic" on the outlook for the sector in the October- December quarter owing to factors like rupee appreciation impacting exports and issues related to GST implementation, according to a report.

New Delhi, Nov 27 () India's GDP growth rate is expected to rise to 6.2 per cent in the second quarter of the current fiscal as the adverse impact of demonetisation and GST appears to be bottoming out, Ficci's latest Economic Outlook Survey said today.

A Ficci survey revealed that the feel-good fabric worn by India Inc for the last two years appears to be fading.

A survey by industry body Ficci has "revealed sharpest moderation" in the confidence level of India Inc since the global financial crisis of 2008-09 as the coronavirus outbreak has adversely affected their businesses. Ficci said timely govt action will enable a quicker return to normalcy and demanded a further 100 basis points reduction in the repo rate by the RBI.

The country's manufacturing sector is likely to witness a moderate growth in the third quarter of this fiscal, according to a FICCI survey.

NEW DELHI: The economy is on a revival path despite drought, according to a FICCI business confidence survey. Over 71 per cent of respondents from 403 companies, covering both the old and new economy, were optimistic and opined that overall economic conditions would improve in the next six months.

The industry body said overall business confidence index has fallen to 49.0 in the survey period, highlighting the significant moderation in the performance of companies vis-à-vis performance over the previous six months.

RBI has released a report predicting an economic slowdown, rising inflation and dwindling corporate profit growth over the next nine months.

Corporate India's confidence on the state of economy is on an upswing with a majority of the companies surveyed by industry body Ficci agreeing that the government stimulus has spurred economic activities.

Ficci is set to submit its economic reforms agenda to PM Manmohan Singh and FM P Chidambaram within 48 hours with the promise that its implementation can deliver double-digit economic growth this fiscal.

With India's business confidence sinking to a seven-year low and the situation expected to worsen in the next six months, majority of the corporates covered in an industry survey said they are capping fresh hiring.