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08 Mar 2018
While India still ranks fifth lowest in having women in leadership roles, the percentage of leadership roles held by women in India has increased as per Grant Thornton’s Women in business: Beyond policy to progress report. The report shows a steady growth in women in leadership positions from 17 per cent last year to 20 per cent in 2018. This stood at 14 per cent in 2014. Further, the report highlights that 30 per cent of the respondents in India said they have no women in leadership roles.
07 Mar 2018
For private equity (PE) investments in India, the year 2017 was a milestone clocking USD 21 bn, the highest yearly value, across 735 transactions. According to the sixth edition of Grant Thornton’s The Fourth Wheel 2018 report, the year recorded a 54 per cent jump in values over 2016, despite a 24 per cent decline in volumes. This indicates significant jump in average deal sizes.
20 Feb 2018
As per the latest RERA survey by Grant Thornton in India and industry body, FICCI, 45 per cent of the real estate developers have no formal process in place to manage compliance mechanism of RERA and about 44 per cent have made some modifications to their MIS (Management Information System). The survey report also reveals that majority of the board/senior management (78 per cent) are using common methods like excel based MIS reporting to review RERA compliance.
14 Feb 2018
Business owners from restaurant industry in Mumbai and Bengaluru believe that the impact of Goods & Services Tax (GST) is largely positive. According to a report by Grant Thornton in India - Bon Appétit – Emerging trends, opportunities and challenges in Indian restaurant industry, 70 per cent of the restaurant owners believe GST is a positive decision for the industry. The report further highlights that 68 per cent businesses believe that GST will ease compliance as it is backed by technology.
07 Feb 2018
The Automobile Mission Plan (AMP) 2026 policy aims to develop India as a preferred destination for manufacturing auto components and improving exports will play a major role in achieving this target. According to Grant Thornton ACMA report - Making Indian auto component industry future-ready, the auto component industry will have to take significant measures and steps to convert from being an export deficit industry to an export surplus industry.
26 Dec 2017
Grant Thornton’s new Asia Pacific report - Asia Pacific: trading and thriving reflects a buoyant mood across much of the region, as business optimism hits a two-year high. This is largely driven by improvements from its two biggest economies, China and Japan, and region-wide positivity on prospects for increased trade. However, not all trajectories are heading upwards. India’s optimism mostly remains positive at 75 per cent but has dropped to its lowest level in four years.
07 Dec 2017
Food grain demand in India is expected to reach 355 million tonnes in 2030 as compared to 250 million tonnes in 2016 and the enhancement of farm mechanisation market will play a key role in meeting this demand, says a Knowledge Paper by Grant Thornton and FICCI – “Mechanisation: Key to higher productivity to double farmers’ income” launched today at EIMA Agrimach India 2017. The knowledge paper further states that the farm equipment market in India is currently estimated at USD 8.8 billion in 2017 and it is expected to reach USD 12.5 billion by 2022 with a CAGR of 7.5 per cent.
22 Nov 2017
While India has pledged to have an “all-electric car production effective 2030”, the lack of charging infrastructure is one of the prime concerns for the Government of India (GoI) to achieve this milestone, finds Grant Thornton CII report - Sustainable NextGen Automotive Technologies - Imperative India released at the CII Conference today. India lags behind in the availability of charging infrastructure with 353 charging stations only spread across the country. Large number of these charging stations have been set up by the manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (EV).
08 Nov 2017
The results of Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR), a quarterly global business survey, reveal that business optimism in India has slipped from 2nd position in the last quarter to 7th position in the 3rd quarter of 2017. The scale and the report are prepared based on the results of a quarterly global business survey of 2,500 businesses in 37 economies conducted in September before the announcements of the big reforms by the Government on Bank recapitalisation, infrastructure investments particularly in roads, aggressive actions on insolvency and bankruptcy.
30 Oct 2017
In 15 years since its inception, Grant Thornton in India (GT) has grown to over 3,000 people and has become a leader in serving mid- to large Indian companies that have global aspirations for both their compliance and advisory needs. Understanding the crucial role that technology is playing in today’s business environment, the Firm has now taken a step forward to assist its clients unlock the potential for growth through digital transformation. Grant Thornton has combined Digital Transformation, Technology (IT) & Analytics into a new DigiTech service line in India to complement its services in Audit, Tax, Risk Advisory and Growth Advisory.