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Ashish Sinha

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Ashish Sinha is an experienced business journalist who has covered FMCG, auto, infrastructure, tourism, telecom among several other beats. Ashish has keen interest in the regulatory scenario impacting different sectors. He writes on aviation, railways, post and telegraph, infrastructure, defence, media & entertainment, among a wide variety of other subjects.

Latest Articles By Ashish Sinha

Cooking Gas: Consumption Conundrum

277.6 million LPG consumers in the country, around 15 million are not eligi­ble for subsidy since December 2016 because of their annual taxable income exceeding Rs 10 lakh.

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SoftPOS Is Mobile First, Mobile-Only Acceptance Solution

Deepak Chandnani, Managing Director, Worldline South Asia & Middle East tells Ashish Sinha of BW Businessworld explains the feature of Soft POS and much more.

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Send Pesticides Management Bill, 2020 To Select Committee: Agri Experts

Experts from leading agriculture and the Agri-Chemical businesses have called upon the central government to initiate wider deliberations on key gaps in the proposed Pesticides Management Bill, 2020 (PMB) which was introduced in the Rajya Sabha just two days before the March 25 lockdown

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GDP Contraction: Experts Hope For Immediate Measures from Govt, RBI

Despite a record plunge in the GDP numbers for the first quarter of 2020-21, the worst performance in post-independent India, the experts remain hopeful of a gradual recovery if the government and the central bank take immediate measures

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'Vanilla B-Tech and MBA degrees Losing Value': Vikas Gupta, Wiley India

Wiley, a global leader in Education, Research, Publishing and Corporate Learning, has quickly responded to the pandemic by implementing digital sales strategies to leverage the shift to digital. It is offering customized print and eBooks and much more Vikas Gupta, MD, Wiley India tells ASHISH SINHA of BW Businessworld. Edited Excerpts:

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PM Hails Farmers for Record Kharif Sowing; Calls For Self-Reliance in Toy Manufacturing, Gaming

In his regular 'Mann Ki Baat' address to the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon the countrymen to extend the scope and purview of being self-reliant (AatmaNirbhar) to local toy manufacturing, localization of games made and played on smartphones and computers and adoption of Indian breed of dogs among others

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GST Compensation Gap Can't be Met from Consolidated Fund: AG

The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held 41st Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting on August 27 were it was said that the GST collections got severely impacted due to Pandemic

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More States May Follow Suite As Maharashtra Slashes Stamp Duty Rates

In order to push the sales of ready-to-home residential units, the Maharashtra government has decided to reduce Stamp Duty on housing units—from 5 per cent to 2 per cent. The reduced Stamp Duty rates of 2 per cent will be valid till December 31, 2020. Stamp duty rates from January 1, 2021, until March 31, 2021, will be 3 per cent. More states may announce similar reduction soon

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Booking Growth

Ecommerce firms are now trying to stock a larger proportion of inventory closer to their customers’ locations for efficiency and to improve the quality of products upon delivery

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“Kiranas Are Our Primary Customers" Arvind Mediratta, MD and CEO, Metro Cash & Carry India

The kiranas are our primary customers, they account for 90 per cent of the food and grocery trade in our country and they proved their mettle during the lockdown, becoming the retail warriors of the supply chain.

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