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Opportunity India Desk Sep 06, 2019 - 4 min readTo understand the hugeness of India’s agriculture sector, it is important to take into consideration the fact that it employed 50% of the Indian workforce in the year 2018. Despite this glooming fact, it is saddening to know that the agriculture sector contributed only 17-18% to the country’s GDP in the same year. The agricultural ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 05, 2019 - 1 min readAsirvad Microfinance Limited, a subsidiary of Manappuram Finance Limited has recently achieved dual milestones in its journey of a decade. Asirvad Microfinance Limited has achieved a significant milestone of offering micro-finance to over 450,000 women members achieving Rs 1000 crore Assets under Management (AUM) in the State of Tamil Nadu. In 2007, the company was promoted ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 05, 2019 - 2 min readOYO Hotels & Homes, South Asia’s largest, the world’s third-largest and fastest-growing chain of leased and franchised hotels, homes & living spaces and PlanetSpark, an EdTech startup, have entered into a partnership to bring education closer to children. Under this partnership, OYO is offering space in OYO Townhouse across the country to PlanetSpark to set ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 05, 2019 - 2 min readThe ongoing digitizations of new-age technologies are creating a massive skill gap in the IT-ITES industry. According to an estimate, out of the 4.5 million professionals employed in the industry today, around 1.5 to 2 million professionals will require reskilling in the coming four to five years. This is over and above the increasing demand ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 05, 2019 - 2 min readTablez, the leading organized retail group has launched its first store of global retail toy brand Toys“R” Us in Ghaziabad at Mahagun Metro Mall. This is the ninth store of Toys” R” Us in India after successful store launches in Chennai, Kerala, Bengaluru and Pune recently. Commenting on the launch of Toys ‘R’ Us at ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 05, 2019 - 2 min readIndian mornings are incomplete without a sip of freshly brewed chai or coffee. Tea and Coffee are an integral part of Indian culture and heritage. Tea & Coffee chains are becoming widely popular for the past few decades and serve as a preferred location for meetings, dates, and hangouts. However, there are very few high ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 04, 2019 - 3 min readHave money, will travel. That’s what is catching the fancy of Indians today. And therefore it comes as no surprise that market research analysts predict that the travel services market in India will grow steadily at a CAGR of more than 18% by 2021. The report identifies the growing tourist footfall as one of the ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 04, 2019 - 3 min readIndia’s tyre market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of over 9%, in value terms, during 2017-2022. The major driver for the expanding tyre market of India can be accounted to the hastening sale of various segment vehicles among citizens due to the introduction of a wide variety of new vehicle models in the ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 04, 2019 - 4 min readIt’s a harsh truth that Indian is currently facing an economic slowdown. After reduced GDP estimates came forward, the fear of recession-like conditions is looming over the country’s economy. With such financial downfall, the business world faces the major impact of it. Especially the jewellery sector, as gold & silver prices soar up during the ...