Cover Story:  2 Years of Modi Government - Big Hits, Some Misses
Corporate Reports: Tiger Logistics - Roaring Success and
Mondelez - The New Cookie
Face To Face: Shaji Varghese, General Manager, PNB Housing Finance
Straight Talk - V K Subburaj, Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals
Interview: Rajeev Samant, Founder & CEO, Sula Vineyards and other regular columns.........

Cover story - India's $5-trillion Gameplan

The Journey - India Buiness Journal 17th Anniversary Special  - Past, Present & Future…

Special Feature - MIDC - Surging Industrial Powerhouse Maharashtra Shines At Davos

Management Mantra - Bala Sarda, Founder & CEO, Vahdam India

Focus -  Chhattisgarh - Governance At The Doorstep

And other regular columns...


Cover story - Paper In Tatters: A highly-potential paper industry struggles its way out of multiple challenges to stay afloat.

International Business - The $42-Billion Push: Japan’s new investment plan across a range of sectors in India goes a long way in cementing bilateral ties between the two countries.

Focus - Hike And After: The US Fed finally raises interest rate after three long years, while emerging markets, including India, shrug off its adverse impact. 

Spotlight - Spurring Rural Growth: Many States are keen on adopting Chhattisgarh’s innovative programmes that focus on promoting social progress and rural empowerment.

Management Mantra -  Krishna Kumar Karwa, Managing Director, Emkay Global Financial Services

And other regular columns...

Cover Story -  Future Of Money: Digital currency paves the way for a pragmatic shift to a less-cash economy, and India is on board.

Spotlight - The Big Crash: The co-location case, an unseen Himalayan Yogi and other sordid events badly damage NSE’s reputation of a professional and transparent stock exchange.

Face To Face -  “Gujarat Can Be India’s Leading IT Hub”: Sachin Gusia, Director ICT, Government of Gujarat

Corporate Affairs: Missing In Action: The ABG Shipyard fraud yet again proves that regulatory framework is still struggling to catch up with smart and ever-resourceful fraudsters. 

Management Mantra -“Understand Your Market”: Nikkhil K Masurkar, Executive Director, ENTOD Pharmaceuticals

And other regular columns...

Cover Story -  Plain-Jane Budget 2022: The Budget offers same, old, long-term solutions for pressing, pandemic-induced, short-term crisis.

Focus - Fixing Gig : A clear-cut regulation, detailing the remuneration and other terms and conditions for both gig employers and workers, is the need of the hour.

Finance - The BNPL Spell: Buoyed by low credit card penetration and COVID-19, the Buy Now, Pay Later industry offers much-needed liquidity to the vast underserved credit market.

Management Mantra - Harshal Goel, Founder & CEO, The Trost 

And other regular column...

Cover Story  -  Awaiting Reforms: Repeal of contentious farm laws opens the door for much-needed agricultural reforms that should go way beyond legalising MSP. 

The Year Gone By - Looking Back: IBJ retraces major trends and developments that defined 2021.

Face To Face: Suryakant Singh, Managing Director, V One Hotels 

Management Mantra: Diwesh Sahai, CTO, GoodWorker

And other regular columns...

Cover Story: Startup Mania - After a decade of PE- and VC-backed growth, Indian startups ride the booming IPO wave, triggering insane valuations amid massive losses.

Straight Talk: “Weekend Tourism Will Get Much-Needed Fillip” - S P Jain, Founder & MD, Pride Group of Hotels 

International Trade: Warming Up To FTAs - After shunning them for long, the government has yet again set out on a shopping spree for free trade agreements.

Face To Face: “India Will Be A Global Hub For Speciality Chemicals” -
Anil Gupta, Group Managing Director, KAPL

Management Mantra: “Be Honest To Yourself” - Shashank Agarwal, MD,
Salasar Techno Engineering

And other regular columns...

Cover Story - Telecom Turmoil: As multiple woes cast dark shadows on the once-sunrise sector, the government's relief package may offer only a temporary respite.

Corporate Report - Maharaja Returns: After winning the bid to buy Air India, the Tatas have a tough task ahead of reviving the national carrier’s fortunes.

International Business - A Rude Jolt: A perfect storm of supply chain disruptions, high commodity inflation and China’s policy shift threatens to wash out a fragile and uneven global economic recovery.

Focus - Dizzying Debt: Global borrowings surge to a lifetime high, triggered by huge public spending to tide over the COVID-19 crisis.

Management Mantra - Nitin Mittal, Mentor, Shanti Devi Mittal Foundation 

And other regular columns...

Cover Story -  Television In Transition: The Sony-Zee deal – if it goes through – will set off a chain of consolidation and hasten exciting changes unfolding in the Indian television industry.

Special Feature - The Lighthouse of India’s Industrial Dream: Maharashtra’s capacity to harbour industrial ecosystem, coupled with visionary leaders and policymakers that successfully deploy resources in a strategic manner, makes the State a business destination like no other.

Infrastructure - A Tall Order: Notwithstanding its huge gains, getting the NMP off the ground is easier said than done. 

Economy - Miles To Go…: India must focus on the unfinished business of the 1991 reforms to revive the economy, ravaged by the viral epidemic.
Mananagement Mantra - Ravinder Deep Singh Sethi, COO, Oncquest Laboratories

And other regular columns...

Cover Story - Broke! : Excruciating delays and huge haircuts leave the bankruptcy law impoverished and the economy high and dry.

Automobile - Speedbreakers Ahead: The Centre will have to bear a greater burden of incentives for its vehicle scrappage policy to move ahead.

Face To Face - Mahesh Gupta, CMD, Kent RO Systems

Startups - Rise Of The Unicorns: Expanding online transactions and a vast untapped market get global investors to pour huge funds into Indian startups, pushing their valuation past $1 billion. 

Management Mantra - Shruti Shibulal, CEO & Director, Tamara Leisure Experiences.

Hot Seat -  Upasana Kamineni Konidela, Founder & MD, URLife

And other regular columns...

Cover Story - Distressed Discoms: Two decades of reforms and many bailout packages later, power utilities find themselves in one of their worst crises.
Finance - The Good Bad Bank: India’s battle against ballooning NPA crisis gets a new weapon. But can the new bad bank achieve what ARCs have been unable to accomplish? 
Management Mantra - Arjun Sagar, Founder, Coco Leni
And other regular columns...

Cover Story: Tax Haven - Beginning of an End? - With rich nations backing reforms against tax dodging, is the end of tax evasion by large MNCs and tax havens finally in sight?
Industry Report: Boiling Oil - Indian edible oil prices spike to an all-time high after surging for most part of the last one year, tracking rising global prices.
Focus : A Model Act - The new tenancy law, if adapted by States, would boost rental housing across the country as well as help spur growth of the real estate sector.
Mutual Funds: Grand Comeback - After eight straight months of net outflows, AUMs of equity schemes hit a hat-trick of net inflows, getting the buzz back into the Indian mutual fund industry.
Management Mantra: John Thomas, Founder, Herbal Strategi
And other regular columns...

Cover Story: Hollow Claims - For all the grandstanding, cryptocurrencies, touted to replace money, will continue to face an uncertain future for a long time to come. 
Industry Report: When The Chips Are Down... - The COVID-19 pandemic upends the semiconductor industry and leaves many industries in the lurch amid a dire deficit of chips.
Focus: Relieving The Ache - The RBI unveils a set of measures to help individuals, small businesses and MSMEs tackle the second wave of COVID-19.
Management Mantra: Neeraj Balani, Managing Director, International SOS, India 
Travelogue: A Wellness Sojourn - A visit to juSTa Mukteshwar Retreat & Spa gets one renewed and enriched with simple pleasures of life.
And other regular columns...

Cover Story:  Deadly Surge - Amid a scramble for beds, oxygen, medicines and vaccines, the second wave of COVID-19 clobbers India and leaves its economy in ICU.
Focus: Unkind & Unfair - The current policies governing small savings rates are rather unfair to middle- and lower-income groups.
Tourism Interview with Melanie DeSouza, Executive Director (Destination Marketing), Royal Commission for AlUla  
Ecology: The Net-Zero Row: - India is not opposing the net-zero emission target per se, even as it does not want to commit on the goal well in advance. 
Management Mantra:  Varun Malhotra, Founder & Director, Edge Institute For Financial Studies 
And other regular columns...

Cover Story : FIRED UP - A surge in demand and unprecedented price volatility call for an urgent need to address problems plaguing the steel industry.
Special Report : Uttar Pradesh - India's Economic Powerhouse: The Yogi Adityanath government's far-reaching measures in the last four years transform Uttar Pradesh from an underdeveloped hinterland of India to a throbbing hot spot of socio-economic development.
Real Estate: The REIT Push - Real estate investment trusts have come as a much-needed breather and a driving force for the battered Indian CRE market. 
Insurance: A Booster Shot - A hike in FDI limit in insurance sector to 74 per cent may capitalise fund-starved insurers and boost India’s insurance penetration rate.
And other regular columns...

Cover Story : The Big Bet - India's thrust on infrastructure-driven economic revival is laudable, but the speed of execution holds the key for its success.
Petroleum: Taxing Times - Amid surging crude oil prices, Central and State governments’ high levies have left auto fuel rates scoring a century across many cities.
Manufacturing: A Game-Changer? - The PLI Scheme promises to recharge the country’s stagnating manufacturing sector even as some questions linger over its efficacy.  
Export: The Tide Is Turning -  Indian exports expand for two consecutive months, raising hopes of reaching pre-COVID-19 level yet again.
Management Mantra:  Vikas Malpani, CEO, Leher
And other regular columns...

Cover story;  Budget 2021-22 - Booster Shot - With some bold reforms and big stress on public spending, Union Budget 2021-22 tries to kick-start an economy ravaged by COVID-19.

Chhattisgarh - Redefining Progress: The Chhattisgarh government's minor forest produce-centric policies successfully redraw the contours of development.

Focus - Alibaba - Victim of State Supremacy

International Business - Indo-US Trade - Betting On Biden

Telecom Auction - Prickly Pricing

Management Mantra: Jaideep Mahajan, Co-Founder & CMO, SVISH

And other regular columns...

Cover Story: High  Hopes - The upcoming Union Budget can helm economic revival
by stimulating demand, creating jobs and facilitating investments.
Textile: Problem Of Plenty - Huge arrivals of cotton amid falling domestic and global demand bode ill for the Indian textile industry.
Stock Market: Primary Gains - With big mop-ups and better returns, IPOs stage a stellar show in 2020, even as COVID-19 wreaks havoc all through the year. 
International Business: Wooing UK - India hopes to take the Indo-UK bilateral ties to the next level by inviting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for the upcoming Republic Day celebrations.
Management Mantra: Rajesh Khosla, President & CEO, AGI Glaspac
And other regular columns...

Cover Story: RE  3.0 - Hybrid projects and integrated storage solutions hold out hopes of reviving the Indian solar energy sector, battered by multiple woes.
Focus: Diwali Stimulus - The government’s Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0, launched in the midst of the festive season, makes another attempt to revive COVID-19-hit economy. 
Mining: A Promising Start - India’s first-ever auction of commercial coal mines evokes good response. But there is a long road ahead for these blocks to go on stream.
Spotlight: Farmer-Friendly Push - The Chhattisgarh government’s focus on grassroots economy could perhaps be a good model of development in these troubled times.
Management Mantra - Karanpal Singh, Founder, Hunch Ventures
And other regular columns...

Cover Story: Out  Of  Gloom? - Many economic indicators hint at the economy emerging out of the stress induced by the pandemic.
Export: Choppy Waters - Quick and smooth transition from MEIS to RoDTEP holds the key in improving the lot of Indian exporters and making the country’s exports competitive.
Spotlight: Magnetic Maharashtra 2.0 - The State's proactive policies, coupled with efficient execution by MIDC, among other advantages, make Maharashtra a strong investment destination, both domestically and globally.
Infotech: Clash Of The Titans - The Google-Paytm fracas holds many, vital lessons for India.
Special Feature: Resilient Tamil Nadu - Amid economic challenges posed by COVID-19, the southern State continues its forward march.
Management Mantra: Deep Bajaj, Founder & CEO, Sirona Hygiene
And other regular columns...

Cover Story: Decoding Labour  Reforms - The recent labour reforms seem to tilt in favour of employers, leaving the workforce more vulnerable.
Hydrocarbons: Leg-Up For CGD -The government pushes vigorously for CGD across the country to reap the gains of a gas economy.
Hospitality: The MICE Edge - Pride Hotels zeroes in on the MICE segment to catapult the hospitality chain to the next level of growth.
Focus: Ranking Rumblings - States express mixed reactions to EoDB 2019 rankings, even as doing business in India remains as challenging as ever.
Taxation: Getting Taxpayer-Friendly: - The government's recent reform initiatives can really bear fruits only when tax administration undergoes radical transformation on the ground.
And other regular columns...

Cover Story -$100-Billion Vaccine Race - A hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine turns into a war between rival nations even as some drug companies rush to profit from the pandemic.
Taxation: Unviable Solution - The Centre's proposal to get the States to borrow to make good GST compensation shortfall severely strains States' already-stretched finances. 
Finance: Precious Lifeline: The RBI's one-time, debt-restructuring plan comes as huge relief for big and small companies battered by COVID-19 lockdowns.
Aviation: Excess Baggage: Amid raging pandemic and rising air mishaps, loss-hit airlines stare at yet another burden of costly insurance premiums.
Management Mantra:  Philip Samuel, Chairman & Managing Director, Indfrag Biosciences
And other regular columns...

Cover Story: RIL 3.0 - Mukesh Ambani sets the ball rolling to make Reliance a vibrant technology company.
Special Feature:  Maharashtra's Trillion Dollar Plan: With inherent strengths, investor-friendly policies and deft execution by MIDC, Maharashtra is on its way to becoming the nation's first $1-trillion economy.
Face To Face: "We May Add 4 More Properties This Year" - S P Jain, 
Managing Director, Pride Hotels
Agriculture: A Game-Changer - Three recent Ordinances promise some refreshing reforms for the farm sector even as they raise some questions.
Management Mantra:  "Play With Disruptive Technology" - Pankil Mehta, Chief Business Officer, Alchemy Group
MSME: GeM Of An Idea - A new version of the public procurement portal on the anvil could plug the loopholes in the current system and help small enterprises thrive.
And other regular columns....

Cover Story: Shunning China - Although emotionally gratifying, why boycotting Chinese products seems easier said than done?

Spotlight: Investment Magnet - Maharashtra mops up investment commitments of over Rs 16,000 crore in its first attempt to woo investors in a post-Corona world.

Textile: That Shrinking Feeling - The textile industry is struggling to survive amid a sudden collapse of demand and large-scale scrapping of orders in both domestic and export markets.

Healthcare: Sick & Suffering - The Coronavirus crisis exposes the chinks in India's as well as the world's healthcare systems.

Focus: To Monetise Or Not  Despite its risks, as pain in the economy intensifies, the government will have to resort to deficit monetisation to tackle the crisis.

And other regular columns...

Cover Story: Monetary-Heavy, Fiscal-Light Stimulus - India chooses fiscal prudence over liberal doles amid raging Coronavirus crisis, even as the government hints at more measures at a later stage.

Spotlight: Stealing A March - By getting a German shoe brand to relocate from China to Agra, Uttar Pradesh races past other States in weaning away investments from the Asian giant.

Current Affairs: Chhattisgarh - Leading The Way - The Bhupesh Baghel government's proactive measures have undoubtedly enabled the marginalised sections of the State to prosper even in these tough times.

Information Technology: A Mixed Bag - The Indian IT and BPO industry stares at a plunge in revenue amid Coronavirus crisis. But there are a few opportunities in this adversity too.

Management Mantra: - Srivatsan Padmanabhan, Co-Founder & COO, GoFloaters

And other regular columns...


Cover Story:  Life  After  Lockdown - With prolonged lockdowns, the government has the unenviable task of protecting both lives and livelihoods and taking the nation out of the Corona crisis.
Crude Oil: The Big Plunge: Surplus oil, triggered by rising production and falling demand, pushes WTI futures price into the negative zone. But there is hardly any gain for consumers of petrol and diesel.  
 International Business - Is India Ready To Replace China As World's Factory?
Spotlight - Heritage Food
Digital Advertising - $500-Bn Opportunity
Forex Market: Dollar Frenzy: - COVID-19-worried investors scurry to buy dollars as a safe-haven investment, sending rupee and other currencies tumbling against the greenback.
And other regular columns...

Cover Story: Corona  Catastrophe - A prolonged lockdown, compelled by outbreak of Coronavirus disease, disrupts the world and batters the tottering Indian economy
Special Report: MSME Resurgence - Uttar Pradesh's MSMEs, which registered robust growth in the recent past, are geared up to play a pivotal role in realising the Yogi Adityanath government's goal of making the State a $1-trillion economy.
Power - Dark And Gloomy: Sliding demand for electricity and grim financial health of discoms push the power sector into a serious crisis.
Current Affairs: Welcome Changes: The Union Cabinet's nod for 72 amendments to the Companies Act, 2013 seeks to decriminalise many of the violations and promote ease of doing business.
And other regular columns...

Cover Story: Worrying Signs - With the government's measures not yielding desired results, the economy getting back on the fast-growth track seems elusive.
Face To Face - Rajiv Mistry, Founder & MD, Ascent Meditech Limited
Steel - Opportunity In Adversity - Union Steel Minister urges the Indian steel industry to make the most of the current Coronavirus crisis by raising its global market share. 
Q & A -David Flood, Director (India & South Asia), Enterprise Ireland
Management Mantra - Capt Partha Samai, Senior  VP & Group Head (HR), AGS Transact Techonlogies
And regular columns...

Cover Story: Defence  Production: Changing  Dynamics
The private sector is gradually getting a toehold in the Indian defence industry. But a long-drawn battle lies ahead for India to emerge  as a defence manufacturing hub.
Mining: A Welcome Change: A new Ordinance scraps outdated, end-use restrictions in coal mining, opens up the vital sector for competition and helps the country attain energy security.
Aviation: Second-Time Lucky?: With many investor-friendly conditions, the government may perhaps be successful in divesting Air India's stake this time around. 
Corporate Report: Defying Downturn: With intelligent strategies and customer-centric approach, Pride Group of Hotels is bucking the depressing trend sweeping across the hospitality industry.
Natural Gas: Green Push: A draft CGD policy seeks to facilitate speedy implementation of natural gas-based mechanism, network and value-added services.
Insurance: Healthy Boost: The new, standardised, health insurance policy is likely to improve the country's insurance penetration rate.
Management Mantra: Management Mantra - Pawan Shahri, Managing Partner, One Hospitality
And other regular columns...

Cover Story :Will  She,  Won’t  She? - All eyes are on the finance minister’s upcoming Budget to bail out the ailing economy.
Current Affairs: Rise Of Sundar Pichai - The Google chief is now also parent company Alphabet's CEO, and the top technocrat has an endless list of challenges to deal with too.
Markets: Karvy On Curvy Roads: - The Karvy case is a classic example of a systemic breakdown of India's capital market, posing serious questions to the market regulator, depository participants and stock exchanges.
Civil Aviation: Soaring High - The upcoming airport in Jewar is set to ease congestion at Delhi airport and boost big-ticket, multi-sector development in the NCR.
Management Mantra: Dinesh Kumar Kotha, Co-Founder & CEO, Confirmtkt
And other regular columns...

Cover Feature: Spraying  Happiness - Passion, grit, determination and bold business decisions make perfume-maker SFP Sons an inspiring MSME success story.
Special Report: The  Fourth  Wave -
Industry 4.0 presents a huge opportunity for manufacturers across the world to enhance production multi-fold and get globally competitive.
Highways: Uphill Road - With HAM and TOT models facing challenges, pace of development of highways risks slowing down drastically.
Corporate Affairs: A Landmark Verdict - The Supreme Court's judgement on the Essar Steel case puts to rest many contentious issues plaguing the country's nascent bankruptcy law.
Management Mantra: "Understand Your Customer And His Problems": Ankit Jindal, Co-Founder & CEO, Trodly
And other regular columns...

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