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AUTO PARTS MAKERS SELF-DRIVE PROFIT
Despite headwinds, auto component exports - which contribute around 30% to the total turnover of India's auto ancillary industry have remained steady.
IS GST DRIVING CREDIT GROWTH TO MSMEs?
Post GST, credit to MSMEs has grown at a faster rate even as overall credit growth has faltered.
BETTERING TECH'S BIG BOYS
At a time when big IT services companies are struggling, the agility of mid and small-cap firms is giving them an edge.
RETAIL REAPS BUMPER GAINS
Sector stages smart comeback with 27% rise in total income as premiumisation catches on.
ANGEL ONE: MASTERING DIGITAL BROKING
The company sees 42.4% rise in profit as its early bet on digitisation pays off.
EPC DEALS DRIVE VINDHYA TELE PROFITS
The company goes big on water supply and irrigation turnkey projects to rise 208 ranks in The Next 500 list.
CARGO VOLUMES ADD TO JSW INFRA'S GROWTH
The JSW Group firm debuts this year as new ports and facilities add to a growing bottom line.
MOBILITY SOLUTIONS DRIVE KPIT'S PROFITS
The auto-focused software and engineering firm catapults to the top 10 in The Next 500 list as it bets on end-to-end architecture for global automakers.
WHY LANDMARK CARS IS IN A SWEET SPOT
Premium positioning in a booming car market and a superior management structure make Landmark Cars - The Next 500 topper - a cut above the rest in a low-margin dealership business.
SIZZLING SHOW BY INDIA INC.'S EMERGING FIRMS
Over 10 years, cumulative topline of The Next 500 club nearly doubles to ₹10.62 lakh crore even as profit quadruples to ₹60,000 crore.
Rise of the Indian Liquor Brands
How premium Indian alcobev brands are disrupting the market.
WHY INDIA WANTS HYBRIDS, NOT EVS
Hybrids beat EVs in sales as buyers take a fancy to mixed powertrains to get the best of both worlds.
HDFC BANK'S MERGER PANGS
INDIA'S SECOND-BIGGEST BANK MAY NOT BE THE CYNOSURE OF INVESTORS AS THE MERGER WITH HDFC WEIGHS HEAVY, SHAVING OFF 16% OF ITS MARKET CAP. BUT WHO CAN AFFORD TO IGNORE THE 800-POUND GORILLA?
The Conversation
NITIN GUPTA, CHAIRMAN, CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES
Running Out Of Oxygen
Venture-capital-funded Private Markets Fueled The Creation Of Hundreds Of Billion-dollar Startups Over The Past Decade. Now Those Markets Are In Upheavaland The Unicorns Are In Crisis.
Why Medical Devices Firms Seek Lifelines
Investments rise but companies ask for more hand-holding and incentives to make India a manufacturing base.
Temple Fillip To Ayodhya's Economy
₹41,600 crore investment by Centre and state government to build facilities for 2.88-3.6 crore visitors to put Ayodhya on the cusp of a business boom.
Why A Weak Rupee Looked Strong In CY23
Rupee saw the least percentage fall on buoyant FPI flows and benign crude, but an encore will depend on Fed rate cuts and oil staying lower.
THE CHINA DILEMMA
For decades, American companies came to China to tap into a vast opportunity. As geopolitical tensions rise, it's getting much harder to stay-and it's just as hard to leave.
LOW-COST MODELS KEY TO FUTURE OF EVs
Massive demand at the lower end of the market means the segment is key to government meeting its target of 30% electric car penetration.
THE GREAT INDIAN SUV CONFUSION
NON-CLARITY ON DEFINITION AND COMPLEX TAX SLABS MEAN IT'S UP TO COMPANIES TO DECIDE HOW TO CLASSIFY THEIR VEHICLES IN WHAT HAS BECOME A 'FREE FOR ALL' MARKET.
WHY INDIA OFFICE REALTY IS PEPPING UP AMIDST GLOBAL DOOM
MARQUEE GLOBAL NAMES RUSH TO INVEST IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AS ECONOMY PICKS UP.
Sports Business Beyond 22 Yards
Be it athletics, football, kabaddi, hockey or kho kho, India Inc. is making serious investments in sports outside of cricket.
India Inc.'s Premium Play
As demand for premium products and services Surpasses Mass market in growth, companies across sectors gear up to tap the rise of India’s new affluent class.
THE MEGA INFRA MAKEOVER
SOME OF INDIA'S BIGGEST INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ARE GOING ONSTREAM SOON WITH PROMISE TO PUT ECONOMY ON A HIGH GROWTH PATH.
INTERPRETING BUDGET DYNAMICS
IN HER SIXTH UNION BUDGET, the last before this year's parliamentary elections, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman was fiscally prudent and refrained from populist schemes. She also continued to push growth via higher capital expenditure but at a slower pace. The finance minister is banking on pick-up in private spending while ensuring that lower growth in government expenditure brings down FY25 fiscal deficit to 5.1% of gross domestic product (GDP). The neutral nature of the Budget and broad directions towards building a Viksit Bharat by 2047 reflect government's confidence in coming back to power for a third term.
'BIG DATA, AI AIDING HIGHER TAX COLLECTION'
Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, chairman, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), tells Fortune India what is driving the buoyancy in GST revenues. Edited excerpts.
The Conversation - CHRISTIAN ULBRICH, CEO & PRESIDENT, JLL
HIGH INFLATION AND GEOPOLITICAL CONCERNS HAVE DEALT A DOUBLE BLOW TO THE REAL ESTATE SECTOR GLOBALLY. AS CHINA CONTINUES TO SUFFER UNDER THE WEIGHT OF A COLLAPSING REAL ESTATE MARKET, RAISING ALARM OF A POTENTIAL DOMINO EFFECT ACROSS GEOGRAPHIES, JLL CEO AND PRESIDENT CHRISTIAN ULBRICH WEIGHS IN ON THE RISKS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES, AND WHERE INDIA STANDS.
CURTAIN RAISER
Why FM Nirmala Sitharaman's Interim Budget sets the tone for continuity during full Budget in July.
TROUBLE BELOW AT THE BORING CO.
Shelved projects, politics, and slow progress seem to have dulled Elon Musk's tunneling dreams at the Boring Company.