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Businessworld
Grinding It Out
White goods may not have it all hunky dory this season as price hike and rupee depreciation play spoilsport. But online e-commerce is where the business talks.
5 min |
October 13, 2018
Businessworld
Employment, Competitiveness And Shared Prosperity: The Indian Conundrum
INDIA REFORMED ON THE BACK of a crisis in 1991 and over the last 25 years has made considerable progress.
6 min |
December 8, 2018
Businessworld
Mega Push To The Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
Held on 4 January in New Delhi, the National Entrepreneurship Awards adhered to the Prime Minister’s vision of supporting Indian entrepreneurs who have not only helped themselves but have helped the society as well.
2 min |
December 8, 2018
Businessworld
Step Up To Meet New Challenges
With the new waves of technology influencing the battleground, it’s time the Indian defence establishment fine tunes its policies to suit the modern warfare tactics
6 min |
December 8, 2018
Businessworld
The Elite Club: How We Did It
THE MOST RESPECTED Companies survey, done in association with Tech Sci Research, is a perception-based survey.
2 min |
December 8, 2018
Businessworld
Return Of License Raj
THE SIGNS ARE everywhere: the Licence Raj is back but with a new set of clothes.
4 min |
December 8, 2018
Businessworld
It Pays To Be Emotional
I am a ‘feminist’. It’s a title that’s crept up on me over the last few years, as I’ve become increasingly impassioned about gender equality and increasingly frustrated by the constant barrage of news stories suggesting that we don’t yet have it.
3 min |
May 25, 2019
Businessworld
Cautious Optimism
Corporate leaders and others list policy challenges before the Modi government, along with the prescription for reviving the economy Team BW
10+ min |
May 25, 2019
Businessworld
On Way To Mount 45000
A decisive mandate in favour of the Modi-led NDA and a near consensus on earnings revival in FY20 are expected to drive the markets higher this year, despite global headwinds
8 min |
May 25, 2019
Businessworld
The Many Shades Of India-US Relations
India and the United States have locked horns over trade measures of late, but our intangible relations still click in bilateral relations.
7 min |
June 8, 2019
Businessworld
Can Fame II Bring Fame To Ev's?
In order to offer consumers affordable, durable and efficient electric vechiles, the auto industry is anxiously waiting for a robust and sustainable policy framework
10+ min |
June 23, 2018
Businessworld
The Week That Wasn't
Crowded rooftops. All night parties. Cramped up beach houses. Noisy gatherings at ‘Gutter Bar’ with the party overflowing onto the Croisette. Raging Yacht parties. Jam-packed venues for live gigs…all these sights were missing from this year’s Cannes Lions
4 min |
June 23, 2018
Businessworld
Ironing Out The GST's Wrinkles
The GST was implemented a year ago amidst much fanfare. The idea was to simplify the complex. Has GST lived up to its promise?
7 min |
June 23, 2018
Businessworld
‘No Petroleum In GST, As Of Now'
It has been a year since the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was rolled out. In an exclusive interview with Suman K. Jha of BW Businessworld, Union Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia says the far-reaching reforms in indirect taxation actually trundled in without the anticipated side-effects, like an initial drop in revenue or an uptick in inflation. Fuels, though, he admits, are likely to stay out of the ambit of the GST for a while. Excerpts:
4 min |
June 23, 2018
Businessworld
Investing In People & Processes
At L&T, Raman has redefined the role of finance through processes & people management
3 min |
May 12, 2018
Businessworld
Now Get Ready For Cheaper Elections
Eliminating Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes will have an impact on the assembly elections in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
3 min |
November 14, 2016
Businessworld
The Education System Had A Bias Against Skills
WHEN PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi decided to create a new ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship, he zeroed in on young BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy to head it. Rudy, a doer, has led from the front, and helped craft a new language for skill development where none existed. In an interview with BW Businessworld’s Suman K. Jha, Rudy says skilling never had an aspirational value in the country, and that he’s determined to change the mindset.
5 min |
November 14, 2016
Businessworld
Will Nirmala Sitharaman Give The Economy A Booster Dose?
One may be perceived as alarmist, but expectations are that Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unleashes reforms in her maiden Budget that match the 1991 opening up of the economy True, the crisis may not have reached the 1991 proportions, but there are tell-tale signs.
3 min |
June 22, 2019
Businessworld
FM's Fine Balancing Act
IN HER MAIDEN BUDGET SPEECH that lasted for nearly two hours and 17 minutes, India’s first woman Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman has driven home a clear message — from now onwards she would boldly balance the Narendra Modi-led NDA government’s political objectives and macroeconomic objectives.
4 min |
July 6, 2019
Businessworld
Onus Now On Wealth Creators
In tackling the tricky issue of generating jobs, the Finance Minister has passed the baton on to the ‘wealth creators’
3 min |
July 6, 2019
Businessworld
A Vision - Or A Dream
Zero Budget Farming, more rural infrastructure and rural jobs are the FM’s magic mantras for obliterating agrarian distress. Will they work?
5 min |
July 6, 2019
Businessworld
Top Digital Advertising Trends For 2019
This year will see exponential growth in advertising revenues from augmented reality apps as immersive computing continues to transform online campaigns. Other big developments in mobile advertising are on the horizon. Alex Khan writes on the six new trends we will see this year.
3 min |
February 2, 2019
Businessworld
The Times Of Profitable Altruism
CIRCA 2018: OF INDIA’S 18,452 villages, only 1,417 have 100 percent household electric connectivity — that’s a little over seven percent only, which means that more than 31 million homes are still in the dark.
3 min |
February 2, 2019
Businessworld
Why The Need To Pivot To Data For Publishers
For any digital publisher, keeping your audience and growing revenue is the Holy Grail. Google, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram contributed to 67 per cent of digital ad spend in Asia-Pacific in 2018, and 66 per cent worldwide. As per reports, APAC will continue to lead global ad spend growth in 2019, contributing 42 per cent of the global increase and the dominance of Facebook and Google isn’t changing. Moreover, new threats seem to emerge daily, whether from Amazon or buzzy mobile-first players like ByteDance.
2 min |
July 6, 2019
Businessworld
Time To Transform The Dwarfs Into Giants
M. Govinda Rao, Member, 14th Finance Commission; Ajit Ranade, President & Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group; Yoginder K. Alagh, former Union minister; Arun Kumar, former JNU economist; and Abhijit Sen, former member of the erstwhile Planning Commission, debate on the finer points of the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Edited excerpts
10+ min |
July 6, 2019
Businessworld
Treating Symptoms, Not The Disease
Though the Budget has provided immediate relief to the NBFC sector, it has failed to tighten the systemic noose around the factors that created this crisis.
4 min |
July 6, 2019
Businessworld
In Search Of The Africa Manifesto
Why India needs an integrated approach to up its investment numbers in Africa and why it must match the political outreach with a robust economic model for the continent.
8 min |
February 2, 2019
Businessworld
Ad Blockers & Whitelists: A Paradox World
In a world fraught with excessive advertising, ad-blockers allow users a faster, uncluttered experience, while making publishers lose valuable ad money. But a feature within the same software called whitelisting, can prevent blocking of ads if publishers demand. So its important for the industry to move towards more relevant, content-supplementing advertising that users will love,
3 min |
July 22, 2017
Businessworld
Mobile Ad Spend To Cross $100-BN Mark Globally In 2017
Advertising revenue is expected to grow 3.7 per cent globally in 2017 to $504 billion, according to the latest MAGNA forecast on global advertising. Indian media owners’ advertising sales will grow 11.5 per cent, a little below the earlier forecast by MAGNA (13.5 per cent) but in line with last year’s growth (11.8 per cent).
2 min |
July 22, 2017
Businessworld
A Surge In Enterprisers
Most exciting has been the profound change in cultural attitude towards entrepreneurship.
3 min |