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Statue Of Unity

The Statue As Grand As The Stature World’s Tallest Statue: 182 Metres Dedicated to the Nation by Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister

Keep The Ballast

We need our institutions as much as we need our democracy.

The Stick Has To Be Used For The Right Thing

The Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority (EPCA) was set up on a directive from the Supreme Court of India to tackle critical impacts of pollution. Its chairman (and former Secretary, CVC) Bhure Lal, tells BW Businessworld’s Prabodh Krishna that the impact of stubble burning on the winter air is severe

No Smoke Without Fire

Stubble burning envelopes Delhi and the NCR in a deadly smog every winter. BW Businessworld examines why the practice is so hard to fight, even though it is such an obvious health hazard.

India's US-Iran Dilemma

UNITED STATES President Donald Trump is known to be mercurial. He has praised India as a “great country” only to mock it days later as a “tariff king”.

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.

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.

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’

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?

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

'We Aspire To Cross Rs 8,000 Crore In Revenues In 5 Years'

Established during World War II with the vision of creating a long running institution, Blue Star is today India’s leading air-conditioning and refrigeration company boasting revenues of Rs 4,000 crore. The company which is celebrating its platinum jubilee year is looking to double its revenues to Rs 8,000 crore in the next five years. BW Businessworld’d Bhakt Vatsal Sharma caught up with the company’s top management including chairman Suneel Advani, MD Vir S. Advani and joint MD B. Thiagarajan to talk about the business, succession plan, and the road ahead, among other things.

The Agriculture Dividend

PESSIMISM OVER INDIA’S GDP growth rate has steadily mounted after the economy grew at a subdued 6.6 percent in the quarter ending December 31, 2018.

My Friend And Foe, Manohar Parrikar!

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The Unfair Advantage

The global world incraesingly will be a tougher world where change will be the only constant.

Let India Awake Into That Heaven of Freedom

THE GLOBAL economy is going through a churn. Authoritarian governments are rising on all continents.

The Great Corporate Governance Challenge

Satyam, Kingfisher Airlines, United Spirits, Ricoh India, Fortis... the list of companies that have duped minority shareholders is long and worrisome. Is there a way to keep unscrupulous promoters /managements under check?

Scripting A New High In Indian Advertising

PIYUSH PANDEY and PRASOON PANDEY have been the icons of the Indian advertising industry for nearly four decades now. From creating award winning campaigns that have been recognised on global platforms, to being selected for the highest honour of Lion of St. Mark — the Cannes Lions’ Lifetime Achievement Award — recently, the Pandey brothers have played a key role in ushering in a golden era for the industry.

Point Blank

Your 2018 Contract With Mr God & Co.

More Focus On Clean India

More Focus On Clean India

Affordable Innovation For All

Affordable Innovation For All

A Revolution In Supply Chains

A Revolution In Supply Chains

I Was Just Doing My Job

Taking on A.Raja ... Niira Radia, P. Chidambaram ... the entire telecom sector and all the mightiest corporates in India was not part of the plan says Shalini Singh

Showing How To Manage Money

Rangnekar has successfuly introduced several foolproof systems in the financial administration of the BCCI

To Ban Or Not To Ban

Rise in illicit cigarette trade and losses to tobacco farmers have led to a high decibel demand for a complete ban on FDI in the tobacco sector

Traders And Borders

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) could in a decade, lead all trade routes to China. Could the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue save the day?