Insurance Schemes, General Public & Covid-19 Pandemic

THE GOVERNMENT has undertaken deep structural and sustained reforms over the last few years. Among the sectors it has focused on are the health and insurance sectors. The Union government introduced the flagship Ayushman Bharat (PM-JAY) scheme, among its most ambitious schemes, to increase awareness and bring more citizens under insurance coverage.

A Gold for Healthcare

Over the last few years, healthcare has been in focus both with the government and the private sector, if from different perspectives. All concur, however, on the need to bring the Indian healthcare system on a par with the best practices in the world. Could ABDM be a headstart?

2-Minutes Meal to 10-Minutes Delivery

(A)MUSE & MUSINGS

ON THE MOVE

BSE-listed diversified entity GHCL, the second largest manufacturer of soda ash is buzzing on the bourses nowadays. What is clicking for the company and its shareholders?

DRDO AIMS HIGHER

India’s DRDO has been spearheading some of the most successful defence innovations, including India’s indigenous missile programmes. In its new avatar, with structural changes and thrust on accountability, DRDO is poised to push boundaries

PERSISTENT FRAMEWORK FOR STARTUPS

High-quality homestays in villages have been branded as ‘VilloTale’ and marketed online to travellers

WESA WINNERS - The Wonder Women

Moving a step further from empowerment, BW Disrupt acknowledges 16 women entrepreneurs across ten award categories. Suchitra Ella, Co-founder & Joint Managing Director, Bharat Biotech bags Women Entrepreneur of the Year 2022 award

Demystifying data will unlock potential for the BFSI industry

The digital economy possesses immense potential for improving the lives of people across the world, and its growth prospect is limitless.

DESIGNING ‘BACK TO WORKPLACE'

As more companies begin back to office drives, the shift cannot be as simplistic an approach as pre-covid times or a hybrid structure that thinks function, not people

“Aiming to close FY22 at Rs 1,900 cr revenue”

With a daily production of 4,00,000 pairs, footwear brand Walkaroo, which has a dominant presence in south India, is hoping to close the current fiscal with over 20 per cent growth, a bulk of which is coming from northern India. V. Noushad, Managing Director, Walkaroo International talks to ASHISH SINHA of BW Businessworld about the nuances of branded footwear market. Excerpts

Metaverse to push real estate

EARLIER IF SOMEONE would have asked us to invest or buy something on a virtual platform, our primary focus would have been on video games.

MSME Associations' Unsung Efforts

THE MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM Enterprises (MSME) sector is critically important for the economic and social development of India, as it not only fosters entrepreneurship and nation-building, but correspondingly generates large employment opportunities at a comparatively lower capital cost.

“Green finance has been majorly skewed towards renewable energy”

C.K. MISHRA, former secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, and Chairperson, Expert Committee on Sustainable Finance, in an interaction with Annurag Batra, Editor-in-Chief, BW Businessworld, talks about India’s strategy to mitigate the impact of climate change and how stakeholders from different industries are helping formulate policies for a greener future. Excerpts

WHEN FOOD DOUBLES UP AS MEDICINE

EGA Wellness is fostering the idea of food as medicine with its Ayurvedic products for everyday use so that one never needs to visit the hospital

“Penetration of fashion online is just 9 to 10 per cent”

RISHI VASUDEV, Co-founder and CEO, GOAT Brand Labs, in conversation with Annurag Batra, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, BW Businessworld and Urvi Shrivastav of BW Businessworld, speaks about his journey, his vision as a startup owner, and the need for D2C market space. Edited excerpts

Most Influential Women - High-Fliers

The world today is much fairer than before. We believe we are inclusive and value equality. But the truth of the matter is that there’s still a long way to go

THE VALUE OF BEING YOURSELF

I believe that it is important to create environments where people from all walks of life are encouraged to draw upon their unique experiences Obama

MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN - THE ACHIEVERS

The world today is much fairer than before. We believe we are inclusive and value equality. But the truth of the matter is that there’s still a long way to go

Women Can Transform India's Post-Covid Recovery- MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN

TWO YEARS AGO, we were only a decade away from the deadlines set by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for a just and equal world.

THE VALUE OF BEING YOURSELF

I believe that it is important to create environments where people from all walks of life are encouraged to draw upon their unique experiences Obama

MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN - THE CULTURATI

The world today is much fairer than before. We believe we are inclusive and value equality. But the truth of the matter is that there’s still a long way to go

MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN - TRAILBLAZERS

The world today is much fairer than before. We believe we are inclusive and value equality. But the truth of the matter is that there’s still a long way to go

The Undervalued Rupee

A stronger rupee would dramatically cut India’s merchandise trade deficit. Would software exports be affected? Not if they climb up the value chain. And indeed they are doing precisely that

MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN - THE POWER LIST

The world today is much fairer than before. We believe we are inclusive and value equality. But the truth of the matter is that there’s still a long way to go

MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN - THE ILLUSTRIOUS

The world today is much fairer than before. We believe we are inclusive and value equality. But the truth of the matter is that there’s still a long way to go

MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN - THE FRONT LEADERS

The world today is much fairer than before. We believe we are inclusive and value equality. But the truth of the matter is that there’s still a long way to go

KARANATAKA – A HAPPENING STATE

Karnataka is a land of immense opportunity as its manufacturing process is supported by critical enablers such as a thriving ecosystem, highly talented workforce, and empowering institutional and policy environment, coupled with a favourable business climate and robust infrastructure.

Inclusion: A Long Road Ahead

The world today is much fairer than before. We believe we are inclusive and value equality. But the truth of the matter is that there’s still a long way to go

HOUSE OF WOES

The contraction of the construction indutry in the third quarter along with the rising cost of essential rawmaterials and ‘wait-n-watch’ by potential homebuyers may flounder the overall revival narrative

EQUALITY: EVERYONE'S PROBLEM

As the world becomes more conditioned to celebrate and accept the celebration of women in society and at the workplace, the meaning of parity must be remembered