Customers are conscious about prices but they don't want to compromise on quality, according to GE's main man John Flannery. Faisal Kidwai reports
Crowd funding, social media and world's perception of India are in focus at TiEcon Delhi 2012, writes Faisal Kidwai
He said the policy paralysis, which had gripped the country in recent months, was over, and India was back in business.
High fiscal deficit and debt ratios remain one of the biggest constraints.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been granted asylum by the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
There are two major impact of a "transfer raj". First, criteria other than merit often determine the assignments of bureaucrats to specific positions. So the most important positions may not always go to the most qualified or competent bureaucrats. This naturally means that there are inefficiencies in policy formulation and implementation, Harvard Business School's Lakshmi Iyer tells Faisal Kidwai
It issued the denial after top regulator threatened to revoke its licence and impose fines for helping Iran circumvent sanctions.
We should use criticism constructively instead of getting offended, says Faisal Kidwai
Innovations are happening first in the poor countries and then they are migrating to advanced nations, says Vijay Govindarajan.
By thinking about growth versus poverty we have missed the main point, says MIT professor Abhijit Banerjee.
Planning is not only a question of having a vision, says Jyoti Hosagrahar of Columbia University.
India should focus on how many are living below the poverty line, says Professor of Global Strategy Pankaj Ghemawat.
Growth is the only way poverty can be reduced, says JPMorgan Chase's Jahangir Aziz.
The Samajwadi Party wants Mulayam Singh Yadav to be the next chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, says a rising star of the party. The issue of whether Mulayam's son Akhilesh Yadav should become the next chief minister, instead of his father, was not discussed at the first post-poll meeting of SP legislators in the state capital.
There are strong rumours of Akhilesh Yadav, son of Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, of being the new chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, as the party holds its first post-poll meeting at the party's headquarters in Lucknow.
Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav has once again played his cards with Muslims in Uttar Pradesh perfectly, says Faisal Kidwai
The Samajwadi Party can form the government in Uttar Pradesh without the support of the Congress, if initial leads turn into actual wins for the party. The party is leading at 171 seats and it can take the support of Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal and others to reach the magic figure of 202 -- the number needed to form the state government. According to figures available till now, SP has emerged as the leading party in UP, the Bahujan Samaj Party is at second place.
Corruption, Anna Hazare's campaign and lack of grassroot support have led to the party's downfall, say analysts. Faisal Kidwai reports from Lucknow
If we are able to get our act together, we may be able to see growth climb again to more than eight per cent, says Jamal Mecklai.
'Although Rahul's energy and commitment are to be acknowledged, there is no alternative to good party organisation at the grassroots, and this the Congress lacks. If they set their organisational house in order, combined with an enlightened leadership, the Congress will go far in many states.'
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