India's harsh lockdown has left companies grappling with temporary closure, chaotic supply chains and depressed demand. Consequently, business plans have been modified.
Steel, cement, aluminum, fertilisers, tractors, two-wheelers, beverages and carbonated drinks, tyres and FMCG could see demand back to near normal levels by the third or the fourth quarter of the financial year, or even earlier.
According to insiders, Chatterjee shares a good rapport in the group, as well as with bankers, thanks to the fact that he was instrumental in raising finances for Tata Steel's $12.1-billion Corus acquisition.
New MD likely to be announced by December-end or first week of January.
The government hopes that the PLI schemes would provide 200,000-300,000 direct employment over five years, according to sources in the know.
The director of Fool N Final, Ahmed Khan talks about the film.
The Cabinet had agreed to the Kochi Metro Rail project and appointed retired additional general manager, Southern Railway, Gopinathan Nair as a special officer in this regard.
Pankaj Kapoor talks about his next film, his son Shahid, the delay behind Vishal Bharadwaj's Blue Umbrella and what went wrong with the Karamchand's comeback on television.
Apoorva Lakhiya, the director of Shootout at Lokhandwala on making of the film.
Director R Balki talks about his debut film Cheeni Kum.
Aamir Khan on launching Lagaan DVDs and VCDs and the farmer controversy.
Overall, Tata Steel becomes the seventh non-financial firm, including four oil PSUs to report quarterly revenues of Rs 50,000 crore.
In the domestic segment, demand is currently led by rural markets, oil and gas, LPG and B2C segments like roofing and sheeting.
'It will take six months to one year to move to normalcy, depending on how the pandemic plays out in India.'
How many 22 year olds gets the ears and eyes of Yogi Deveshwar, Kumarmangalam Birla, Shashi Ruia, T V Narendran and Naveen Patnaik?
With cash shortage and plans going awry, the AirAsia owner is looking to cash out of the venture he built with Ratan Tata in 2013.
Tatas' best bet would be to find an insider who understands the systems, say headhunters
Majority expect economy to slow down, but are satisfied with Modi govt's performance.
Tata Steel's margins may remain under pressure in FY15.
On Mody's death, Tata on Friday said, "Russi Mody was an institution at Tata Steel. Under his leadership, the company grew significantly and he instituted many human resource initiatives.
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) got a leg-up with Tata Steel's acquisition of Bhushan Steel, the first big case to be resolved. Tata Steel CEO & MD T V Narendran tells Ishita Ayan Dutt how this deal moved so quickly while others are still mired in controversies.
Promoters have not proved they mean well for the community.
Tata Steel is fine-tuning strategies to enhance revenues.
The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has come to an end with passengers' families being informed that the effort to find the plane has been suspended.
Wreckage washed up on a remote Indian Ocean island is "very likely from a Boeing 777", Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Thursday as speculation mounted it could be from MH370 that vanished mysteriously over a year ago with 239 people, including five Indians, on board.
What happens when someone working in one of India's large public sector companies ends up there, hoping IIM-A is all about leadership?
Son of a Madurai farmer, Dr Vijayaragavan Vishwanathan has built a unique device for agriculture that can save water as well as electricity. Ironically, Vijay got support for his project from different international bodies but is still looking to get support from Indian government organisations when the product was specifically made for India.
Happy at the clear mandate given by voters to the BJP-led NDA, India Inc on Friday exuded confidence that Narendra Modi will initiate bold and decisive policy reforms to promote economic growth.
In an hour-long chat on rediff.com on Thursday, A K Prabhakar, senior VP and Head - Equity Research (Retail), Anand Rathi Financial Services Ltd, answered some important questions on the market.
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