It, however, lags other states on crucial parameters such as health care and rural poverty.
Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden Budget has not disappointed but vision and details, particularly for the revival of agriculture, are missing.
The JV, Voltbek Home Appliances, aims to take on LG, Samsung as well as home-grown players such as Godrej among others head on with a slew of products that hopes to combine the best of both worlds -- European technology and design, with Indian pricing and delivery.
Valuation-wise, the markets look more attractive now
oreign Policy magazine named him as one of the world's top 100 global thinkers in 2011.
RBI is unlikely to stem the slide against the dollar as the greenback is rising rapidly against all currencies in the world.
Single window clearances for realty must.
News media takes a beating from the economy, advertisers and the rupee. To stay afloat, publishers are reacting by folding up businesses and axing staff.
Cyrus Mistry had put in place a strategy that would have pulled most of the Tata group's 'legacy hotspots' out of the financial mess from legacy issues and helped turn around the group's finances.
An increasing number of young classical musicians are dabbling in fusion music, discovers Aditi Divekar.
The sudden resignation and almost-immediate announcement of a successor came as a surprise to many.
The Tata empire turns 150 this year. R Gopalakrishnan, former director, Tata Sons Ltd, imagines a conversation among the group's founder Jamsetji, his son Dorabji, his successor, Nowroji Saklatwala, and his successor, J R D Tata.
The lockdown that crippled the entire logistics, delivery and supply chain network to near zero, was enough to deal a body blow to India's fastest growing unicorn whose very business model saw a severe disruption, like several other firms and sectors.
The Forbes 5th annual '30 Under 30' list features 600 women and men.
After a 25-year stint at ICICI Bank, Mor suddenly quit as he wanted to add more value in the bigger areas of health care and financial inclusion.
The e-commerce sector gave a much higher average hike of 16-20 per cent to its executives.
Such service providers were given time until the end of October to follow the law of the land.
Sikka has influenced the company to break away from the old mould in more ways than one.
Top 5 losers include Infosys, TCS, ITC, M&M and HUL.
BC Tripathi, who helms India's largest natural gas marketer and transporter -- GAIL, discusses last-mile connectivity to homes with Jyoti Mukul and Shine Jacob.
RBI recently hiked LRS limit to $125,000 or Rs 7500,000 as on Aug 19 with $/rupee rate of 60
Indian investments in equity and debt account for the second-highest remittances outgo (about a quarter).
From farmers to cement, steel, logistics, transportation and automobiles, the back-end is struggling to get going due to the liquidity crisis.
The talent gap in the industry is huge, says N Chandrasekaran, MD & CEO, TCS.
'Swachh Bharat Cess imposed last year should be made broad-based.' 'Budget should be predominantly economy/ business-oriented and problem-solving rather than political consideration-based.'
Ashish Chauhan is generous in his praise for his former bosses and doesn't flinch in pointing out the reasons why the BSE lost out in the initial years of the NSE.
'When you forgive a farmer's loans there is this ideological economists lobby which says: 'That's socialism. And that's bad'.' 'But to forgive the loans of big people, so that they will be interested to invest further is capitalism and is good.'
Dabhol's assets will be demerged into the power plant and the LNG terminal.
IT majr Wipro needs stability at the top deck, say industry watchers.
'Everyone is still trying to understand the quantum of impact demonetisation will have on the economy.'
The more one thinks about it, the more difficult it is to see how India will be able to reap the benefits of a demographic dividend, says Aakar Patel.
Power2SME, a one-stop shop for sourcing and buying raw materials for SMEs, is the only B2B firm in this space.
A look at the life and times of maverick businessman Chinnakannan Sivasankaran
With the Maharashtra government doling out pieces of the lush green Aarey forest to various utilities, the tribals living in it for generations are feeling increasingly insecure. Hepzi Anthony reports.
Mr Modi must stop talking, and start writing
The civil aviation ministry appears supportive of SpiceJet because it does not want another airline to fail. The real test now will be the capacity of the airline's chairman, Kalanithi Maran, to raise funds. And he needs to do this quickly.
Much of the tardy reaction to competition is the result of LIC's legacy.
The government has provided a long-term vision.
Despite the rally, on the basis of valuations, Indian markets aren't too expensive, says Christopher Wood, managing director and equity strategist at CLSA.
With Sundar Pichai becoming the CEO of Google, India has one more reason to cheer its prowess in the global IT sector.
