The battle on creating jobs is virtually lost. If the battle for achieving higher growth too is lost, then its political consequences could become difficult to manage, says A K Bhattacharya.
India Inc has few leaders who are likely to grab headlines in 2015.
Digital campaigns compared to billboards or even print ads not only have the power to reach wider audiences but also reduce the campaign costs. The focus on social media by political parties at election time, therefore, is hardly misplaced.
Modi could tap into the urban discontent and present a larger picture to first time voters and mid-career professionals.
In India to take part in a board meeting, Martin Sorrell, chief executive officer of WPP, spoke to Alokananda Chakraborty on a wide range of subjects.
Ahead of the Economic Survey, industry body Ficci today lowered its GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal, pegging India's economic expansion rate at 5.3 per cent compared to its 5.5 per cent previous estimate.
There is a lot of optimism across all markets and a large part of it is justified, says Samir Arora of Helios Capital Management.
Being leaders in compensation and benefits, collective bargaining for wages is a non-issue in the industry.
The navy wants to spend Rs 40,000 crore on INS Vishal, a choice the army and air force oppose. This is as much about turf as about funding. explains Ajai Shukla.
Intrapreneurs are more diverse in their skill sets and backgrounds, more digitally native, more networked and connected, and more ambitious to do bigger things. A fascinating excerpt from Simone Ahuja's Jugaad 3.0: Hacking The Corporation To Make It Fast, Fluid And Frugal.
'Make in India' will be central to Mr Modi's visit to Europe and Canada. It is difficult to predict what will happen with the Rafale deal, but if it goes through, it will undoubtedly become the 'Mother' of all 'Make in India' projects,' says Claude Arpi.
Budget proposals have set four goals to transform Indian Railways.
It's not as easy to know how the funds were deployed and gauge the impact.
'We should build a military with the capability to fight today's war on priority -- balancing it with the requirements of the future,' says Lieutenant General Anil Chait, one of the Indian Army's most cerebral thinkers who recently retired as chief of the Integrated Defence Staff, in his agenda for the new defence minister.
India must focus on reforms.
They can carry huge amounts of data, have a lot of bandwidth, but operate at short ranges, between 200 metres and 2-3 km reports Surajeet Das Gupta
Massive crowds thronged liquor stores, more vehicles plied on roads and cab-hailing platforms resumed services as India entered the third phase of the lockdown on Monday with further easing of curbs except in containment zones in the shadow of the highest rate of recovery yet from coronavirus.
In first major growth in 5 years, 2,000 advertisers were added in Jan-Sep 2015.
The Budget sets out a comprehensive vision.
Investors with stalled projects and mounting bad debt will refinance their loans.
BJP's reversals in rural Gujarat has prompted many policy watchers to predict that the Budget would have incentives for the agriculture sector and the rural economy.
Yuri Milner is focussing on on consumer-driven Internet start-ups.
Weather forecasts have notoriously large error margins.
Instead of ramming through change, Mr Parrikar has tied his own hands by placing reform at the mercy of numerous committees, says Ajai Shukla.
City police, metros, airports, even power utilities are using pop culture and social media to reach the young and encourage public ownership of public services. Amritha Pillay reports.
The ability to work flexibly and be judged on deliverables.
Amid speculation over a possible merger of his party with Congress or the forging of a likely alliance between the two, Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday met Sonia Gandhi, but said that no politics was discussed during their interaction.
Traders are waiting for the earnings season to kick off.
'India is the number one IT destination in the world as we have the largest number of IT professionals in the world.'
As debt piles up, Anil Ambani's ability to see the asset sale plan through will be crucial
The Cyrus Mistry camp is confident that independent directors will take their cue from their counterparts in Indian Hotels.
'Do you think Indian voters are so immature that they can be impressed or won over by such freebies before the elections?' Election Commissioner Sunil Arora asks A K Bhattacharya.
In a pre-budget meeting with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, the experts suggested timely implementation of the BJP's election manifesto promises to fix higher support prices. They also favoured a Kissan TV channel, an efficient procurement policy, priority for farm mechanisation and the linking of rivers.
Sensex was up 184 points at 25,580 and the Nifty added 71 points to end the day at 7,654
There appears to be a growing perception among the political class that faster growth will not create jobs fast enough and, therefore, welfare spending needs to be drastically increased, says T T Ram Mohan.
While there is no denying that certain sections of the community deserve aid, the politics of reservation can be suicidal for India.
'Dementia is going to be a huge challenge for hospitals, doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, health workers and family members.'
Both the South cities have also beaten the NCR in the number of new launches.
The S&P BSE Sensex plunged 128 points to end at 25,102.
People are not just splurging on clothes, mobiles and household goods through the online route, they are also looking at cars and even houses.
