Go the Distance

One size doesn't fit all: IKEA goes local for India, China  

07 Mar 2013, 10.02 am  |  Source: Reuters

Without a willingness to lug cheap flat-pack wardrobes home and wrestle with self-assembly, there would be no IKEA, but in Asia, where the locals have...

L'Oreal's lessons from Indian homes  

06 Mar 2013, 12.51 pm  |  Source: Forbes India

L’Oréal India’s Pierre-Yves Arzel says home visits helped him understand Indians’ relationship with water, what beauty products they use and wh...

British companies looking for opportunities in India  

05 Mar 2013, 1.36 pm  |  Source: PTI

British companies are looking for opportunities in India, especially in the infrastructure space that is expected to see investments worth USD 1 trill...

India's new centre-State equation  

04 Mar 2013, 11.31 am  |  Source: Forbes India

In the early days of nation-building, economic policy was dictated by Delhi. Now more and more states are taking charge of their destinies. In them, D...

Will NBFCs bite the banking bait?   

02 Mar 2013, 5.18 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

At long last the banking sector has been opened to the big guns of corporate India. The Budget has had only a day's impact on the market. But the rele...

Budget lacks grand plan to put economy back on track: HDFC  

02 Mar 2013, 2.04 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

FM's effort to fit everything somewhat scrappily into an omnibus policy has resulted in the lack of a cohesive grand plan to put the economy back on t...

Budget Reactions: FM tables people's Budget with eye on FII, infra: PwC India  

01 Mar 2013, 2.05 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

This budget is clearly a response to the prevailing socio-economic circumstances in the country. The Finance Minister has put forward a peoples’ bud...

Letter from the Editor: The Rise of India's States  

01 Mar 2013, 12.25 pm  |  Source: Forbes India

Centralised, top-down planning models must now give way to participative, bottom-up planning....

Union Budget 2013 - 14: A Women's Bank: Is it the need of hour?  

28 Feb 2013, 7.34 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

In Union Budget 2013-14, Finance Minister - P Chidambaram advocated the cause of women empowerment. He proposed to set up India's first ever state-own...

Budget Analysis: FM has shown real image of eco, sent right signals: Montek   

28 Feb 2013, 6.21 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

In an interview to CNBC-TV18 Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of Planning Commission shared his reading for the Union Budget 2013....

Budget Analysis: How will the Budget 2013 impact you  

28 Feb 2013, 5.50 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The union budget was announced today, and as expected there was a lot of excitement around it, and a lot of ink (more electronic than real) will be po...

What is holding back India's growth story? Experts discuss  

28 Feb 2013, 7.22 am  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

The key theme of the latest edition of the British weekly The Economist is that India's growth prospects in the coming decade is nowhere near the 10 p...

India offers opportunities for all: TataChem  

27 Feb 2013, 6.54 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Ramakrishnan Mukundan, who was appointed CEO of the Rs 13,000-crore Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL), in 2009 at the age of 42, explains to CNBC-TV18 the ...

India is the future: L'Oreal MD   

27 Feb 2013, 5.00 pm  |  Source: Forbes India

L'Oréal India's Managing Director Jacques Challes tells Forbes India how emerging market innovations are driving the company's growth....

Europe is in trouble, but opportunities present in India  

27 Feb 2013, 2.55 pm  |  Source: Forbes India

Europe is in trouble but there are opportunities in the Middle East, Russia and India, Frans van Houten tells Forbes India...

Why do entrepreneurs need to look at rural India now?  

27 Feb 2013, 10.30 am  |  Source: SME Mentor

He is known for his bold and unconventional ideas in marketing strategy. That's why, when Harish Bijoor speaks, everyone listens. ...

Walmart's backend experience to help India biz: Asia CEO  

27 Feb 2013, 10.25 am  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Companies like Walmart have been waiting to get into the Indian market and this gives them access to the organised sector in India. ...

Empower the fiscal, don't weaken it: YV Reddy  

26 Feb 2013, 11.29 am  |  Source: Forbes India

Former RBI governor YV Reddy tells Forbes India that the government should increase fiscal expenditure, as the private sector cannot meet the rising d...

'India may be among top three aviation markets by 2020'  

25 Feb 2013, 10.44 am  |  Source: PTI

India is likely to become one of the top three aviation markets in the world by 2020 provided the strong passenger growth clocked in recent times cont...

How Motherson Sumi became giant auto parts manufacturer  

18 Feb 2013, 12.07 pm  |  Source: Forbes India

Ashish K Mishra reports how Motherson Sumi became giant auto parts manufacturer. From a non-descript business, Vivek Chand Sehgal has set up one of th...

Govt's reforms push will help return to high growth: RBI  

29 Jan 2013, 12.16 pm  |  Source: PTI

Supporting the government's recent reform push, Reserve Bank today said measures like opening up the FDI in some sectors and moves towards fuel price ...