BUSINESS
How Big Tech, Big Agri are combining to create new oligopolies
Big multinational agribusinesses such as Bayer, John Deere, BASF and Syngenta, which are dominant in seeds, inputs, agrochemicals and farm equipment, are collaborating with tech giants like Google, Amazon and Microsoft to set up digital platforms in the agriculture space
BUSINESS
What does a shift from minimum wage to living wage mean for India’s poor?
India’s plan to shift to a living wage from minimum wage that will consider basic living and social needs may not mean much unless it’s implemented in letter and spirit by states
BUSINESS
Does India Inc really care about corruption?
According to Transparency International’s Global Corruption Perception Index, India stood 93rd among the 180 countries included in the 2023 index
BUSINESS
In death, Manmohan Singh has managed what he couldn’t in life – a fair appraisal in the media
When it came to assessing Dr Singh’s performance, most of us whose reporting careers tracked Dr Singh’s political career were guilty of judging a book by its cover
BUSINESS
India’s private healthcare firms to drive growth, but will hurt affordability
Healthcare affordability is far worse than availability in India
BUSINESS
Why Bata’s chappal sales are a bellwether for the economy
Inflation is pinching the average Indian, something that is visible in slowing sales of footwear
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
India’s pharma sector and regulators have both failed consumers
India, the largest maker of generic drugs, has also the poorest quality control
TRENDS
Can work and happiness go hand in hand?
Work-life balance is considered as a luxury by Indian employers
BUSINESS
Why the strike at Samsung’s Chennai plant is not just Stalin’s headache
Tamil Nadu cannot antagonise the labour force or even foreign firms
BUSINESS
What China’s 'New Three' policy means for India’s renewables ambitions
India’s efforts in EVs or batteries are at best piecemeal against China’s planned dominance
BUSINESS
The political will needed to reform GST is missing
Indirect taxes are being bloated by inflation which is not a good thing
BUSINESS
Why sporadic bans won’t fix the ‘irrational drugs’ problem
India’s fixed dose combination (FDC) problem is neither a new one, nor unknown to the regulators or the medical fraternity or the pharmaceutical industry. What’s missing is a concerted effort to eliminate bad actors
BUSINESS
Why the India growth story needs more white collar jobs
Blue collar jobs are good for sustenance and basic consumption, but it is the white collar workers who end up becoming savers and discretionary spenders
BUSINESS
Why carmakers cannot ignore woeful occupational safety record any longer
Carmakers in India have long under reported workplace accidents to authorities
BUSINESS
It’s time to impose some actual standards for customer service
Companies know that customer loyalty is important but also try to spend as little as possible on customer service and complaint redressal mechanisms. It’s time to change that
BUSINESS
Why India is missing the boat in shipping
The government wants to improve India’s position in the global shipping and shipbuilding market. Achieving it requires the right tax incentives, subsidies and easy access to cheap finance
BUSINESS
We need long-term budgeting to tackle climate change
Perhaps the most important climate-related provision in the Budget was the assurance to create a taxonomy for climate finance. By defining and categorising investments based on their impact on mitigating climate change, this opens up a host of activities and projects to potential funding from green capital
BUSINESS
It’s time to stop kicking the BSNL-MTNL can down the road
BSNL's and MTNL’s merger has been put on the backburner for the third time
BUSINESS
India is systemically prone to high food inflation – but it’s fixable
Buffer stocks of the government aren’t making much difference in managing inflation
ECONOMY-2
The three reasons why India is unable to build quality public infrastructure
Public infrastructure has a key role to play in the economy and also have the benefits that they are tangibly visible to the voting public. But some key reforms are needed to improve their quality so they sustainably fulfil the main purpose for which they are built
BUSINESS
From the C-suite to the bottom of the pyramid, women are vanishing from India’s economic landscape
There is a lot of talk on women’s empowerment and how their participation in all parts of the economy needs to increase. Unfortunately, the numbers show nobody is walking the talk
BUSINESS
Coffee prices at a 29-year high – but that only underlines the need to support growers
BUSINESS
Why the Modi 3.0 Cabinet points to a change in style of management
Leadership by fear was adopted by PM Modi in the first and even in the second term. This seems to have changed in Modi 3.0 Cabinet
BUSINESS
What brands can learn from Elections 2024
A great marketing campaign can play an important role in spreading the message but that alone is not sufficient to resonate with the consumer
