Gig work, while good for technology and skilled workers, becomes a low paying engagement at the lower end of the skills chain.
Amit Chandra, Chairman & MD, Bain Capital India, remembers Aisha De Sequeira, the co-head of Morgan Stanley India, who passed away last week.
Kastellorizo tells us important things about how the toxic cocktail of resources, ultra-nationalism and religion can drive a geopolitical crisis.
Lessons need to be learned in New Delhi, from this unhappy story, on the risks involved in playing that ultimate game of the great powers, geopolitics — and, more important, the thin line that divides ambition from hubris.
Successive governments have either neglected or failed to come up with a long-term solution to the recurring problem of flood and the erosion of river banks of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries.
Central bank's comments, US and European economic data and development relating to virus outbreak and US-China tensions may affect risk sentiment
India needs to create a city the size of Chicago every year for the next 10 years to meet its GDP and urbanisation goals.
The pandemic has brought to light financial anxieties of individuals which are caused by low levels of financial literacy.
These institutions must be supported adequately by the government, but managed professionally. Leaving this space entirely to commercial banks and NBFCs may not work.
Interest rate cut or rise in FSI makes good headlines but the revival of real estate will no longer depend on announcements but on a set of execution specialists.
The provision of tax collection at source will be implemented only on October 1.
Innovation and technology can help the Indian MSME sector survive the current financial crisis, but for that fintech lenders which have been impacted themselves, need regulatory and government support.
Some of the agri interventions announced by the government are reformative and deep. We need similar re-engineering in the dairy policy.
At its core – the industry needs improvement in its governance and transparency culture to gain the trust of its audience.
The resilience of stock markets in light of COVID-19 uncertainty has left many market participants perplexed.
We have identified four countries that offer better opportunities to make a new beginning and enjoying a stable and quality life.
The helpless and hungry migrant workers have been treated worse than animals. Many states have treated them as if they were intruders from some foreign country.
A price cut will not guarantee survival but the odds of it will certainly rise.
It is imperative that all borrowers are treated indifferently by the banks and hence, moratorium should be granted to NBFCs; however, it may be done on a case-to-case basis.
Funding for social projects will be severely impacted in the coming year, at least till the time the epidemic is not eradicated from India.
There are compelling reasons why India needs to shed its conventional stand, inviting greater Chinese investment in the country – never mind the naysayers.
The coronavirus crisis will be throwing up several opportunities that hibernating companies will miss while in their caves.
The government is at the forefront of fighting the pandemic with little sign of private medical honchos who like to wax eloquent before the electronic media on most subjects, except when it matters the most.
SFBs have a liability franchise to take care of in addition to the lending business. This is increasingly significant in the wake of the Yes Bank crisis, after which depositors are perhaps more likely to prefer larger, more established names.
There are many organisations that have done their bit, but there are many more corporates that need to wake up and listen to the world calling for help.