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The government controls most economic and social activity in the country today. It needs to relax its grip if the country is to progress.
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Editor's Note
As a nation, we take pride in our intelligence. It is no accident that some of our biggest successes in the global business arena have come in knowledge sectors.
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Rana Kapoor has harnessed the power of ideas to grow Yes Bank’s balance sheet to $4.6 billion. Now, he wants to use the innovation engine to take it to $30 billion.
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Hot Seat
After a few hiccups, Norwegian firm Telenor is poised to roll out telecom services in India. The company is targeting a market share of 8% in the next three to five years. Sigve Brekke, Telenor’s Asia head, tells Anurag Prasad how it plans
to achieve that despite being a late starter.
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Mega Trucks
Truck manufacturers are driving in a new generation of heavy vehicles to India. Will their Rs 2,000-crore gambit payoff?
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Travel
US firm Travelocity’s buyout of Travelguru has now put the spotlight on other Indian travel portals.
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Mega Trucks
Truck manufacturers are driving in a new generation of heavy vehicles to India. Will their Rs 2,000-crore gambit payoff?
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LG India
LG in India looks very different from LG worldwide. It is looking to change that and conform—but more out of necessity than choice.
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Farming
They are sons of the soil and they engage in individual pursuits. Yet, there is good reason for farmers to band into a company. A district in Tamil Nadu shows how.
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Drought
India is facing its worst drought in seven years. But some in India Inc haven’t pushed the panic button yet. With reason.
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IT SERVICES
There’s a new way software companies are getting set to win deals—teaming up with their research labs to help clients better.
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CSR
The Tata group wants the world to know about its social value systems. So it is turning foreign interns into ambassadors.
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Environment
Five competitive strategies can help companies optimise their economic returns on investments made in the environment.
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Regional Films
Bollywood production houses are turning the camera on to regional films. It makes business sense.
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Enterprise
Ankur Scientific started off by getting remote villages to embrace electricity. Today, it’s selling products across the world.
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During the day, Anuj Saxena gets his creative juices flowing by indulging in his passion—acting. When the camera stops rolling, he shifts gear and busies himself with the family business.Ajita Shashidhar finds out how Saxena, the Joint Managing Director of Elder Health Care, manages to do both.
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Ever since he was three years old, Karun Chandhok has always wanted to race in Formula 1. He’s this close—and yet so far.
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Review
Some say it is the root of all evil. Others say it makes the world go round. Love it or hate it, money is an indispensable part of our lives today. Niall Ferguson explains how it came to be so in his riveting tome on the financial history of the world.
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first
Operators say the government has set stiff terms for 3G auctions. It’s just posturing—they’ll queue up.
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Direct tax Code
On August 13, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee unveiled the new Direct Tax Code. The proposals were welcomed as equitable and progressive. But a careful reading shows that many of them are similar to those made by eminent economist Vijay Kelkar in his 2002 report on Direct and Indirect Taxes to the NDA government.
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politics
The BJP has, of late, been plagued by internal strife. Can the party restore order and get back to the job of being a credible opposition?
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carbon
The government’s plan for enhanced energy efficiency
hasn’t overlooked a vital aspect. Financing.
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pharma
Domestic pharma firms in contract research and manufacturing services might feel the heat from global M&A deals.
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prime mover
The Fed’s top man has just been appointed to another term. That’s good news for the US, and for the rest of the world.
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changing stakes
A blitz of QIPs put the sheen back on private equity numbers in July.
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