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This year’s Budget is the last budget of the Narendra Modi government before the general elections. The BJP is gearing up for the upcoming elections. In the recent national executive meeting of the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi noted that there were nearly 400 days left for the 2024 Lok Sabha election. He asked party members to serve every section of society with full dedication in a speech. S...

A conversation with Jaspreet Bindra, a thought leader in digital transformation, on the future of advertising with the intervention of generative AI. As generative AI tools like ChatGPT become mainstream, the battle to remain relevant is intense in the creative advertising industry. AI, like electricity, will have an impact across the board, says Jaspreet Bindra, author of the book Tech Whisperers...

CSR is big. But now there is also CCR – corporate cultural responsibility.  We have seen several corporates jump enthusiastically into patronage of  music, arts and culture.  How does it help the brand? Is there some thought given to these interventions and patronage?  We find out from Jay Shah, Vice President – Cultural Outreach, Mahindra Group, which has as many as seven festivals running and is...

In December 2022 Bank of Japan announced that it is going to continue with its Yield curve control policy but expanded the range for movement of the yields. This led to the fall in the equity markets and Yen appreciated against dollar. Bank of Japan on January 20,2023 stated that it intends to continue with the ultra easy monetary policy and Yield curve control measure after widening the trading b...

The 16th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival is all set to begin from 19th January, and until the 23rd at Hotel Clarks Amer. The organisers will be hosting over 250 speakers from across the globe, many of whom are winners of major awards such as the Nobel, the Booker, International Booker, the Pulitzer, the Sahitya Akademi, Baillie Gifford, PEN America Literary Awards, and many more. The fes...

India, in a short period of time, has introduced game-changing products in the financial sector, with the UPI payments ecosystem becoming a runaway success. After a period of being under pressure, the banking sector is doing well. Banks’ asset quality has improved in the first half ending September 30, 2022 period for FY23. Recent RBI data suggests that the scheduled commercial banks’ GNPA has fal...

Hamsini Karthik speaks to Ravi Loonkar, partner and insolvency professional, RBSA Restructuring Advisor LLP, to gauge what's not working so well in the insolvency and bankruptcy code. Listen in! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

PSU stocks are well-regarded for their attractive valuations, high dividend yields, sovereign support on account of government ownership, and good return potential. After a solid 2021, these stocks seem to have found some favour in 2022 as well. As a result, PSU thematic equity funds have given robust returns. The ongoing debate between actively managed funds and passively managed vehicles such as...

India is an agrarian economy with about 54.6 percent of the total workforce engaged in agricultural and allied sector activities, as per the 2011 Census. With Rs 1,32,000 crore announced as the revised estimates of the budget 2022-23 for Agriculture and farmer welfare. What are the areas that the government is likely to focus on in Agriculture this budget, and what are various stakeholders looking...

On February 1, 2023, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the current Narendra Modi government's last full budget before the general elections next year. Even as the world is coming out of the threat of the Covid-19 pandemic, experts believe threats like the war in Ukraine, the surge in the dollar's price and high inflation could push the world into a recession.  This puts the Union Bu...

The latest PwC report on ‘Start-up Perspectives’ delves into some interesting takeaways. Expectedly, Bengaluru continued to be the key start-up city. It mentions that while start-up funding did decrease in 2022, it was twice more as the funds raised in the year 2020 and 2019. Further, some of the top sectors that attracted funding were SaaS, Fin Tech, Logi and Auto Tech and Ed Tech. Interestingly,...

From a household brand of dairy products to a multi-product food brand, in the past decade, Amul catapulted itself into the league of top 10 global dairy processors. The man at the helm of affairs during that period, Rupinder Singh Sodhi has much to claim credit for the transformation of the dairy behemoth. Under RS Sodhi, Amul forayed into newer areas in dairy, beverages, and non-dairy segments,...

Thunderstorms, torrential rains, landslides, floods, cold waves, heat waves, cyclones, droughts, dust storms, hail or snowstorms: India experienced at least one of them every day in the first nine months of 2022, according to the New Delhi-based Center for Science and Environment (CSE). These climate extremes claimed 2,755 lives, affected 1.8 million hectares (ha) crop area, 416,667 houses and kil...

Bank deposits have an advantage over NBFC deposits to the extent they are covered by DICGC insurance up to Rs 5 lacs of deposits.  Thus if one is considering NBFCs, given the investment risk being higher as compared to banks, the interest rates must be attractive and also the NBFC must be financially sound. In our bl.portfolio edition dated Dec 11, we recommended attractive fixed deposit options f...

2022 was a volatile year for markets, and stock selection made all the difference. Looking ahead it appears asset allocation will make all the difference in 2023. Listen to the podcast to understand the different scenarios that can play out in the equities market and how you must play it during the course of the year. Listen in! Read the big story here --- Send in a voice message: https://podcaste...

It’s been a month since the e-rupee’s retail pilot was launched. As you know, the e-rupee is RBI’s ambitious project to digitalise the economy. How is it different from wallets and payment apps? What are its uses and what lies ahead for digital currency? Also, what is the reaction of bankers and customers? In this podcast, Senior Assistant Editor Hamsini Karthik talks to Ajay Rajan, head of transa...

Climate change is becoming a constant part of our lives. The tea gardens of West Bengal are not spared from it. West Bengal’s Dooars region contributes around 25% of the nation’s tea yield. Change in weather patterns such as drought, and floods have a massive impact on tea-producing areas. With climate change reducing the quality of tea yield, it is becoming difficult to get a higher price for the...

The Parliamentary panel on Finance’s recent report on anti-competitive practices by Big Tech firms is a must-read. It delves deep into the day-to-day of these firms and identified 10 anti-competitive practices: 1. Anti steering 2. Platform neutrality 3. Adjacency 4. Data usage 5. Mergers and acquisitions 6. Pricing 7. Tie-ups 8. Search and preference ranking 9. Restricting third-party apps 10. Adv...

As we head into 2023,  we look at the creator economy in depth. In this end-of-the- year episode of Digital Gadfly, a monthly podcast series on all things digital marketing, host Shubho Sengupta speaks to Manish Pandey, social media evangelist, and mentor to new-age digital brands and Influencers.  Manish, who is also part of the leadership team of social tech start-up Josh Talks and co-author of...

After a solid 2021, calendar year 2022 has seen Indian stock market take a breather of sorts but it still has outshined many a global peers, thanks to resilient fundamentals and domestic investors stepping up to fill the void left by incessant selling by foreigners. In this podcast, Parv Shah talks to Kumar Shankar Roy to find out the reasons behind India's outperformance over global markets, stoc...

While the audience came back to the movie halls after the pandemic, some small budget movies delivered unprecedented returns and some big budget movies vanished from the audiences’ attention. It was content that played the key role in making a movie hit or flop. Read the full story here.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

In the last few weeks, we have witnessed the stunning capabilities of AI tools like ChatGPT to generate content with a simple text prompt. But what happens if students use them for their assignments?  To understand the academic impact, businessline spoke to Kashyap Kompella, CEO of global technology industry analyst firm RPA2AI. Kompella explains how ChatGPT works, how schools can respond, and wha...

Even after RBI’s digital lending norms became effective on December 1, the fintech industry is still awaiting clarity on several issues. While most fintechs have made technical, procedural, and other adjustments to their operations to comply with the digital lending norms, it has increased their compliance costs, created more disruptions. This has also led to fintechs being more selective and caut...

The FIFA World Cup 2022 ended with euphoria for Argentina which lifted the trophy. Messi's last World Cup, the match saw fierce competition between France and Argentina. In this podcast, we discuss the recently concluded World Cup, and the rise of new nations in the World Cup. We also talk about the next FIFA World Cup that'll be hosted by the USA, Canada and Mexico. The next edition of the tourna...

The end of a year is always time for reflection. 2022 has been a year of big flip-flops for both enterprises and employees. Many companies entered this year with the optimism of last year. But, end of February, the war in Ukraine broke out, and things changed dramatically. Overhiring, joining bonuses, moonlighting, returning to work, and now the big layoffs. This year the pendulum swung both ways...