FMCG firms brace for new rural reality

Last month when Nitin Mathur, an analyst with Mumbai-based research firm Espirito Santo, was on a four-day field visit to the national capital region and parts of rural Rajasthan, what stuck him......

Why bank branches are important even in Digital India

Despite the increasing adoption of digital transactions in the past three to five years, brick-and-mortar interaction across geographic catchments remains a potent distribution channel. Though the......

Cross-sectoral fund allocation in a limbo

Among the plethora of funds announced by former Finance Minister Jaswant Singh, the Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion) Infrastructure and Manufacturing Fund, is still in a limbo. Even the other two......

Plug power financials. Now!

"We can talk about computers, information technology, great talent and intellect in India. But unless you get power to drive it, you will miss the next revolution." - Jack Welch, September 2000The......