The first few months of 2019 have seen the lowest new investment proposals in India in the last 14 years. The ‘Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy’ report states investments in Q4 of FY 2019 added only Rs. 9.5 lakh crore. These figures are unlikely to experience any significant change in the up...
Absence of electricity has been an inherent feature of rural India. It has led to low infrastructure and poor communication services in rural India. However, according to government reports, the situation has improved in the last few years. Electricity production in India reached its highest level o...
A shattered building with broken wooden windows and a creaking staircase. A boisterous crowd protesting agitatedly as loudspeakers blare their demands. A group of sat on a make-shift platform and protested through hunger strike. Such were the scenes outside the Kolkata head office of the Bharat Sanc...
The logistics sector in India has been a catalyst for economic growth. In India, around 60% of cargo transportation is done through roads. The Indian logistics sector is estimated to be worth around $160 billion. It is expected to reach $215 billion by 2020.India, with a population of 1.3 billion, i...
StockEdge is a self-help financial app for the Indian stock market, which is primarily based on NSE and BSE data. It provides necessary tools to understand the stock market. Vivek Bajaj, Founder, StockEdge, spoke to BE’s Kuntala Sarkar. Q. How is your product unique in the Indian context?A. O...
According to data from Statista, the app-based cab market in India is currently estimated at around $675 million. By 2023, this figure is expected to reach $1.3 billion. The market is predominantly concentrated in tier I cities. But some of these start-ups have found their way to expand to tier II a...
Ola is in its ninth year of operation in India. With more than one million vehicles, Ola is presently operating in 170 Indian cities that include Bangalore, Kolkata, Delhi, Pune, Chennai and Hyderabad. Biplob Mondal, Operation Team Lead, Kolkata, spoke to BE’s Kuntala Sarkar. Q. What is the b...
Healthcare has been a focus area for the Indian government. The public healthcare system in India remains highly over-stretched and the private healthcare system is yet to achieve the desired level penetration. Mobile apps, dealing in the healthcare sector, have ushered in some welcome changes in th...
India is going through an agricultural crisis. Farmers’ incomes continue to remain low in 2019. On July 20, 2018, the rising farmer suicides led the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare to announce, “The government has set a target of doubling of farmers’ income by 2022. The government ...
Major players from the steel industry have approached the government to auction iron ore mining licences which are currently held by private miners. Licences for 334 mines, out of which 33 working iron ore mines with an annual production capacity of 55 million tonnes (MT), will expire in 2020 and ma...