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Noida workers’ unrest: A story of hidden inflation and its impactNoida factory workers protest: Years of rising costs have diminished buying power, creating widespread discontent among many. Wage growth l...
Life insurers should simplify products, extend rural reach: Irdai's Swaminathan IyerIndia aims for insurance for all by 2047. Irdai member Swaminathan S Iyer stated product complexity is a barrier. He urged simpler, off-the...
‘Noida or Bangalore, sab loan par hai’: Viral video exposes harsh truth of EMI-trapped middle-class life in high-risesA video is currently circulating online, showing an empty swimming pool in a high-rise. The video is about the financial struggles of India...
How Nimesh Chandan of Bajaj Finserv picks stocks using the megatrend approachBajaj Finserv Asset Management has identified several megatrends for the Indian market and economy, including consumerism and urbanisation,...
Consumer goods makers see spike in rural demandNearly 40% of all branded products of daily use are sold in rural areas, home to about 800 million people whose purchasing behaviour depend...
Budget 2018: Consumer goods companies to gain from govt's spending plansNearly 40% of all branded products sales of daily use are in rural areas, home to about 800 million people whose purchasing behaviour depen...
Etailers hope for rise in FDI investment, healthy competitionAnalysts see more direct and indirect benefits flowing in from the cabinet’s decision, even if it only meets half-way a long-pending demand...
No more urge to splurge! Millennials are taking austerity vows to curb consumptionAs lifestyle spending becomes the norm for most urban Indians, many are choosing to take the other way.
Direct selling can earn Rs 64,500 crore by 2025: ReportThe industry has recorded strong growth rates in the last five years, especially in Assam, Delhi, Punjab and West Bengal on the back of ris...
Sluggish FMCG sector set to move fast on low inflation: ReportGrowth in FMCG sector was a tepid 7% in the just concluded calendar year, a steep decline from 18-19% clocked in 2010-11, says report from ...
Non-business debt soars in rural and urban India, says NSSO reportMadan Sabnavis, chief economist at CARE Ratings, said the trend reflects rising consumerism in both rural and urban areas.
University Grants Commission directs Delhi University to start mandatory course on environmental scienceUGC, which issued the directive on Wednesday evening, has asked the university to introduce the course in the current academic session whic...
Urban India has stocked used goods worth Rs 22K crore: OLXThe survey also said the categories most stocked are kitchen and home appliances, mobile phones, clothing, watches and books.
Nutraceuticals market may double in next five years: ResearchThe domestic nutraceutical market could have grown five-fold by 2020 since the beginning of the current decade with possible domination by ...
Budget 2012: Rural focus, tax cuts to lift mood of consumerSome reports say that by 2015, India will be the 11th largest economy in the world in terms of GDP based on the market exchange rate and th...
- Black magic & consumerism
A report highlights the plight of owls in India, given that their supposed role in black magic makes them prone to being caught and traded ...
- Future, Reliance, M&M on rural retail roads to Gujarat
Gujarat is getting ready to see at least three big boys of Indian retail taking the rural roads for a major push. Restaurants reprinting me...
- Clothes, phones top India’s shopping list
Expenditure on education has gone up from 45% to 57% in urban India and from 29% to 44% in rural India while expenses on healthcare have al...
- Stop caning the farmer: Renuka Sugars MD
More than 60% of our population is dependant on agriculture. The agri sector is growing at 1% while the rest of the economy is expanding at...
- UPA's eco policy responsible for farmers' suicide
The Janata Dal-United on Satarday opposed the UPA government's economic policies, claiming they led to farmers' "suicides" and wanted a "co...