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The IL&FS resolution has delivered higher-than-expected recoveries for lenders while triggering key changes in India's insolvency framework, corporate regulation and laws governing business conduct

Naushad Forbes says India needs deeper economic reforms, lower trade barriers and greater deregulation to revive manufacturing, exports, private investment and growth

Liberalisation transformed logistics, but fragmented trucking and infrastructure gaps remain major constraints

India has an opportunity again with China turning the reform clock back in some ways, says the man who helped launch Pepsi and Reebok in India

India's regulatory framework must evolve towards greater independence, transparency and accountability as markets and regulators mature

India's global percentile ranking has improved modestly since 1991, but weak per capita gains and external vulnerability remain key drags

Liberalisation brought a flood of international brands into India, but failed to help create a global brand from within the country

It is a myth that a firm needs a corporate office in a high-rise in a major city like Chennai or Bengaluru, Kumar says. The Milky Mist corporate office sits directly above factory in a rural setting

India's privatisation drive has remained slow, with the government retaining a significant commercial presence across key sectors.

Three decades after economic liberalisation, India's farm sector still faces deep structural constraints, from weak markets and investment to subsidy dependence and resistance to reform

Economic liberalisation, policy continuity and global investments transformed Hyderabad from a historic trading centre into a powerhouse of IT, pharma, GCCs and emerging technologies

In an interview at the company's headquarters in Kolkata, Chairman and Managing Director Sanjiv Puri speaks to Ishita Ayan Dutt about how liberalisation transformed the competitive landscape

From PSLV's breakthrough in the 1990s to Chandrayaan and private-sector reforms, India's space programme has transformed over 35 years

Saran says that India must shore up relations in its neighbourhood before it can aim for global leadership and that it must not succumb to pressure from the United States

Despite decades of economic reforms, informal and contractual work remains entrenched as weak manufacturing growth, small firms and skill gaps constrain formal job creation

Raamdeo Agrawal, cofounder and chairman of Motilal Oswal Financial Services talks about how reforms changed the equity culture in India

Cumulative spending on R&D was just $7.2 bn in FY26, against $61 bn spent by Alphabet alone in 2025

On July 21, 1993, RBI provided in-principle approval to HDFC and Unit Trust of India, or UTI (its lender later became Axis Bank), for starting banking companies

Just seven states accounted for nearly 82% of all FDI equity inflows to India from January 2000 to March 2026

The first of a 3-part series looks at how emission will be a major issue at the Antalya climate summit to be held in November