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India Inc's sales surged over 22% in the June quarter, but salary growth stayed below 9%, raising concerns about muted wages amid AI adoption and cost pressures

India needs reforms on multiple fronts

EAC-PM study finds foreign-owned firms' investment intensity in India has declined since FY20, while domestic business groups have steadily raised investment

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The next frontier of insolvency reforms is preparing companies for distress before it strikes

Early Q1FY27 results show corporate profit growth at an 11-quarter high, led by banks, Reliance Industries, IT services and metal companies

Share of instruments that faced such action rose to almost a five-year high in May

Apollo Healthtech plans to appoint Shobana Kamineni as executive chairperson ahead of its proposed listing, with the demerger expected to be completed by late FY27

Despite growing investment in AI-enabled sales training, organisations struggle to link adoption with business outcomes, according to an upGrad Enterprise survey

PSUs, cyclicals, non-bank lenders drove profit growth

Indian firms are increasingly opting for demergers as investors reward focused businesses and simpler corporate structures

State-owned Bank of Baroda is aiming to grow its Rs 4.56 lakh crore corporate book by 10 per cent in FY27, and has pegged the current pipeline of such big-ticket lending at Rs 50,000 crore. Amid worries on sluggish private capex growth, its managing director and chief executive Debadatta Chand said nearly two-thirds of the proposals continue to be for term loans and the rest is for working capital, suggesting a good demand for investment purposes. On the telecom sector loans, where there is intense speculation on Vodafone Idea's next moves as part of the revival process, Chand said right policy measures and coming together of banks and other stakeholders can result in new loans. "Our overall pipeline is Rs 50,000 crore at present. Half of it is sanctioned and yet to be disbursed while the remaining is loan proposals under discussions," Chand told PTI. He said there is a strong demand from the renewable power and also core sectors like steel and cement for capacity building. In ord

Early Q4FY26 results show strong earnings growth led by BFSI and metals, even as oil refiners lag and global tensions fuel input cost pressures

MCA plans AI-based green channel for company name approvals with confidence ratings, aiming to reduce processing time to under a day and improve transparency

Sebi chief flags gaps in governance effectiveness, urges independent directors to move beyond compliance and focus on accountability, insight, and long-term value creation

HDFC Bank's boardroom tensions highlight a deeper issue: governance failures persist not due to weak rules, but weak internalisation of accountability and oversight

Cost pressures push firms towards tighter, tech-led travel management

Companies' R&D spending hit a decadal low in FY25 as most of them prioritised record shareholder payouts over critical technological innovation

One of the amendments proposes that the auditor or audit firms of a prescribed class of companies will not provide any non-audit services to the company or its holding or subsidiary companies

The proposed amendments relax compliance for small companies while strengthening accountability for executives and directors, raising concerns over governance and oversight