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How sugar industry has managed to break out from surplus-shortage cycle

The Rangarajan committee recommendations on sugar reforms have been put into cold storage. Yet, the industry has managed to break out from the infamous surplus-shortage cycle

Travel start-ups hit a bumpy road amid restrictions due to coronavirus

They were riding on the promise of steady double-digit growth, but with travel restrictions and cancellations, their problems are mounting

Explained: How the hygiene market stacks up amid coronavirus

The market for masks, soaps and hand sanitisers is booming, prompting the government to weed out spurious products and focus on long-term habit formation

The Strategist Quiz #657

The Strategist Quiz #657

Answers to the Strategist quiz #656

Answers to the Strategist quiz #656

PE/VC investments hit 24-month low of $1.7 bn, value falls by 39%

Uncertainty over the impact of Covid-19 is expected to act as a significant headwind to Indian PE/VC investments

Govt plan to set up 10,000 groups to promote farm produce needs pruning

A farmer-producer organisation is a means to help small farmers maximise their income by offering distribution and marketing support for their produce

Answers to the Strategist quiz #655

Answers to the Strategist quiz #655

The Strategist Quiz #656

The Strategist Quiz #656

End of exclusivity period will ensure fair play in gas pipeline business

The PNGRB is now taking careful ste­ps to draft regulations on how to end the exclusivity and the subsequent issues of tariff and sharing of the existing infrastructure

Stewardship code aims greater investor, India Inc engagement. Will it work?

Stewardship responsibilities include engaging investee companies on ma­tters ranging from corporate governance and financial performance to capital structure and strategy

Oil price crash could help India's economy but will hurt country's OMCs

If the prices of oil threaten to remain at such low levels, both government-run ONGC and Oil India as well as private sector RIL-BP or Vedanta could find it extremely unprofitable to dig more fields

Meet Prashant Kumar, SBI veteran asked to steer Yes Bank in rough seas

Kumar's mettle was tested in field while leading Kolkata circle as chief General Manager and as general manager in erstwhile Maharashtra and Goa circle.

With Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, BJP bets big on experience to take on Kejriwal

Bidhuri is the most experienced among those who are in active politics in Delhi and a prominent face among the Gurjars

Answers to the Strategist quiz #654

Answers to the Strategist quiz #654

The Strategist Quiz #655

The Strategist Quiz #655

Newsmaker: Ravneet Gill and the big bet on the wrong bank

Gill had the unenviable task of steering a troubled entity with legacy issues. But he could have been more proactive

Why changes in crop insurance scheme could raise issues of sustainability

There are two principal changes. The first is the decision to make the scheme voluntary for non-loanee farmers and the second imposes a limit on the premium subsidy to 30 per cent for unirrigated area

Mahindra yet to make SsangYong click 10 years after acquiring Korean firm

A decade after Mahindra & Mahindra acquired the South Korean motor company, the automaker is struggling and its Indian parent's three-year plan to pull it out of crisis looks challenging

As coronavirus epidemic spreads, Indian steel industry may have a meltdown

Coronavirus is likely to keep up the pressure on Indian domestic steel prices in the near term