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Testing Times

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RETAIL LOAN WOES • For years, India’s banking crisis had a villain: the over-leveraged corporate borrower. But FY25 delivered a plot twist. For the first time, retail loans drove more write-offs than the corporate sector. The borrower-in-crisis is no longer a conglomerate, it is the Indian household

THE BUZZ

‘‘We have to start focusing far more on manufacturing” • Rajiv Memani, Chairman & CEO of EY in India, on energy crisis, private sector investments, and reforms

RAKING IT IN • AFTER BIG SUCCESSES IN WATCHES AND JEWELLERY, THE SECOND MOST VALUABLE COMPANY IN THE TATA GROUP IS LOOKING TO GET BIGGER IN NEW FORAYS AS WELL

THE AUSTERITY IMPACT

AN AUSTERE SUMMER? • IT’S A TOUGH YEAR FOR THE ECONOMY WITH THE WEST ASIA WAR AND FORECAST OF A POOR MONSOON DAMPENING GROWTH PROSPECTS, RAISING PRICE PRESSURES AND HURTING THE CURRENT ACCOUNT. CAN INDIA RIDE OUT THE STORM AGAIN?

“WEST ASIA CRISIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SHOCK, BUT INDIA WELL POSITIONED” • Aurélien Kruse, Lead Economist for India at the World Bank, on inflation and impact of the West Asia war

TROUBLE IN THE SKIES • HIGH ATF PRICES, DEPRECIATING RUPEE AND SUP PLY CHAIN ISSUES ARE FORCING AIRLINES TO REWORK THEIR OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES. HOW WILL THEY FARE?

Trust gap Widens • AS NOEL TATA AND VENU SRINIVASAN SLUG IT OUT ON MULTIPLE ISSUES, THE ROAD AHEAD FOR THE LISTING OF TATA SONS REMAINS UNCERTAIN

TECHNOLOGY IN MOTION • BEARINGS AND TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS MAKER SCH AEFFLER INDIA IS PUMPING IN €500 MILLION REASE LOCALISATION

FUTURE OF AERIAL WARFARE • WHILE DRONES ARE NOW A CRITICAL PART OF THE BATTLEFIELD, QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED ABOUT WHETHER IT IS FINANCIALLY PRUDENT TO SPEND BILLIONS ON MANNED PLATFORMS, WHEN THE RECENT GLOBAL CONFLICTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE HAVOC UNMANNED PLATFORMS CAN CAUSE

MIND THE GAP • INDIAN BRANDS FIND THEMSELVES IN THE CROSSFIRE BETWEEN BEING PERCEIVED AS RESPONSIBLE CORPORATE CITIZENS AND CULTURAL TRANSGRESSORS

GETTING IT RIGHT

SAVE BIG WITH OUR ANNUAL OFFER

AWL AGRI’S NEW BET • THE COMPANY IS TRYING TO DECOUPLE ITSELF FROM SWINGS IN CRUDE OIL PRICES AS THE WEST ASIA CRISIS PUSHES UP COSTS

LIFE AFTER CORNER OFFICE • FOR INDIA INC’S FORMER CEOs, HERE’S WHAT COMES AFTER RETIREMENT

WHAT CHALLENGES LIE AHEAD FOR THE NEW CMs

THE NEW OFFICE ON WHEELS • INDIA’S BUSINESS ELITES ARE SWAPPING LUXURY SEDANS AND SUVs FOR ULTRA-LUXURY MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLES AS THEIR FAVOURITE PRODUCTIVITY PODS

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