Podcast
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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups
A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India
Independence Day Special
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India's rightward shift could not have come at a better time
Even 67 years after becoming politically free, India's economy remains shackled. The rightward shift could not thus have come at a better time
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Economic Milestone: Second Five Year Plan (1956)
The plan centred on a shift towards capital goods and heavy industry for long-term benefit
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Economic Milestone: Green Revolution (1963)
The green revolution helped India move from being a massive food importer to a food exporter
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Economic Milestone: Devaluation of the Rupee (1966)
With the state of affairs in 1966, the rupee devaluation was unavoidable. Indira Gandhi took all the flak for it
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Can Narendra Modi change this weak state and enhance its capacity to act?
He has to correct a story of private success and public failure
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Economic Milestone: Nationalisation of Banks (1969)
In 1969, 14 banks were nationalised and they controlled 70 percent of india's deposits. six more banks were nationalised in 1980
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Is this really the first right-wing government?
It is a Right turn, but with a small 'R'
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What should be the economic priority of the Narendra Modi government?
India should make drastic changes in its monetary policy
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No Government Can Ignore the Problems of Deprivation
Irrespective of how much corporate bodies or individuals give, the government cannot dilute its responsibility to its stakeholders
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Economic Milestone: Operation Flood (1970)
Operation Flood and Amul cut out the middlemen, ensuring producers got a lion's share of the price paid by the consumers
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Economic Milestone: Exit of the MNCs (1977)
FERA made it very difficult for foreign firms to operate effectively in india
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Will the new government unleash skills and entrepreneurship?
Fix the five geographies of work for a job renaissance
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Economic Milestone: Maruti Rolls Out People's Car (1983)
The company rolled out its first Maruti 800, a 796 cc hatchback, in Dec 1983. Today it makes one car every 12 seconds
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Economic Milestone: Ushering in Telecom Reforms (1985)
India is expected to have 330-370 million internet users by 2015, according to a report by global consulting firm McKinsey & Co
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Is advocacy of a right-liberal policy shift an invitation for a crony-capitalist takeover?
Liberalism is a sensibility, not an ideology
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Economic Milestone: Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation (1991)
PV Narasimha Rao chose to leave his indelible stamp on the nation; he chose Manmohan Singh as his finance minister
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Narendra Modi has chosen bureaucracy as his weapon. Will it work?
Changing the mindset of the Indian babu
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How will education change under a right-wing government?
It is not the State's Business to Write and Rewrite Textbooks
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Economic Milestone: Stock Market Scam (1992)
Harshad Mehta, known for his rags-to-riches story, used receipts of public sector banks to manipulate stock prices
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Economic Milestone: Chidambaram's Dream Budget (1997)
The Dream Budget Helped Broaden India's Tax Base. tax collections grew from RS 18,700 crore in 1997 to over RS 2 lakh crore in 2013
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Is the Modi power vertical the dominant force in government?
Authority is concentrated in the cult of his personality
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Economic Milestone: Rise of India Inc (2005)
An important lesson was that India was more closely linked to the global economy than many had thought
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Economic Milestone: Beginning of the Downturn (2010)
The economic growth was undone in 2010 as inflation rose and current account deficit shot up to $31 billion in 2013
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Will the advance towards gender equality halt or be reversed?
Women with progressive thoughts must be in power
