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    TrendsCoal India gets green nod for 17 mining projects: Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi

    Coal India gets green nod for 17 mining projects: Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi

    The PSU is currently given the target of producing 660 million tonnes of coal amounting to 82 per cent of the country's coal output
    The PointPrivate Banks Beat PSBs Hands Down

    Private Banks Beat PSBs Hands Down

    Private banks' loans and advances grew 25% in 2018/19

    Rural India Bottoming Out

    There are enough signs that India's rural sector is on the path to recovery

    The Great Indian ATM Divide

    Private sector banks have installed the largest number of ATM machines in metro cities and urban areas while public sector banks have sharper focus on rural areas

    Farm Product Prices on Fire

    Prices of major food commodities have been surging

    Housing Sales Down, but Prices Up

    Sales in major Indian cities fell 15% from 47 million sq. ft. in October 2018 to 40 million sq. ft. in the same month of 2019
    StocksSave LTCG Tax on Stocks

    Save LTCG Tax on Stocks

    Gains above Rs 1 lakh on shares are taxed. Here is how you can churn the portfolio to pay less
    Expert SpeakMoney Matters

    Money Matters

    Managing your money can be tricky. Send your queries, and personal finance experts will help you resolve any issue
    InvestmentSmart Lending

    Smart Lending

    P2P lending is emerging as an attractive investment option in the debt segment promising 15-20 per cent returns
    Anniversary Special 2020Acceleration Towards Start-up Culture

    Acceleration Towards Start-up Culture

    Agility, fast decision-making and willingness to experiment will help staid and process-oriented sectors such as banking transform

    Snackable Learning Modules Coming

    In an era of lifelong training and re-skilling to keep abreast of opportunities and threats, businesses and employees need to enable continuous 'Byte' learning

    Humans as More Sentient Social Species

    Social, emotional and ethical capacities may turn out to be more important than the intellectual capacities

    Governance by Productivity

    For jobs within the government, relevance must take precedence over size and quantity

    Time to Build a New People Pyramid

    A pyramid denotes age, experience-led hierarchy, timed progression and thus a degree of inertia and age-led journey to the top. We need to challenge that

    Offices to Foster Collaboration

    Technology will help support a wide range of work styles, especially flexible working or co-working

    AI: A Job Killer or Creator?

    New technologies create completely new markets that could not have existed before

    Future of Work

    Leading experts on the radical changes in jobs, workplace, skills, privacy and employee well-being

    Greater Polarisation in Pay from On-demand Economy

    The widening vocational demand-supply gap and poor employability after higher education will skew wages in favour of vocational work

    Towards Mind-positive Workplaces

    Focus will be on protecting a company's most precious asset - the emotional well-being of employees

    The Eight-hour Workday is Dead

    Millennials are used to a sense of freedom, flexibility and control over their lives. By simply voting with their feet they will drive this behaviour. And office architecture is rapidly changing, to provide greater collaboration, openness, less hierarchy, driven by this need for informality and ideation

    Say Hello to the Robo Worker

    Use of high technology in manufacturing is not a job killer as we have believed for years. It can be an engine for all-round growth and prosperity

    Learning Will Be Customised

    Skilling programmes need to be rapid, flexible and highly personalised. Organisations need to instill a culture of continuous learning

    Digital to Give an Edge

    Policymakers, regulators and industries must collectively invest in development of new agile learners by improving education and training systems

    Welcome the Growing Tribe of Gig Workers

    More people are going to be engaged in work outside the formal workforce than inside it

    Purpose Beyond Profit

    Companies' outlook will expand to ensuring that business stays committed to community, consumer and the planet

    Firewalls to Separate Personal From Professional

    New principles will govern workplace usage of personal devices. Safeguards will be critical to avoid blurring the divide
    Editors noteMessages to Give in Budget '20

    Messages to Give in Budget '20

    Budget 2020 comes in the wake of very low expectations. For most, businesses would be happier if Budget 2020 didn't harm them any further after the DeMo and GST shocks
    Editor-in-Chiefs noteEngines of Change

    Engines of Change

    As part of its anniversary special, BT invited a galaxy of 19 business leaders - across industries and age groups - for their wisdom on how we will work in the future