India is projected to emerge as the top destination in the Indian Ocean region by 2020, but faces a huge shortage of hotel rooms. Can budget hotels fill the gap?

Never before has Amul been buffeted by as much competition as it is today. But India's largest dairy foods player has an edge: Its unique \"cow-to-customer\" model.

\"The core values and ideals my grandfather and father practised have stood us in good stead at all times—both good and bad\"

If Bollywood were to script a movie about its life over the past two decades, it would essentially be the story of a baddie who torments everyone in the first half and then inadvertently ends up becoming their biggest benefactor. The baddie in this case would not be an Amrish Puri or a Prem Chopra but an intangible monster, Piracy, who torments Industry through the '90s, pushing it to the precipice and leaving it with no option but to fight back.

The New Pension Scheme was expected to tap one million Indians in the first year. The subscriber base after seven months: 2,400.

The ones we did not profile. But they also have fire in their belly.

Our fifth annual listing of companies that are hip and happening. This listing is not an “objective” one made by researchers poring over data.

More for sentiment than outcome, what the new government does in the first few weeks will be critical. Business Today spoke to a few experts to find out what these initiatives should be.

Ragpicking is the last area a corporate would want to foray into. But for ITC, which had in the past entered unorganised businesses such as manufacturing match sticks and incense sticks, it is a potential gold mine. Its Wealth Out of Waste programme shows how a simple habit change can significantly benefit the company, the society and the country. N. Madhavan reports.

Though rigid labour laws did not deter large-scale lay-offs over the last few months, the case for reforms is still strong.

The Chairman of PFRDA, Dhirendra Swarup, talks about the new pension scheme that will offer safe and balanced growth.

President and CEO of the $12-billion Securitas AB group, Alf Göransson, was in India recently to meet the company’s core management team. In a chat with Manu Kaushik, he talks about domestic security issues and growth areas for the industry.

Titan has focussed on offering customers value propositions they find difficult to refuse.

The former Maruti MD moots a unique business model for his start-up.

They span generations and are there in every field, from biscuits to banking, from HR to hospitals. Denied entry into a male bastion, they create another industry. They are the most powerful women in the corporate world.

It’s the world’s most famous toy retailer and was established by Cornish William Hamley in London in 1760. So, why are we talking about it? Reliance Retail has entered into an exclusive franchise arrangement with Hamleys to bring its toys to India.

Better returns to workers is one reason why pension management in the country needs sweeping reforms. Inadequate coverage is another. A report.

Rising inflation will hurt some consumers for sure, but consumption per se is growing, thanks to the wider affluence a strong economy is creating.

India, Today, presents a picture of the best and the worst scenarios for women who constitute 48 per cent of its population. More and more women are making their mark in all spheres of life.

Some of the biggest gainers on the stock market recently have been companies that most of us have probably never heard of. Which are these companies, what do they do and what’s so hot about them?