While the mid-cap index fell by 12 per cent to 9,802.77 points, losses were more sharper in the small-cap index which plunged 16.56 per cent to 9,876.53.

The spending pressure on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley threatens to worsen imbalances in $2 trillion economy as consumption outpaces investment, undermining Prime Minister Narendra Modi's promise of better jobs for its 1.3 billion people.

Shrey Jain, Founder and MD, SAS online.com also said govt must offer sops for the capital markets to encourage the trend of savings moving away from hard assets like real estate and gold and into financial assets.

Entrepreneurs and HR practitioners descended in droves to witness two scintillating panel discussions on: (a) Analyse IT: Is HR Analytics a boon or a curse?, and (b) Attrition: Can it be a good thing?

In a burst of action, the 90 year old organisation is being restructured to make it more nimble. A digital initiative raymondnext.com is meant to counter the threat from e-tailers.

Will the NDA government, whose economic programme hinges on boosting the manufacturing sector, be able to bring about the required change? The coming Union Budget may provide some of the answers.

\"Moves towards ensuring simplified procedures with time-bound accountability for approvals will go a long way in driving growth,\" says Dr Reddy's Laboratories Co-Chairman and CEO G.V. Prasad.

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Business Today readers share their feedback on the magazine's coverage.

There are no standard prescriptions for creating a great workplace. And over the years, the benchmark for what constitutes a good workplace as opposed to a bad one has gone up many times.

Pande, Managing Director, HR, Accenture India knows that he has struck the right chord with the employees.

Companies that made it to the top 25 have been focusing on inclusive growth and nurturing future leaders.

Companies set high benchmarks in nurturing talent.

The annual BT-PeopleStrong survey finds that companies such as Amazon and Flipkart, are moving up the aspirational ladder.

While, conventional wisdom says to buy these stocks on a correction, but, the fact that most banking stocks have given negative returns anywhere between 23%-65% in the last one year, investing in PSB space may not be a good idea.

Data analytics is impacting virtually all industries the world over and the automobile industry is no exception. Inexorably, all business activity is becoming data driven and this is where analytics comes in.

In a study carried out for the railway ministry, NCAER states that the growth will happen on a business-as-usual situation without any major policy shifts.

US stocks tallied their third straight session of gains on Wednesday, led by energy shares as oil prices jumped, while better-than-expected economic data helped allay growth fears.

Iran last night welcomed OPEC drive to freeze output, but did not confirm to freeze production. US Federal Reserve, in its January minutes, worried about global market turmoil.

'Inclusive growth' is high on agenda for every economy including India, and developing a roadmap for attaining inclusive growth is the foremost task dominating the minds of leaders and academicians alike.