To an economy passing through demand depression and high unemployment, the lockdown would add supply-side stress, accelerating the slowdown further and jeopardising the economic wellbeing of millions

The COVID-19 pandemic may bring a major change in the consumers' mindset and the value system that underpin their luxury buying decisions. The brands that would work to understand this and adapt accordingly will surely turn out to be the new champions

The entire distribution, supply chain management and retail billing is done through the software created by Baba Ramdev's tech start-up Bharuwa Solutions and the company in the last one year has invested upwards of Rs 100 crore to get its tech platform in place

PayMate is improving process efficiency and providing greater transparency in cash flows

Out of the four cassettes within ATMs, three will have Rs 500 notes, and the fourth will be filled with Rs 100 or Rs 200 notes

Indian business leaders at Davos say they expect the economy to recover in two to three quarters

The 20-page chapter on 'Thalinomics' concludes that an average household with two vegetarian thalis in a day has gained Rs 10,887 per year since 2015-16. Similarly, an average household that eats at least two healthy non-vegetarian thalis per day gained around Rs 11,787 on average during the same period

Union Budget 2020 Live Updates: PM Modi says budget will increase income, investment, demand and consumption, and will bring new vigor in financial system and credit flow

Digital and physical mix is leading to a change in the nature of jobs and also bringing in new skill sets in banking

All eyes will be on the Budget with expectations that the government will do what it takes to get the economy back on track

India's GDP has dropped to 4.5% in the July-September quarter of 2019-20, the lowest in six quarters. India faces a severe slowdown. How many quarters will India have to wait to get back to its desired growth? There have been several reasons for the slowdown. The question now is how can the economy recover and what can the government do to set it on a path of recovery. The slowdown has several economic and socio-economic implications. Three of the four engines of the economy are not functioning. What is the way out? Rajeev Dubey, Editor, Business Today, expands on the reasons of the slowdown, the challenges ahead and how they can be addressed. Watch the video for more.Also watch: Slowing economy takes its toll, unemployment doubles in Uttar Pradesh

The Indian economy is going through one of its longest spells of slowdown - six quarters and counting

Prescriptions from top experts in business, economics, politics and taxation

If social conflict and mutual suspicion rise, it will hurt the economy, said Chidambaram. He also warned against a constitutional crisis in states that are opposing the National Population Register

Most in the Indian pharma industry are hopeful that the new National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) expected in 2020 will not be too disruptive

Terming the decision with the right intention but a wrong policy, the PCI says the decision is going to impact the whole digital payment industry as well as investments.

Goyal further said the government is also looking at pooling together land which state and central governments have got to offer to investors for setting up their businesses in India

Subramanian explains how after the NBFC crisis, banks turned cautious and stopped lending to small businesses, leading to a major fall in credit flow from Rs 20-lakh crore in FY19 to 'virtually nothing' in current fiscal

Chidambaram says the FY20 will most likely end with less than 5 per cent of the economic growth, which as per old methodology, he says, will be \"around 3-3.5 per cent growth rate\"

Economists and analysts see a slow and arduous economic revival from here. But some say it can be accelerated