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Your CV Is Not Their Commodity: Rethinking Digital Hiring Ethics

7 July 20257 July 2025 Perumal Koshy No Comments

Your Privacy Is Not a Price Tag Governments must act decisively to protect worker data in the digital age. This means enacting dedicated labour data protection laws that go beyond general privacy frameworks. These laws must regulate how CVs, employment histories, and personal identifiers are collected, stored, shared, and deleted. In today’s digital hiring economy,…

Business, FEATURED, Human Capital, Opinion, TOP STORIES

Nano Businesses: The Silent Engines of India’s Growth Story

7 July 20257 July 2025 Sandeep R Manakeshwar No Comments

Shankar’s small eatery was more than just a business—it was a lifeline, a testament to the millions of informal enterprises quietly fueling India. This piece uncovers the overlooked world of nano businesses and Informal Micro Enterprises (IMEs), revealing their immense importance, the systemic hurdles they face, and how recent reforms are providing a much-needed path…

Entreprenurs, India, innovation, Opinion, SMEs

Beware of Ghost Jobs: Why Fake Job Postings Are an Ethical Crisis

5 July 20255 July 2025 Perumal Koshy No Comments

Sensitive data from CVs—combined with social media profiles—can enable phishing, fraud, identity theft, or even professional blackmail.

Cyber Security, Data, Data Privacy, Digital Talent, Doing business, Human Capital, News, Opinion, workers

Strengthening MSMEs for India’s Economic Future

27 June 202527 June 2025 Sandeep R Manakeshwar No Comments

Sandeep R Manakeshwar explores the critical role of India’s 63 million MSMEs in driving national economic growth, contributing significantly to GDP and exports. Despite their immense potential, these enterprises face persistent challenges, including informality, limited access to finance and technology, and skill deficits. Manakeshwar delves into these bottlenecks and offers strategic policy recommendations to foster…

Business, FEATURED, Opinion, Reviews, SMEs

Indian Economy Leaps with MSME Support

27 June 202527 June 2025 Sandeep Dhingra No Comments

Sandeep Dhingra, Strategic CFO & Business Leader, highlights how India’s MSMEs are propelling economic decentralization and growth, making the nation the 4th largest economy. He stresses that integrating digitalization, sustainable practices, accessible finance, and targeted skilling is vital for empowering these resilient enterprises and securing India’s prosperous future. MSMEs have been instrumental in bringing economic…

FEATURED, India, Opinion, SMEs

Closing the Last Financial Window? RBI’s Gold Loan Norms Risk Reviving Informal Lending in India

26 June 202526 June 2025 Perumal Koshy No Comments

When Emergency Credit Becomes a Casualty of Regulation!!!A probable political backlash could emerge as millions of low-income and rural families—struggling to access emergency funds—perceive the new RBI gold loan norms as a government-endorsed closure of their last legal credit lifeline, especially in an election-sensitive climate.While the RBI is constitutionally independent and rightly so, monetary policy…

FEATURED, Finance, Opinion, Politics

Smart Mobility Surge: Automotive Electronics Market to Reach USD 455 Billion by 2032

18 June 202518 June 2025 Perumal Koshy No Comments

The global automotive electronics market is entering a dynamic new era, with projections indicating a leap from USD 255 billion in 2023 to approximately USD 455 billion by 2032. This robust expansion, as reported by DataIntelo, is underpinned by a 6.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) and signals significant opportunities for SMEs and startups in…

Business, Manufacturing, Reports

What Lies Between Success and Failure for Start-up Ventures?

12 June 202512 June 2025 Perumal Koshy No Comments

The line between success and failure for entrepreneurs—particularly startup founders—is often blurred. It’s not capital, visibility, or even a brilliant idea that determines longevity. It’s character. Values. And the ability to remain grounded when success tempts ego and shortcuts. Generational family-run businesses offer valuable lessons here. Many operate within a disciplined framework honed over decades—sometimes…

Business, FEATURED, SMEs, Startups, Sustainable Development, TOP STORIES

Why BRICS Nations Are the Real Advanced Economies Today

3 June 20259 June 2025 Perumal Koshy No Comments

For decades, global development discourse has relied on outdated binaries—“developed” and “developing”—shaped by the post-World War II institutional architecture and Cold War geopolitics. The transatlantic powers of North America and Western Europe have long assumed the role of global standard-bearers of development. However, a closer look at present-day realities reveals a different story. On key…

FEATURED, innovation, Leadership, Manufacturing, Opinion, Politics, SMEs, start-up, Startups, Strategy, TOP STORIES, Uncategorised

India’s Q-Commerce Growth Underscores Market-Driven Innovation: Siddharth Shankar

3 June 202511 June 2025 Editor No Comments

Dismissing India’s quick-commerce (Q-commerce) advancements as superficial or lacking innovation is a fundamental misreading of the sector’s complexity and global relevance, said exit entrepreneur and business leader Siddharth Shankar during a recent interview.

Doing business, E-Commerce, Entreprenurs, FEATURED, Opinion, TOP STORIES