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India Wants Idle Gold Out Of Personal Lockers. Can The New Gold Scheme Do It?
Jewellers, not just banks, are now being roped in to coax 35,000 tonnes of household gold into the formal economy.
Festive Demand To Lift India’s Car Market, But Global Risks Linger
As passenger vehicle sales are set to cross 5 million units this year, crude-led inflation and input cost pressures call for a closer look.
They'll Borrow, But They'll Go for the Best: Aditya Birla Health Insurance CEO On Why Indians Won't Compromise on Care
In this special edition of The Core podcast, Mayank Bathwal, Member of the Executive Committee, General Insurance Council and CEO, Aditya Birla Health Insurance talks about medical inflation, the missing middle, and designing insurance that India's youth actually want.
Festive Cheer Meets Caution As India's Retailers Weigh Inflation Risk
India's festive retail season is showing signs of life, but rising food prices and macro uncertainty are keeping both shoppers and retailers on guard.
Mutual Funds Must Go Beyond Equity: Kotak AMC's Nilesh Shah On Reinventing India's Investment Industry
On today's episode of The Core Report, Nilesh Shah, MD, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co. Ltd on why mutual funds need to expand into debt, gold, REITs, and alternates to bring India's next 34 crore investors on board.
Profits Are Up, Investment Isn't. What The PM’s Advisers Missed
It recommends intensifying PLI incentives and public investment to crowd in private investment, but that may not be the solution.
India's 7.8% GDP Growth Masks A Crude Shock And Price Puzzle
The national accounts for April to June 2026 found less inflation than any household or factory did. Three entries carried 7.8%, and the growth that mattered was less than half of that.
India’s Highway Awards Stall, Threatening The Next Road Buildout
India’s highway awards are slowing despite rising road demand, threatening capacity, raising costs and worsening future congestion.
LNG Trucks Now Beat Diesel by 50%: Anirudh Bhuwalka, Founder and MD, Blue Energy Motors
In the weekend edition of The Core Report, Anirudh Bhuwalka, Founder and MD, Blue Energy Motors talks about how after 100 million kilometres on Indian roads, Blue Energy Motors' LNG trucks are delivering a 40% CO2 cut and matching diesel on power while battery swapping aims to solve electric trucking's five biggest hurdles
India's Skilling Story Needs A Productivity Chapter
Millions have been trained. The next question is whether that training is actually making businesses and workers more productive
If Solutions Exist, Why Wouldn't We Do It: Saint-Gobain's Sreedhar N on India's Climate-Resilient Building Push
In this weekend edition of The Core Report, Sreedhar N CEO - Asia Pacific and India Region , Saint-Gobain talks about why insulation should be mandatory, how waterproofing can double a building's life, and why India's next construction boom must be built smarter, not just bigger
Washington's Transshipment Story Doesn't Add Up
The White House blames China’s tariff evasion for shifting trade, but its evidence leaves key questions unanswered.
