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COVER
STORY
India's
Largest Companies
-- Amit Singh Sisodiya, Imrana Moghul and Neha Naithani
India
Inc. is on a roll. Continuing the strong growth momentum
of the last couple of years, this year too, companies
have delivered rocking performances. The 500
brings to you this exclusive story, providing insights
into the performances of the top 500 companies, based
on the parameter of net sales, distilled from a list
of close to 3,900 firms listed on the BSE. The cover
story also offers you a peek into the performances of
the companies based on several other parameters such
as OPM and M-Cap. Read on.
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INDUSTRY
Automobile
Industry : On the Fast Track
-- N Janardhan Rao with inputs from V Ratna
The
Indian automotive sector, one of the top auto industries
in Asia, has carved a niche for itself in the global
market and is witnessing a new success story everyday.
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IT
Sector : Re(ady), Steady, Slow?
-- Amit Singh Sisodiya and Imrana Moghul
For
India's Information Technology (IT) industry, which
has so far been growing at a neck-break pace, suddenly
the fears of a deceleration appear imminent.
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Pharmaceutical
Industry : Healthy Future Ahead
-- N Janardhan Rao and V Ratna
The industry has reached a stage where it can differentiate
the `winners of today' from the `winners of yesterday'.
With increasing interest from global honchos, good times
beckon pharma firms.
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Oil
& Gas : The Quest for Energy Security
-- Y Bala Bharathi
To
meet India's ever-increasing thirst for oil, Indian
oil majors are aggressively scouting for overseas equity
oil, besides shoring up their domestic efforts.
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Retailing
: Untapped Potential
-- N Janardhan Rao and V Ratna
The
increasing level of disposable income and the consequent
growing consumerism in the underdeveloped organized
retail sector have made India an attractive destination
for both domestic as well as global retailers.
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INDUSTRY
Telecom
Infrastructure : Making the Right Call
-- N Janardhan Rao and Pratichi Samal
Telecom
infrastructure in India lags comparably behind and needs
to be uplifted. Duplication of telecom infrastructure
is a colossal waste. Infrastructure sharing, as an option,
should be considered more seriously.
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Cement
Industry: Cementing the Future
-- N Janardhan Rao and PS Sarath Chandra
Increased
activities in infrastructure coupled with consolidation
has brought a change in the cyclical nature of the cement
industry.
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Media
and Entertainment Industry : Digitization Is the Key
-- N Janardhan Rao and Pratichi Samel
India's
strong foothold in the global IT arena has provided
the industry with the much-needed opportunity to emerge
as a global hub for digital entertainment.
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Indian
Banks : Banking on Growth
-- Y Bala Bharathi
As
the banking sector is on the threshold of exponential
growth, consolidation, reforms and compliance remain
the dominant factors on the boardroom agenda.
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FMCG
: Back in the Reckoning
-- N Janardhan Rao and L Venu
With
the changing lifestyle and rising disposable income
levels, the FMCG industry is all set to accelerate its
growth in the coming years.
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Services
Sector : In Service of the Nation
-- R Venkatesan Iyengar
The
services sector accounts for more than half of India's
GDP. While this takes Indian economy closer to the fundamentals
of a developed economy, the services-led growth would
benefit all strata of society only if it leads to broader-based
development and job creation.
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PERSPECTIVE
Liquidity
: The Difference Maker All Over Again
-- Akhil Agarwal, CFA
When it comes to dissecting a financial crisis,
the correct approach would be to look at what started
it all. The origin of the subprime global credit market
rout could be traced to what in the financial market
circles is called the `Greenspan Put'.
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APOLITICAL
Auctioning
of ECBs: Tax Investors in Domestic Projects? --
grk
The unabated inflow of `copious capital' that is threatening
to be still more copious, is haunting the policy-makers,
the politicians and the businessmen alike. The Forex
reserves are at a high of $270 bn and are all set to
rise further. External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs)
that have indeed gone up during the current year have
been identified as one of the major contributors to
the problem of surging capital inflows.
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