Special Report
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Adi Godrej: The govt should treat taxpayers as customers, not adversaries
The government must make people more comfortable about investing in India. For that, among other things, it has to fix its tax machinery
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After a year in office, Modi must reset expectations, recalibrate priorities
Nice-to-have schemes like Swachh Bharat cannot take up too much of his time. The PM needs to run a lean, mean, focussed and execution-oriented government. He was elected to do this job—not anything else
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One year of Narendra Modi government: The India Inc verdict
What do top industry leaders think of the Narendra Modi-led government's performance in the past year? The Forbes India-BMR Advisors survey has some answers
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'What are you doing to accelerate growth?' asks P Chidambaram
It has been a year of promises but little implementation, says former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, asking hard questions of the Modi government in a no-holds-barred interview
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Realty funds: This financial lifeline has caveats
Realty funds are making significant investments in an industry in distress. But what happens if sales don't pick up?
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Pirojsha Godrej: In many ways, real estate is a service industry
Godrej Properties MD Pirojsha Godrej emphasises on the need to provide quality products to create a distinct identity in the market
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Abhishek Lodha: There's a fight for quality among developers
Property dealers who have delivered reliable products continue to have good demand in the market, says Lodha Group MD Abhishek Lodha
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Mahindra World City: A township that dreams big
With 64 companies and 38,000 employees, the 1,500-acre Mahindra World City near Chennai has silenced its critics
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Numbers don't lie: Real estate industry grappling with problems
Statistics that give a better picture of the real estate sector
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Realty's big-brand theory
Take a crowded market, depressed sales and high-involvement products, and the formula is self-evident. The days of commodity selling in real estate are over: Buyers are seeking credible, quality names. Consider that brands today account for 50 percent of total residential sales and the worm is only going to climb up
