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The new inn-keepers

The hospitality industry may be known by the likes of Taj and Oberoi. But hotel owners are now emerging from the shadows of big names and transforming the industry. Chitra Narayanan reports

From realty to hospitality — there’s room for all

The professional SAMHI, a PE- controlled hospitality firm was born because Ashish Jakhanwala, who had led hotel development for Accor Group in India, ...

Consumer should know what he pays for: Ram Vilas Paswan

Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution clarifies his views on food wastage and portions. Excerpts: Your ...

Saving food, TTD style

Faith, and an informal system help the temple limit waste

The right to eat

The impulse to control choices has rarely worked in India

Criminal waste

We squander a lot of food, period. But is fixing portions the answer? Rashmi Pratap reports

Problem is under-employment not unemployment: Panagariya

While Arvind Panagariya is vocal about the need to create jobs, the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog points out, in a conversation with BusinessLine, ...

Tirupur is getting back on its feet

With a rise in exports, job opportunities for skilled workers are looking up in the textile hub

Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised one crore jobs during the 2014 elections. At the present rate of job creation, this will take 30 years. Muthukumar K and Seetharaman R report on the employment crisis

Come home to food

In a country that abounds as much with cooking talent as with customers craving for authentic food, home chefs have found the perfect market to not just make money, but also preserve traditional cuisines. Rashmi Pratap reports

When small is beautiful

Home chefs are free of hassles that come with opening a restaurant

In Pataudi, just Aadhaar is not enough

While most in this Haryana town have the ID card, banking challenges remain

Digitally-enabled in Alapadu

The hamlet ranks first in AP for using the Aadhaar-based system for transactions

The 12-digit conundrum

Even as the Centre plans to link as many as 500 schemes to Aadhaar, concerns over data safety are rising. Richa Mishra reports

Gasp Capital

Delhiwalas just spent a breathless winter. Now a summer of water scarcity and mosquitoes beckons. With Central and State governments at loggerheads, community participation could be the only hope for cleaner living, writes Preeti Mehra

Derailed!

One of the bloodiest years in the history of Indian Railways underscores the urgent need to overhaul the rail network, reports Raghavendra Rao K

Cotton farmers counting the losses

Rising pest attacks are mounting pressure on cotton farmers even as prices play truant. Rutam Vora, KV Kurmanath and Vishwanath Kulkarni report

Vibrant Gujarat — Brushing up the numbers

The eighth edition of the event got more MoUs than ever before. But it has further polarised the Summit’s backers from those who doubt its impact. Rutam Vora reports

Punjab elections: Whom to vote?

None of the parties — the Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP combine, Congress, or the AAP, seem to have the public’s confidence

A crop of discontent

After the disquiet of demonetisation, can the BJP hold on to its favourites tag in the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh? Amiti Sen reports

Demonetisation in Kerala Cooperatives caught in the crunch

Even as people suffer after the RBI curb, parties are busy protecting their turfs in a system filled with their cronies, write Vinson Kurian and V Sajeev Kumar

Vendors go silent in Tirupur

Exporters cut their sub-contracts by a quarter

When the sugarcane industry sowed the seeds of banking

But paying labourers in cash in the upcoming crushing season could be a challenge

Spinning a change

Nearly a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation move, BusinessLine finds out how some of the traditional businesses are coping. It surely is not easy

Governance @140 characters

Social media is changing the way government bodies work. But there is a long way to go, writes AJ Vinayak

Now trending: States and their social media steps

Gujarat is among the more digitally inclined

Empowering the blue bird

These global examples show the way for using Twitter in governance

Sriperumbudur: a reminder of what can go wrong

A tax dispute was the start to the end ofNokia’s largest global facility

Intex to go desi for its handset components

Within two years, 70 per cent of the parts will be made locally

Assembling Make in India’s mobile dream

India might be becoming a handset manufacturing hub, but just 15 per cent of the value addition is done locally, writes Tanya Thomas

Clean it like Mysuru

India’s cleanest city now makes money out of its garbage

‘If this was an infrastructure programme, there would be no problem’

A huge white board hangs in the office of Parameswaran Iyer, Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. There are three sets of numbers on ...

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