The data on healthcare in India is quite straightforward. The numbers speak for themselves. Today, 75% of medical costs are still paid out of pocket, leaving families at risk of financial crises during emergencies. Even with over 2 dozen health insurance providers in the country and various types of health insurance plans in place, 68% of people state that they do not have enough funds to afford t...

The government has started a comprehensive exercise to identify “non-essential imports” across sectors to curb their impact on trade balance and zero in on areas where domestic manufacturing needs to be pushed aggressively.The commerce ministry has asked various ministries, including aviation, electronics, industry and steel, to identify such “non-essential imports” in sectors they oversee...

Three in four Indians believe the fall of rupee from 38 to 80 against US dollar in last 15 years will impact them adversely, according to a survey by LocalCircles.About 52% of the respondents expect impact due to higher transport and cooking fuel costs, cost of essential products and services while 52% expect goods and services to cost more, particularly healthcare and medicines. About 44% are con...

Today’s businesses are thriving on specialised talents. Hundreds of startups are coming up every month and some of these are becoming unicorns in a short span of time. In most of these enterprises, the invaluable contributions of a few are actually keeping the business profitable. They are the key persons of these firms.What will happen if such key persons die prematurely, before the date of ret...

The new year will see grocery essentials, personal care products, packaged food and dining out get more expensive as freight, packaging and agri-commodities become costlier."We expect prices across dairy products to increase this summer," said RS Sodhi, MD of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (GCMMF), which owns Amul, India's largest dairy brand. "Globally, inflation in the dairy ...