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Best of BS Opinion: Budget with a long-term view, corporate earnings & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Turnaround time

Early trends in corporate earnings hold out hope

Tax sops over subsidies: Why PLI scheme doesn't enthuse India Inc

Local sourcing of components and state monitoring keep firms away from production-linked incentives

IT sector biggest contributor to India Inc dividend pool in the past decade

The average payout by the 186 companies in the past decade had been 41% and annualised returns for their stocks had been 8%.

India Inc on recovery path; 53% firms to raise headcount in 2021: Report

India's hiring activities declined last year due to the coronavirus pandemic

Time to take stock of our personal reserves, meaning of our work: K M Birla

We will look back at the year not so much for the memories it helped us create, as for the new tangents and angles it forced on the arc of our recent history

Covid-19 impact: Companies bolster risk handling after a year of bouncers

Companies are focusing more on preparing for unexpected surprises after the shifts in 2020

India Inc's big boys: Share of large borrowers on banks' books decline

However, large advances in the SMA-0 (special mention accounts) category registered a quantum jump (155.6 per cent) over the previous quarter and 245.6 per cent over March 2020 levels

India Inc gets back to office cautiously, even as many MNCs remain shut

Many are testing hybrid models to ensure safety and hygiene; seat-booking module introduced in some companies

BSE-listed companies' m-cap zooms to record Rs 193.18 trillion

The market capitalisation of all BSE-listed companies zoomed to a fresh lifetime high of over Rs 193.18 trillion on Thursday

Indian businesses aim to tap consumers directly in 2021: Report

The focus for digital platforms in India will be on selling directly to the consumers in 2021, a new report said

India Inc has always played a role in agriculture, albeit a limited one

Innumerable committees have recommended reforming the regulated markets much before 2003, when the first model APMC Act was framed to do precisely that in the country

On the chessboard: 2021 will see tectonic shifts in the banking industry

India Inc could make a re-entry into commercial banking - 40 years after the last round of bank nationalisation in 1980

India Inc goes on M&A spree despite Covid, health a key focus area in 2021

BPCL, Air India, airport acquisitions to dominate headlines in New Year

Corporate India expects quick turn around in 2021, says report

2020 has been one of the most challenging years as several businesses collapsed due to the global pandemic. As recovery takes root, many in India Inc expect a quick turnaround in demand cycle in 2021. As per a joint report by Bain & Company, Google and AWE Foundation, demand will be back to pre-lockdown levels in just three months from now.

Businesses improving, India Inc expecting better results in 2021: Survey

The findings are from a joint survey conducted by FICCI and Dhruva Advisors showed on Monday

Share of family-owned firms in total market capitalisation rises to 64.5%

The combined m-cap of all private sector companies rose by 24.4 per cent this year to Rs 142.4 trillion as of December 24, up from Rs 114.5 trillion at the end of December 2019

Direct exposure to equities is fraught with risks for unseasoned investors

Begin investing directly in a very small portion of your portfolio and see if you have the flair for it

On the road to recovery: Marquee companies raise advance tax payment

Larsen & Toubro (L&T), state-owned heavyweight Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), IT major Infosys, Tech Mahindra, and private banks ICICI Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank led the table

Hiring, better appraisals back on India Inc agenda amid Covid-19 pandemic

The pandemic emerged the biggest inflection point for the Indian job landscape.