What 2022 holds for India Inc.
Billionaire moves, bulls and bears and politics. And oh, the pandemic. In their midst, what can one expect next year? Here’s what we think.
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Editor's note: The date is 31 December 2022. You are in your prefered mode of transportation—private, public or shared—catching up on a year gone by. Mukesh Ambani is once again one of the top five richest people in the world, the Indian Parliament is holding lengthy, acrimonious debates on reforms (some opposition members are suspended), there’s another booster shot to fight a new variant of the coronavirus, Adani, Google, Facebook and Ola have acquired railway stations, plastering walls everywhere with posters of their brands, and the Prime Minister is actively tweeting in support of crypto assets. Excuse the sarcasm, but our predictions are grounded in facts. Two years into the pandemic, stock markets are still raging, inflation is up, credit is down, the economy is chugging along, most Indians are poorer than before, tech is the dominant theme, and the chasm between market-led reforms and our socio-political reality has widened. What could happen in 2022? We in the Business team lay out 10 things that you should keep your eyes on. Here they are: 1. Akasa in the air, Jet in the …
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