-- Why job quality, skill mismatch, and policy design are at the heart of India’s labour challenge India’s labour market presents a paradox. Headline data from PLFS 2025 shows unemployment at 3.1 percent, with youth unemployment at 9.9 percent. Yet beneath these numbers lies a more fragile reality—marked by underemployment, job insecurity, and a widening mismatch between education and employment. Labour force participation remains around 59 percent, and current weekly statu

What Every Leadership Team Can Borrow from Private Equity - - PE funds are, by design, performance machines. Every rupee deployed carries a return profile, a timeline, a value thesis. But look more closely at how the best PE firms run their portfolio companies, and something more interesting emerges — a discipline that sits at the intersection of rigour and patience, accountability and genuine support. The more interesting question is not whether PE-backed businesses outperfo

- - Introduction As corporate governance evolves from being just a statutory necessity to becoming a true driver of value creation, Human Resources (HR) has steadily found its rightful place on the agenda of corporate Boards. Today , Boards devote significant attention to HR matters not merely as compliance issues but as strategic levers that shape long-term performance and sustainability. The HR-related areas that regularly feature on the Board’s agenda include: Leadership—

-- Global trade is undergoing a fundamental reset. While the tariff issue is still relevant, it is no longer the primary determinant of market access. Today, credibility on sustainability determines who supplies, who scales, and who is trusted over the long term. Given this shift, Indian companies can benefit from it by treating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) as a lever for global competitiveness. This is already visible in the trade agreements that our compan

What the rise of contract labour reveals about the health of India’s factories — and the future of India Inc. The latest Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) for 2023–24 carries a statistic that should stop every business leader in their tracks: 42% of the workforce in India’s organised manufacturing sector is now on contract. This is the highest level ever recorded — and it’s a number that will almost certainly grow in the years ahead. Yet, despite its significance, this govern

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