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Even after RBI’s digital lending norms became effective on December 1, the fintech industry is still awaiting clarity on several issues.

While most fintechs have made technical, procedural, and other adjustments to their operations to comply with the digital lending norms, it has increased their compliance costs, created more disruptions. This has also led to fintechs being more selective and cautious in their business approach.

In this podcast, Ansika Kayastha from businessline explains the RBI norms and the fintech companies’ difficulties in complying them. 

Read the full story here.

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businessline Podcast is a daily series of podcasts from The Hindu businessline newspaper. In this series, we take a look at news that matter from around the world and stories to provide quick, critical analysis. Our reporters, analysts and experts provide context to help you understand what happened, why is it important and how it impacts you. Listen in as we decode a wide range of topics from politics, policy, Indian economy and the world of business.

The FIFA World Cup 2022 ended with euphoria for Argentina which lifted the trophy. Messi's last World Cup, the match saw fierce competition between France and Argentina.

In this podcast, we discuss the recently concluded World Cup, and the rise of new nations in the World Cup. We also talk about the next FIFA World Cup that'll be hosted by the USA, Canada and Mexico. The next edition of the tournament will have more teams, that is 48. So, does India stand a chance? B Baskar explains.

The end of a year is always time for reflection. 2022 has been a year of big flip-flops for both enterprises and employees. Many companies entered this year with the optimism of last year. But, end of February, the war in Ukraine broke out, and things changed dramatically. Overhiring, joining bonuses, moonlighting, returning to work, and now the big layoffs. This year the pendulum swung both ways and we did it all.

In this episode, Kamal Karanth, host of the people@work podcast series, discusses the year that it was with Madhumita Basu, a C-suite member with a cement major.

(Produced by Akshaya Chandrasekaran.)

Amid the conventional heteronormativity, there are several gender expressions that we ignorantly, fail to recognize. One of them is gender fluidity.

Gender Fluidity, in simple terms, means that a person’s gender changes over time. It can also be defined as the way people feel outside the binary gender structure. In this podcast, we talk about what gender fluidity is, how important pronouns are for a person and how it is to live as a gender-fluid person in India. Listen in.

After a robust 2021, the calendar year 2022 has been a volatile one. But even as the inflation/rates debate continued to cloud the horizon for global markets, Indian equity benchmarks, powered by stronger domestic fundamentals, have outperformed most developed and emerging markets.

What lies in store for 2023? To find out, our team reached out to Neelesh Surana, CIO, Mirae Asset Investment Managers (India); Samir Arora, founder, and fund manager, Helios Capital; Kenneth Andrade, Founder & CIO, Old Bridge Capital, and Sunil Koul, Asia Pacific Equity Strategist, Goldman Sachs.

Tune in to this podcast to know about the specific sectors that, according to these experts, look most promising for 2023.

To access the full insights, click below to see what each expert has recommended.

Neelesh Surana

Samir Arora 

Kenneth Andrade

Sunil Koul

The Union Budget 2023 is significant. This is the last budget before the General Elections of 2024. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held several pre-budget meetings with 54 Central Ministers and Departments.

Among the various suggestions, the Confederation of Indian Industry proposed a reduction in personal income tax rates. Meanwhile, the budget might see changes in the new income tax regime, and propose a roadmap for the common Income Tax Reform Form.

In this podcast, we talk about the likely reforms in the Income Tax regime, the common Income Tax Return Form. We also discuss if there will be any cut in the personal income tax.

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businessline Podcast is a daily series of podcasts from The Hindu businessline newspaper. In this series, we take a look at news that matter from around the world and stories to provide quick, critical analysis.  Our reporters, analysts and experts provide context to help you understand what happened, why is it important and how it impacts you. Listen in as we decode a wide range of topics from politics, policy, Indian economy and the world of business.

It has been seen that investors tend to research a lot about entering mutual funds (MF).  Also, there is a lot of content centered around the purchase of MFs which you can find on the internet. However, one aspect that is less discussed is having a good plan to exit as well. While selling, in general, may be very infrequent compared to buying, one needs to have a clear plan around that as well.  However, not much guidance is available regarding when to exit MFs. 

Tune in to the podcast to understand the ideal time for selling MFs and how to exit them strategically.

Despite the continued impact of COVID-19, malaria cases and deaths remained stable in 2021, states the World Malaria Report 2022.

The report, by the World Health Organisation (WHO), highlights progress towards global targets and describes opportunities and challenges for eradicating malaria. The report also finds that, despite disruptions due to pandemic, countries around the world have largely held the line against further setbacks to malaria control.

The report states, “Malaria cases continued to rise between 2020 and 2021, but at a slower rate than in the period 2019 to 2020.”

In the latest episode of BL Podcast, Jyothi Dutta, Deputy Editor, businessline decodes the latest World Malaria Report 2022 and talks about the robust research and development pipeline which is set to bring out a new generation of malaria control tools.

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businessline Podcast is a daily series of podcasts from The Hindu businessline newspaper. In this series, we take a look at news that matter from around the world and stories to provide quick, critical analysis. Our reporters, analysts and experts provide context to help you understand what happened, why is it important and how it impacts you. Listen in as we decode a wide range of topics from politics, policy, Indian economy and the world of business.

Bisleri International, a brand known to all of us, has come to the news again. The chairman of Bisleri, Ramesh Chauhan has decided to sell the packaged drinking water business.

The potential buyer of Bisleri is Tata Consumer Products Ltd (TCPL). While the deal hasn’t been finalized yet, both Tata and Bisleri have given an affirmative answer about being in talks.

In this podcast, we talk about the journey of Bisleri and why it is looking for a new owner. We also discuss how acquiring Bisleri will help Tata.

(Hello and welcome to the BL Podcast. This is Nabodita Ganguly. Today, I am joined by Meenakshi Verma Ambwami who will speak in-depth about the issue.)

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businessline Podcast is a daily series of podcasts from The Hindu businessline newspaper. In this series, we take a look at news that matter from around the world and stories to provide quick, critical analysis.  Our reporters, analysts and experts provide context to help you understand what happened, why is it important and how it impacts you. Listen in as we decode a wide range of topics from politics, policy, Indian economy and the world of business.

The recently concluded state assembly elections in Gujarat, saw the BJP create history by winning with a comfortable majority of 156 out of 182 seats. In Himachal Pradesh, the Congress won 40 out of the 68 seats.

In this podcast, we talk about what this result means for the BJP and Congress. We also discuss the new entrant-AAP and its performance.

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businessline Podcast is a daily series of podcasts from The Hindu businessline newspaper. In this series, we take a look at news that matter from around the world and stories to provide quick, critical analysis.  Our reporters, analysts and experts provide context to help you understand what happened, why is it important and how it impacts you. Listen in as we decode a wide range of topics from politics, policy, Indian economy and the world of business.