In the past few months, there has been a lot of discussion around “work-life balance.” It has included various industry leaders like co-founder of Infosys Narayana Murthy and L&T Chairman SN Subrahmanyan. While the former suggested that the young Indian workforce work for 70 hours a week, the latter said Sundays should be used for work as well. In a video that went viral on the Internet, he said, “What do you do sitting at home? How long can you stare at your wife? How long can wives stare at their husbands? Go to the office and start working.” In the context of mental health and employe

The government announced a new Fund of Funds Scheme (FFS) with Rs 10,000 crore corpus in the Union Budget 2025-26 to promote the growth of new entrepreneurs. A similar governmental scheme was launched in 2016 with a corpus of Rs 10,000 crore, the contributions spread over the 14th and 15th Finance Commission cycles. The scheme was started to accelerate venture capital investments operated by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), which provides capital to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)-registered AIFs, which invest in startups. Finance Minister Nirmala Si

Arup Kumar Ghosh, a college dropout from the small town of Kolaghat in West Bengal always dreamed of starting a flower business. Kolaghat is popular for its flower market. Growing up, Arup has always wondered how the flower business worked because he had seen the flowers from his hometown sold all over the country. After quitting his bachelor’s degree in financial accounting in 2010, Arup started visiting local flower markets to learn about the business. The Kolaghat resident learnt that the Gudimalkapur in Hyderabad is one of India's largest wholesale flower markets. Without hesitating, Ar