Forbes India – August 4, 2017

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18 | Gst: A CritiCAl reForm thAt

Will Drive GroWth

By simplifying taxation, the new regulation

will bring in transparency and draw foreign

investors to India, says Rashesh Shah

FeAtUres

intervieW

68 | ‘i Am not in A rUsh to Fly

internAtionAl oUt oF inDiA’

The Indian aviation landscape is complicated

and AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes is keen

to not mess it up

sUPer 50

36 | the QUAlities oF BeinG sUPer

This year’s list comprises companies that

deployed the right business strategies to

emerge stronger despite trying circumstances

38 | BeAtinG the heAt
Wiser from bankruptcy, Achal Bakeri made
Symphony the market leader in air coolers. And
now he is eyeing a global footprint

42 | hominG in

DHFL, India’s second largest private housing

finance company, has grown by targeting the

hinterland with a dedicated task force

46 | the hoUse thAt they BUilt

How Motilal Oswal has moved on from being a

mere broking house to a non-banking financial

company in three decades

51 | BeneAth the sUrFACe

With Vedanta buying a majority stake,

Hindustan Zinc has gone from suffering

deep losses to becoming the world’s

second largest zinc producer

54 | inDiA’s sUPer 50 ComPAnies

Companies that have been resilient enough to

tide over tough market conditions

Cross BorDer

20 | ‘everyBoDy Gets BilleD’

Why thousands of dollars from Eric Trump’s

kids-with-cancer foundation ends up in the

coffers of his father’s companies

heroes oF PhilAnthroPy

70 | A stAr retUrns home

Basketball legend Yao Ming has returned to his

home country to power a philanthropic journey

with his stardom

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raamdeo agrawal (left) and Motilal oswal started MofSl in 1987

achal bakeri’s Symphony chooses to return cash to its shareholders

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Sindesar khurd, an underground zinc-lead mine, in dariba, rajasthan

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