Business Publications in India

Business news, issues, events, challenges & other resources are covered by various publications across the country in digital and print media. Note that the publications are listed alphabetically below.

Business India — Business India is a fortnightly business news magazine that was started in the year 1978 by Ashok Hotchand Advani, Hiroo Advani, and Rajkumar Advani. Published by Business India Publications Ltd, Business India is published in English & some other Indian languages, and covers Corporate Reports, Industry Reports, Special reports, Business Notes, Businessmen in the news, Government and the economy, Banking and Finance, The Markets, Personality Profiles, and People.

Business India magazine is considered to be the pioneer of Indian business magazines.

Business Line — Business Line, or The Hindu Business Line, is a daily business newspaper that is published by Kasturi & Sons Ltd, which also publishes The Hindu newspaper from Chennai. Started in the year 1994, the current circulation of Business Line is 117,000 and its editor is Raghuvir Srinivasan.

Business Standard — Business Standard is a daily business newspaper published from Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Pune, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, and Kochi. Started in 1975, Business Standard has a readership of over 500,000 and is published in Hindi and English languages. With ABP Group as its founding company, Business Standard was acquired by Kotak Mahindra Finance (now Kotak Mahindra Bank) in the year 1997.

Business Today — Business Today is part of the India Today group and is published by Living Media India Ltd that also owns the Aaj Tak TV news channel. Started in the year 1992, the magazine is published fortnightly and Prosenjit Datta is the current Editor of the magazine.

Business World — Business World is a business magazine that was started in the year 1981 by the ABP Group and is currently owned by Anurag Batra of the Exchange4Media group. With offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore & Chennai, Business World is published fortnightly and features Banks, Stock Market, Economy, Startups, Gadgets, Auto, Marketing & Advertising.

Economic Times — Started in 1961, Economic Times (ET) is the 2nd most-read business newspaper in the world after Wall Street Journal with a readership of over 800,000. ET is published from Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Chandigarh, Pune, Indore & Bhopal, and is part of the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.

Financial Chronicle — Started in the year 2008, Financial Chronicle is a daily business newspaper published in English from Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, and Delhi. With Shubhrangshu Roy as its Editor-in-chief, Financial Chronicle is a part of the Deccan Chronicle group that covers topics such as the Indian economy, international business, and other financial news.

Financial Express — Started in the year 1961, The Financial Express is a business daily newspaper owned by the Indian Express Group. The current editor of the newspaper is Sunil Jain and the corporate office is in Noida. A newspaper with the same name "Financial Express" is also published from Bangladesh which is unrelated to this venture.

Forbes India — Forbes India magazine is the Indian edition of the Forbes magazine that is managed & run by Network18 which is part of the Reliance Group. Started in the year 2008, Forbes India is published fortnightly and has a circulation of 50,000 copies. The current editor of the magazine is Brian Carvalho.

Mint — Mint is a business & financial newspaper from the bourses of HT Media and is published from Delhi. Mint was started in 2007 in collaboration with the Wall Stree Journal and was the first newspaper of the country to be published in Berliner format.

Outlook Business — Outlook Business is the second most-read business magazine in India and is part of the Rajan Raheja Group. Started in 2006, Outlook Business focuses on enterprises, strategy & markets, and is published by Outlook Publishing (India) Pvt. Ltd.

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