Anuj Gupta

In one form, there is a naturally occurring sweet protein that delivers sweetness without the metabolic cost of sugar. This has now been synthesized in India at a cost which is even lower than conventional sugar sweetness.

In one form, there is a naturally occurring sweet protein that delivers sweetness without the metabolic cost of sugar. This has now been synthesized in India at a cost which is even lower than conventional sugar sweetness.

When a team exceeds expectations, the question is not simply, “Well done.” It is often, “Why did you think this was the limit?” When a team underperforms, the inquiry is not immediately about accountability.

This article is authored by Anuj Gupta, MD, BowerGroupAsia. Published on: Jun 15, 2026 9:01 AM IST

India's environmental clearance process often delays urban housing projects, raising costs and slowing jobs without improving protection. A risk-based system could speed low-impact projects while safeguarding sensitive areas.

Editorial Analysis - 19 June 2026 The Real Barriers to Trade Are No Longer Tariffs Essential Upgrades — India's Statistical System

Reconstruction is often described as a post-war activity. History suggests it is, in fact, a pre-peace business.

For three years, a software engineer from Pune on assignment in London watched two deductions leave her payslip every month: one into the UK's National Insurance scheme, the other into India's Employees' Provident Fund back home, because her employer kept her enrolled in India's system even while she worked abroad. She would never draw a UK pension. Yet every month, roughly 15 per cent of her salary was set aside twice, once for a benefit she would use, once for one she never would. From July 2026, she keeps only one deduction. The other simply disappears.

Long after the whisky tariffs are forgotten, this deal will be remembered as the moment India stopped treating labour, environment, gender and corruption as diplomatic afterthoughts, and started writing them, on its own terms, into the deals it actually controls

Explore India's challenges in building a self-sufficient rare-earths ecosystem to support clean energy and advanced manufacturing ambitions.