Today, everything means business, and an insight into business is a factor of incessant acquisition of intuitive knowledge through many sources of information. Business information is essential to everyone, not just B-Schools, business executives and industries, who require it for boosting their business acumen and decision-making. But, how does a knowledge-thirsty student, or a busy executive obtain accurate and succinct business information with ease, and in real-time?

India Business Insight Database - IBID, a product of Informatics (India) Ltd, is the key. A compilation of vital information on Indian business and industry from various business magazines and newspapers, IBID saves your time and keeps you constantly in touch with the fast changing business environment.

IBID is the only product of its kind to offer rich and rare insights into developments in Indian business and industry from both local and global perspectives. It is a comprehensive database covering news and analysis of information-rich stories on Indian industry judiciously chosen from leading business and industry sources. By presenting an uninterrupted, continually updated and complete view of the Indian economic scenario, with ready capsules of critical information, IBID keeps the business world in live touch with the realities that affect them directly.

Selection of Articles:

The selection of news articles is based on the following selection criteria:

• The news articles shall primarily focus on Indian companies and businesses, including business services, finance, trade, commerce and economy.
• Monthly, quarterly, half yearly, annual performance data of companies in the public, private or joint sector or group companies, performance analysis, investment research, market surveys, projections.
• Acquisitions, amalgamations, mergers, demergers and diversifications.
• Capacity expansion, modernisation, new products, new processes. Collaborations, including technical, financial, marketing, distributorship, representative/liaison, technology transfer.
• Contracts, orders, restrictive trade practices, MRTPC investigations.
• New business firms and/or formation of joint ventures between Indian companies and government, Indian companies and foreign companies, Indian companies and Indian companies; Indian companies setting up plants overseas or acquiring overseas plants/ manufacturing facilities, consortia.
• Yearly, half yearly and quarterly export data on all types of Indian produce.
• Data on Indian agriculture, forestry, fisheries, transportation (land, rail sea), petroleum products, power.
• Gross domestic product, gross national product, industrial production output, forex, money market, inflation, wholesale price index, stock exchanges, interest rates and any other information relating to national economy.
• Industrial accidents, natural calamities, epidemics.
• Employment, unemployment, labour, strikes, disputes, lockouts.
• Credit rating of companies.
• Indian consultancies, ad agencies.
• Indian aerospace and defence.
• All government policies that affect business, trade, commerce, balance of payments, forex reserves, social welfare programmes (both corporate and government)
• Indian educational institutions.