Publications by BCG India

March 2012

The Boston Consulting Group, along with The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), released a report titled Thriving in a Volatile World—Conversations with Leaders.

The report focuses on how the world has changed in the last 3 to 4 years – becoming more volatile and unpredictable - creating a 'new normal' and that building adaptive advantage will be the single most important task that CEOs will have to focus on.

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March 2012

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) released a study titled Aadhaar—An Indian Megatrend—Leveraging the Potential.The report focuses on the measures to control social leakages and underlines the ecosystem required to use the potential of Aadhaar. The report further highlights how Aadhaar can help alleviate some of these challenges by providing a platform for information capturing and identification.

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February 2012

The Consumer and Retail Practice, along with The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), released a report titled The Tiger Roars: An In–Depth Analysis of How a Billion Plus People Consume.

This report examines in detail the shape and size of consumption expenditure in India, and its expected evolution over the next decade. The report also presents a framework and approach on how to leverage the opportunity to better segment consumers and effectively understand their buying preferences.

December 2011

The Industrial Goods Practice, along with The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), released a whitepaper during the CII 10th Manufacturing Summit 2011.

This study, titled Indian Manufacturing at a Point of Inflection gives a perspective on the aspirations for the Indian manufacturing sector and the latest trends that could shape the journey to achieve these aspirations.

December 2011

The Industrial Goods practice released a report, along with The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), titled Beyond License to Operate.

This study is about the Indian mining industry, and how sustainability is an important factor for it. The report explains global best practices and also lays out the way forward for sustainable mining in India.

November 2011

The Consumer Practice released this whitepaper along with The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) titled India Food Processing: Mission 2020.

The study highlights the opportunity the Indian food processing sector offers. It demonstrate the importance of food processing for the Indian economy, and articulates a mission for the Indian food processing sector. The study also lays out a framework that would facilitate action.

August 2011

The Financial Services Practice released this report along with The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Indian Bank's Association (IBA) titled Being Five Star in Productivity—Roadmap for Excellence in Indian Banking.

The report sets out an action agenda for banks, based on insights from an extensive productivity benchmarking exercise conducted across 40 banks in India which highlights that banks have to strive for excellence on five dimensions. 

July 2011

The Technology, Media & Telecom Practice released a white paper titled Digital India—The Rush to Mobile Money: Madness or Master Stroke.

The study states that mobile phones are now poised to become the platform that will launch mobile money as an everyday form of currency in India. It further estimates that by 2015, US$ 350 billion of payments and banking transactions could flow through mobile phones. The study also lays out success factors for operators in this space.

June 2011

The Consumer & Retail Practice in India released a white paper titled Winning Indian Consumers in 2011 which highlights the results of a global survey conducted across 20,000 consumers in 21 markets with a specific deep-dive into India, where over 2,000 consumers were interviewed.

April 2011

The Insurance Practice in India along with The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) released a report titled India Insurance—Turning 10, Going on 20 at the 14th Insurance Conference in New Delhi.
The report highlights the importance of insurance in India’s economy, the progress made in the last decade, key challenges associated with the sector and an action agenda for insurance companies and the government.

March 2011

The Financial Services Practice in India along with the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), released a report titled  Financial Inclusion—From Obligation to Opportunity which lays out a fifteen-point agenda to move financial inclusion from an obligation into a real opportunity. It provides a detailed view of challenges, issues and economics around this very important topic. 

The widest pan-India survey covering more than 12,000 respondents, found informal channel to be the key provider to excluded customers. The survey also shows that the current level of financial inclusion at 47% of the total households is an improvement over the statistics of 35%, five years ago.

March 2011

The Industrial Goods Practice released a study titled Green Manufacturing: Energy, Products and Processes along with The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) at the 1st Green Manufacturing Summit held in New Delhi.

This study highlights the importance of Green Manufacturing or sustainable industrial activity in order to preserve the environment, presents a framework and approach to build a comprehensive Green strategy for a business and also discusses how to build a portfolio of Green technologies to support this effort.

March 2011

This essay is a synthesis of pragmatic lessons gathered by us over the course of the last decade of engagements in the public sector banks' transformation efforts. This roadmap acts as a broad blueprint of interventions over a 3-year period for all banks. The blueprint is summarized as a 15-point agenda.

February 2011

The Consumer Practice in India along with the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), released this study at the National Retail Summit held in Mumbai.  

The report highlights the impact of organized retail on India’s agenda of inclusive growth and draws attention towards the benefits which organized retail can assure to all stakeholders, while addressing various challenges associated with it.

January 2011

The white paper highlights that despite the explosive growth in mobile subscribers, total operator revenue has begun to show signs of stagnation. Developed markets have experienced the same slowing of revenue growth as markets start to reach maturation. While the Indian market still has room to grow, it is a much more competitive market than that of most developed nations, and it has become increasingly difficult for carriers to maintain effective price realization.

September 2010

The report which was released in partnership with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) and Indian Banks’ Association (IBA), highlights ten major trends that will shape the Indian banking industry in the coming decade, identifies two critical challenges the industry faces and outlines key recommendations for the industry, stakeholders and the Government.

July 2010

The report which was released in association with Computer Age Management Services Pvt. Ltd. (CAMS) identifies key themes and their implications for the various stakeholders in the Mutual Funds industry. These themes and implications build the compass used to chart a future course.

January 2010

This report released in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) articulates the aspirations, potential roadblocks, opportunities and imperatives for India’s manufacturing sector and provides a context to guide future discussions among all stakeholders to maximize the potential of this sector.