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Discover how organisations can optimise Kubernetes deployments across AKS, EKS, and GKE with insights from Grant Thornton Bharat. The article explores key challenges in architecture, security, and operations while outlining best practices for scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud-native Kubernetes environments.

Data analytics in 2025 is transforming with AI, real-time insights, and global regulations like GDPR and DPDPA 2023. Grant Thornton Bharat explores the top trends in data management, privacy, and compliance — and strategies to scale analytics securely, ethically, and efficiently.

As CSR in India marks a decade, Abhishek Tripathi, Partner – ESG Consulting, Grant Thornton Bharat, reflects on the key enablers, persistent gaps, and emerging opportunities. The piece explores evolving CSR rules, spending trends, and the path forward for aligning corporate responsibility with sustainable development goals.

India’s festive auto market is undergoing a major transformation in 2025, driven by GST 2.0 tax reforms, rising hybrid adoption, and safety-conscious consumers. Grant Thornton Bharat’s pan-India survey of 2,800 respondents highlights new buyer behaviour—where affordability, digital engagement, and tech integration shape decisions. As hybrids outpace petrol and EVs, and premiumisation gains traction, OEMs must realign product, digital, and financing strategies to meet evolving mobility expectations.

India’s carbon market goes live with its first Article 6.2 agreement with Japan under the Paris Agreement. The deal enables cross-border carbon trading, green investment, and technology transfer — marking a major milestone in India’s climate strategy.

Friction-less payments enable the growth of the economy through increased velocity of transactions. Biometric enabled authentication is a step in that direction, and we should be able to see the impact of the growth in the coming months. So just smile and pay away.

India’s mid-market firms are leading the global shift toward sustainability. According to Grant Thornton Bharat’s IBR Q2 2025, 79% plan to boost sustainability investments—driving competitiveness, ESG maturity, and long-term growth.

India’s Online Gaming Rules 2025 create a new regulatory framework to legitimise gaming, curb money games, and protect users, marking a major shift in India’s digital economy.

Explore how India’s Global Capability Centres are transforming into cyber-resilient powerhouses, powered by AI, automation, and strong government policies fostering secure digital growth.

Technology and healthcare are converging rapidly. Among the most transformative developments are artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning, generative AI, medical and life science focussed Large Language Models/foundational models and the recent rise of Agentic AI. Together they are changing the entire spectrum of healthcare and life science industry - from preventive care to mental health support to drug discovery to imaging and diagnostics to robotics powered surgery.

Explore how subscription-based businesses use data and analytics to enhance revenue recognition, reduce leakage, comply with standards, and drive scalable, sustainable growth.

India is preparing to launch a Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) Mission, a move that can reshape its industrial decarbonisation strategy. If executed well, it can unlock private investments & carbon credit trading besides creating jobs, write Amit Kumar and Pradeep Singhvi.

India has taken one of the biggest steps in its tax journey since GST was first launched in 2017. On September 3, the GST Council announced what many are calling “GST 2.0”-a simplified tax system with fewer slabs, clearer rules, and new compliance measures. These reforms will come into effect on September 22.

Discover cloud cost manage­ment challenges and FinOps best prac­tices to control spend, improve visibil­ity, and optimise cloud invest­ments for business value.

Smart technologies are evolving rapidly - but agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is taking them to an entirely new level. Unlike traditional AI systems that passively follow instructions, agentic AI acts with autonomy, initiative and purpose.