The fe Budget offering this year was spread across 3 months starting January till March. It kicked off with the fe-ICRA Run-up to Budget series in January, which covered an in-depth analysis of the expectations of various sectors of the economy from the forthcoming budget. With expert inputs from ICRA. This was very well received in the market and hence fe followed it up with a compendium on all sectors put together in the form of a tabloid complimentary with fe to the discerning readers before the budget was tabled.
The budget day ( 28th Feb) coverage started off with a special evening edition on the day of the budget and a 50-page exhaustive issue on the next day of the budget. The post budget offering was called “Budget-plus” special, a post-evaluation of the budget.
The Roundtable conference on Banking held on January 17th 2006 delved on the new opportunities and challenges in the Banking sector. The key leaders of the banking sector graced the occasion with their valuable inputs.Including Mr. A. K. Purwar, Ms. Kalpana Morparia, Mr. Ramesh Sobti, Ms. Roopa Kudwa and many more distinguished people from the banking sector.
It was the second year of the fe Women in Business Awards. Presented by the State Bank of India, these awards were held in Mumbai on the 18th of March 2006. Hon’ble Finance Minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram was present to make it a special occasion. He gave away the awards to the winners. After receiving more than 70 nominations across 4 categories of awards, the final winners were decided by a distinguished panel of jury. This year’s winners included Dr. Amrita Patel for Lifetime Achievement, Ms. Naina Lal Kidwai for Best Professional, Dr. Pratiksha Namjoshi for Best Entrepreneur and Ms. Meher Pudumjee for the Young Achiever categories.
Based on the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2006 R1, the readership of The Financial Express has grown by 7%. An 83% of the increase in the readership has come from SEC A category readers. The Financial Express has seen growth in readership among the officer /executive - middle/senior level also.
As a part of the efforts to continuously update our target audience on the latest in the economy, fe associated with the leading television channels - CNBC and NDTV Profit to sponsor the following shows on these channels –
On NDTV Profit
The 2:30 factor – Weekdays – 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
On CNBC-TV18
Bazaar Open Exchange – Weekdays – 10:00 a.m.
Closing Bell – Weekdays – 2:30 p.m.