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The article discusses that businesses in India are slowly losing confidence in the country's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) due to slow reform in business reforms. Statistics indicating the bleak business sentiment among Indian businesses and discussing factors such as hiring, cost of raw materials, and business investment are featured. In addition, the opinions of Indian corporates including Harsh Pati Singhania, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, and Ajay Shriram are also mentioned.

The article offers news briefs related to business in India. Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal has been awarded the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award, for his outstanding contribution to Indian industry. The Indian Board of Approvals headed by Commerce Secretary Gopal Pillai, has cleared 10 proposals for setting up special economic zones (SEZ). Standard & Poor's Corp. has been permitted by Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in India.

The article focuses on the career of Indian businessman Motilal Oswal. It is inferred that Oswal entered the Indian financial services industry with co-promoter Raamdeo Agarwal. He has several companies under his flagship that deal in investment banking, commodities trading, private equity and research and advisory-based stock broking.