BTS: Insights on Fortune 500 India list—resilience, records, and growth in FY24

This year’s much-awaited Fortune 500 India list presents a story of resilience and grit, where India’s best-known companies have successfully navigated choppy waters in FY24, and grown in strength. The figures tell the story, and many records have been broken this year. The profit pool of India’s largest as a percentage of GDP has risen to a 13-year high on the back of strong showing by financials, energy and automobile companies. The cumulative profit pool grew by a smart 27.5% year-on-year to touch an all-time high of nearly ₹14 lakh crore, even as cumulative revenue of the Fortune 500 India this year rose to a record ₹157 lakh crore. That’s some showing in a VUCA — volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity — world.

Fortune India's editors explain how the much-awaited issue was put together and the key takeaways.