BUSINESS
A reassuring vision for India’s capital market
SEBI Chairman Tuhin Pandey’s tenure is expected to focus on enhancing market participation, increasing regulatory transparency, and fostering a more efficient, technology-driven financial ecosystem. Rather than advocating for disruptive changes, he stresses steady, data-driven reforms
BUSINESS
Unleashing Agriculture Growth: Tackling credit and productivity challenges
India's agricultural sector faces productivity and credit inefficiencies, exacerbated by informal tenancy arrangements. Reforms, including formalising tenancy, stabilising prices, and linking credit with insurance, are crucial for boosting productivity and ensuring sustainable growth
BUSINESS
Transforming India's clearing corporations through diversified ownership and global integration
SEBI's proposed reforms aim to increase ownership limits for foreign and domestic entities in clearing corporations, promoting diversified ownership, technological innovation, and financial resilience to align with regulatory aspirations for a globally competitive and inclusive securities market
BUSINESS
India's Manufacturing Future: Forging a new path and role of markets ecosystem
India presents a promising option for diversifying manufacturing, but requires a reliable metals market with dependable benchmarks, effective price discovery, and accessible hedging. India can seize the opportunity to become a key player in global manufacturing, thereby fulfilling its ‘Make in India’ vision
BUSINESS
India's Critical Minerals Race: Securing resources for future growth
Global demand for critical minerals like lithium and cobalt is surging, driven by clean energy and semiconductor needs. India, aiming to become a tech hub, must address policy gaps and boost investment. Key measures include tax incentives, FDI reforms, strategic reserves, and international collaborations
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India’s MSP conundrum highlights complex interplay between policy, economy, and nutrition
India's journey to economic progress reveals a profound shift in consumer behaviour with changes in policy paradigm to sustain the agricultural economy. The transformation has been brought in due to the intertwining dynamics of MSP and its consequences on food security, agricultural sustainability, and economic growth
INDIA
How India can move towards dynamic fuel pricing: A global perspective
India's journey towards integrating its fuel prices with global market dynamics involves navigating economic, infrastructural, and socio-political landscapes. While the managed pricing regime has its merits, evolving towards a market-driven model could enhance efficiency and global economic alignment. Integrating with GST framework is key
BUSINESS
Seeds sown for agriculture and food processing sector in Interim Budget need energetic nurturing
As the demand for processed food rises steadily, Budget 2024 offers promising opportunities for the agriculture and food processing sectors. Implementation is going to be key
BUSINESS
Volatile geopolitical conditions, simmering energy markets and commodity prices
Escalation in the Middle East crisis could lead to substantial supply disruptions, causing oil prices to surge by 56 percent to 75 percent, while the halt of the Black Sea Grain Initiative for Ukrainian exports, along with disruptions in transport and power, may elevate food and energy prices
BUSINESS
Leverage derivative markets to ensure MSP delivery to farmers
Leveraging derivative markets to deliver the MSP to Indian farmers is a transformative approach that can potentially mitigate the challenges associated with price volatility and income stability in the agricultural sector
BUSINESS
G20: Delhi Declaration leads the world towards a sustainable future
Central to the G20 Delhi Declaration are the critical understandings reached on energy. And, it delves into the intricacies of global agriculture challenges. Agriculture lies at the heart of many interconnected issues, including climate change, food security, water scarcity, land degradation, and biodiversity loss.
BUSINESS
G20: India can use leadership to focus attention on problems facing agriculture
With agriculture's pivotal role in the economies of the Global South and their heightened sensitivity to food prices, it is imperative to address these challenges comprehensively
BUSINESS
Tomato, Onion and Potato need to move up the value chain
Prices of Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) have a significant influence over the consumer price index (CPI). As extreme weather events impact their supply, there is an urgent need to improve the fundamentals, in order to control prices
BUSINESS
Market discovered carbon price more effective for emission reduction
The carbon price discovered in a market with stakeholders from various sectors trading under a transparent and stable policy regime will contribute to the development of a robust carbon auditing ecosystem in line with international norms
BUSINESS
More than MSP, vibrant markets ecosystem can drive efficiency in farm resource allocation
The role of the derivative markets seemed to have been taken over by the MSP mechanism in the last few years without recourse to those farmers who are caught between the reality of the mandis and the aspirations of the policy as it remains a guiding signal, not the procurement assurance
BUSINESS
India needs to balance conflicting interests as it designs an emission trading system
Socially, politically and culturally, India is like the European Union, with different states having different priorities and concerns. Achieving consensus on a national ETS could be challenging, and there may be resistance from some sectors with players citing equity and potential unemployment scenarios
BUSINESS
Why OPEC needs oil prices to stay elevated
The declining value of the dollar and the inflationary conditions in the world will continue to keep OPEC worried about the level of their oil export revenues and hence their actions to keep the supplies tight and prices higher
BUSINESS
India needs an emissions trading system to achieve net zero goals
An emissions trading system, with careful design and implementation, can be an effective tool for India to achieve its emissions reduction targets while promoting economic growth and engaging with the international community on climate change
BUSINESS
India’s farm policy needs to focus on creating robust commodity supply chains
Efficient agricultural commodity value chains powered by online platforms with transparent price discovery mechanisms will empower the government to deliver on the promise of doubling farmers’ income without stirring inflationary forces
BUSINESS
A global consensus on mitigation measures can address linkages between food price inflation and climate change
Sustainable and climate-smart agriculture practices, investment in infrastructure, and policy interventions are potential mitigation measures that can address the linkages between food inflation and climate change
BUSINESS
Private investment in scientific warehousing capacities can aid the growth of the food processing sector
From a policy perspective, we need to move on from strategic storage to even out supplies for the healthy development of the food processing sector. For the fast-growing food processing sector, warehousing helps even out seasonal commodity flows and hence their raw material costs
