Bandhan Bank a hyper-aggressive player in microfinance space
The flow of financial resources to the commercial sector, as a percentage of Gross Value Added, has fallen sharply
The worst seems over for the aviation sector
Following Nitish Kumar’s remarks against the NRC and the CAA, the BJP has started its efforts to rein in the JDU to avert a Shiv Sena-type disaster in Bihar.
The SC order allows Vedanta to bid for Nalco’s export orders, potentially lowering its alumina procurement cost
While the Lingayats form a predominant force behind Yediyurappa, it has to be seen if he will expand his Cabinet to meet their demands.
The agitations during and after the Emergency were also led by students across campuses but no one was ever slapped with sedition charges nor called anti-nationals. These disagreements remained at the debate and discussion level, and there was no intimidation nor were there physical attacks.
To meet the shortfall in its revenue target the government has asked its favourite milch cows to deliver some more
The petitions by the governments of Chhattisgarh and Kerala in the Supreme Court against the central government may serve the purpose as a means of political posturing, but the challenge to the competence of Parliament to frame laws does not seem to be destined to achieve any success.
More than 50,000 Indian SMBs exports Made-in-India products through Amazon’s Global Selling Programme.
Look for signs that China is honouring its trade commitments to know if the phase one truce will be lasting
Labour productivity in India is 27 percent of the average in emerging economies, which in turn is less than one-fifth of the average in developed economies
Opinion is divided on how the government should nurse the economy back to health
The frequency with which RBI is advancing loans to the Centre is a reminder that public finances need to be set right at the earliest
While the recently announced National Infrastructure Pipeline is a step in the right direction, there are a few other areas which need to be addressed on a priority basis given the global experiences in PPPs.
Average bank lending rates have remained more or less the same despite RBI rate cuts
The chart shows the markets took off when the central banks started expanding their assets through the Quantitative Easing (QE) programmes.
An important factor that may decide the Delhi election outcome, which the BJP may hate to admit, is the Congress’ performance. The grand old party can spoil the AAP’s plans, and, thereby, help the BJP.
Earnings growth without a growth in sales or volumes tends to run out of steam quickly. Thus, the key things to monitor would be is the growth in sales and volumes better than Q2 and what managements are guiding for the next few quarters.
At $8 billion, Byju’s is the most valued ed-tech firm in the world, and the third most-valued startup in India after Paytm and Oyo
Policy flip-flops should be avoided. The new framework should be given time.
If the AIADMK-led state government does not firmly stand for their release, the seven convicts would soon commence their fourth decade behind bars.
GoM on National Tariff Policy needs to build a broad-based consensus to push through the amendments
If the slowdown persists it could have a political fallout
It’s up to the Union Budget now---an extraordinary slowdown calls for special measures
