Consolidation is unavoidable in India's payments space. Smaller firms like MobiKwik will struggle because India’s digital payments business is still dominated by cashback offers.
The 2019 livestock census read in its entirety indicates that the non-vegetarian lifestyles in India are on the rise.
The assembly election results in Haryana and Maharashtra might have given the Congress a shot in the arm — but, it is yet to change its laidback attitude.
These are the themes investors should watch for in the new year ahead, to know whether markets will fare better or not in Samvat 2076
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The Maratha strongman fought the election on state issues and turned the tables resoundingly on his rivals
The BJP is set to form the government in Maharashtra and with the help of other parties could even come back to power in Haryana, but the results are not what it expected. It's a wake-up call for the ruling party.
A big takeaway is how the voters are discerning enough to distinguish between Assembly and Lok Sabha elections
The UDF will expect the Congress to try and put its house in order, which as usual is a picture of infighting
No matter who forms the government in the state, it is the Haryana voter who has won the day by asserting herself
India should not rest on its laurels despite what the rankings suggest. There is a need to improve contract enforcement, introduce factor reforms so that companies are not encumbered with burdensome labour and land regulations, focus on upskilling the labour force and improve the quality of institutions.
The government needs to capitalise on LNG prices and reintroduce the scheme for supplying imported gas.
The government must stop asking taxpayers to keep bailing out loss making no-hope public sector enterprises
Boris Johnson has succeeded in breaking the logjam in British Parliament on the deal by presenting a solution which has now much greater traction than ever before. However, that’s just not enough in overseeing Brexit.
This will help take pressure off sound cooperative banks and instil confidence among small depositors
To ensure that our efforts to curb air-pollution doesn’t fall flat this time over, a mix of the odd-even policy along with reducing public transportation costs and effective implementation of transport policies can help to bring down the pollution levels in Delhi.
The risk is high especially from the real estate sector where credit from NBFCs has been choked off. Starved of liquidity, builders are struggling to pay their non-bank lenders, who in turn are defaulting on their dues to banks.
The current whistleblower letter is far more serious than the one in 2017
The growing incoherence between the Centre’s policy thrust on renewable energy and the actual action by the implementation agencies such as the Solar Corporation of India and state distribution companies is clouding the prospects for green power.
Infosys must resist the temptation to hide behind half-truths. Instead, it must truly embrace transparency
When almost every exit poll in Haryana and Maharashtra arrives at one conclusion, it’s safe to say that there wasn’t much of a contest. One didn’t really need psephology to say that the BJP will most likely form the next government.
Irrespective of the reaction to the Global Hunger Index, which places India at an appalling 102nd position among 117 nations, stunting and wasting of children in India continues unabated, and requires immediate attention.
On the flip side, the poorer 50 percent of the Indian population owns a mere 2.8 percent of the nation’s wealth
The Nobel laureate and the former RBI governor suggest putting more money in the hands of consumers, letting the rupee slide to foster exports growth and privatizing banks and upskilling government as solutions for the economic slowdown.
Nielsen’s data points to several clues about the FMCG slowdown that investors should take note of
