Enhancing India’s Exports – Devising A Strategy…
The disruption in China’s exports and in turn, global supply chain, as a result of COVID-19 calls for a re-orientation of global supply chains entailing China plus One strategy. As…
MSME Sector – Generating Employment or Disguising Unemployment?
MSME sector has been receiving attention from the government and regulators because of its contribution to GDP and employment generation. However, an issue not recognized is – are these jobs…
Corporate India – The ‘Creative Destruction’ since Liberalization.
The face of Corporate India has changed dramatically in the last 30 years since the economic liberalization began. Liberalization exposed the then established firms to competition, changing corporate mindset of…
GDP Growth – Dec’19 Performance Analysis
Indian economy’s growth for the quarter ended Dec’19, as per the data released by MOSPI today, presents a complex picture. GDP growth is marginally better than initial estimates of Sept’19…
Indo-US Relations – Economic & Other Aspects
The visit by the US president, the fifth successive (including two visits by Barack Obama) in last twenty years contrasts with only three visits by US president during 1950-1999. Even…
Extra Budgetary Resources (EBR) – Who Foots the Bill?
A term being deliberated upon a great deal after this year’s budget is “extra budgetary resources (EBR)”. Essentially, it is an accounting adjustment which helps government take some of its…
Real Estate Sector – Down but Not Out!
Real estate sector is among the most hit and most talked about sector amidst the current slowdown. However, property prices haven’t corrected sufficiently despite the stress across all the affected…
Understanding Deficit Terminologies
The first and the most important figure economists and all analysts look at while analyzing the budget is the fiscal deficit (FD) as a percent of GDP. For FY20, FD…
Budget – Revenue & Expenditure Analysis (Part II)
Against total receipt of Rs 22.4 lakh crore, government is projected to spend nearly Rs 30.4 lakh crore in FY21. Other than interest payments, broad areas which account for maximum…
Budget – Revenue & Expenditure Analysis (Part I)
The Budget proposal for year 2020-21 projects total expenditure of Rs 30.4 lakh crore against receipt of Rs 22.4 lakh crore. This implies shortfall of Rs 8.0 lakh crore corresponding to…