Budget 2020-21 – Reason for Cheer or for Disappointment??
The budget proposals for the year 2020-21 has foxed the markets with Sensex declining by almost 1,000 points. This is so because even though it has taken several measures which…
The Economic Survey – Food for Thought..
The Economic Survey 2019-20, presented in the Parliament today, seeks to give respectability to the process of wealth creation and to the wealth creators. This looks contradictory to the focus…
Budget – Five Decades of Public Finance..
The pre-budget deliberations are largely focused on how much would be the fiscal slippage for the current year (FY20) and what would be the extent of borrowings projections for FY21.…
Agriculture Sector – Issues and Challenges
India’s rural economy remains an area of significant concern due to low level of income and high population dependent upon the same. Income of a farmer, which was about 35%…
The Year That Was – Economy & Policy
It was an eventful year amidst slowing growth and turbulence across sectors necessitating several policy responses. The most notable events in the policy space were amendments in IBC, move towards…
IMF’s India Report – A Critical Analysis
IMF’s India report, released earlier this week, has maintained India’s growth rate at 6.1% for FY20. This seems to have brought cheers among the market participants as others are predicting…
Capital Flows – FDI, FII and the Rest…
FDI and FII inflows have become an integral part of Indian economy with much of the gyration of the stock market attributed to FII movement. These, together with some other…
GDP Growth – Sept’19 Performance Analysis
GDP growth rate for the quarter ended Sept’19 (Q2’FY20) has turned out to be worse than Q1’20 (June’19) as per the data released by MOSPI today. Worse, gross fixed capital…
State of the Economy – A Brief (Part II)
Indian economy is going through a turbulent phase partly due to reforms undertaken over last few years and partly due to ‘cleaning-up’ of corporate business practices. The strongest undercurrent is…
State of the Economy – A Brief (Part I)
Indian economy is going through a turbulent phase partly due to reforms undertaken over last few years and partly due to ‘cleaning-up’ of corporate business practices. This has severely affecting…