Agricultural Marketed Surplus – Analyzing Inter-State Variation
The passage of farm bills recently has brought focus on the agriculture sector. While agriculture, as a whole, remains an under-developed sector, the inter-state variation is even starker. This is…
India’s International Trade – Understanding the Constituents (Part II)
India recorded merchandise exports of $320 bn in FY20 against imports of $474 bn, leading to trade deficit of $154 bn. The surplus on ‘invisibles’ account was $132 bn, reducing…
India’s International Trade – Understanding the Constituents (Part I)
India’s performance on international trade front, recording persistent deficit, is possibly the reason behind government’s push at Atma Nirbhar Bharat (Self-reliant India). The objective is to generate sufficient foreign exchange…
RIL – Future Group Deal Explained
With the shift in focus from digital to retail come the news of acquisition of a number of businesses of Future group by Reliance Industries (RIL). The digital focus had…
The Farmers Bill – Understanding the provisions
While the passage of bills related to agriculture reforms passed by Lok Sabha this week is indeed landmark, it is not exactly new. The bills had already been promulgated as…
Global Trade – 2019 Overview
Global trade has been hit severely by Covid-19, declining by 3% and 18.5% in the first two quarter of 2020 as per WTO’s initial assessment. However, even before the pandemic,…
Corporate Debt Restructuring – Understanding the Issues Involved
Covid-19 is having an unprecedented impact on financials of corporate sector putting a serious question mark on survival of many of them. Other than the cash required to pay salaries…
Corporate & Financial Sector – Changing Dynamics.
Covid-19 pandemic has further added to the woes of corporate and financial sector, already reeling under the impact of subdued economic conditions, NPAs overhang, NFBC crisis etc. Yet, the sectors…
GDP, June’20 Quarter – Global Performance
While the Indian economy recorded sharp decline in GDP amidst the pandemic, it is not alone. Most of the economies across the world have recorded significant decline in their GDP.…
GDP Q1’FY21 – A Quarter is gone..
The GDP for the quarter ended June’20 (Q1’FY21) has suffered an unprecedented decline as per the data released by NSO (National Statistical Office) today. With a decline of 23.9%, almost…