Monetary Policy – Is the Rate Cut Justified??
The monetary policy committee’s decision today to cut rate by 25 basis points doesn’t look surprising since CPI inflation has fallen from 3.4% in Oct’18 to as low as 2.2%…
Budget – Revenue & Expenditure Analysis (Part I)
The Budget proposal for year 2019-20 projects total expenditure of Rs 27.8 lakh crore against receipt of Rs 20.8 lakh crore. This implies shortfall of Rs 7 lakh crore corresponding…
Union Budget 2019-20 – Highlights…
The “interim” budget presented today was keenly watched to see if the government sticks to the path of fiscal prudence or makes populist announcements. The speech, while making some important…
Agriculture Distress – Challenges and Remedies…
The distress being faced by agriculture sector has become a part of the mainstream agenda and rightly so. Despite supporting almost half of India’s population, rural economy remains in dire…
Industry Analysis – Shipping
Shipping industry in India continues to face challenging times with seven of the 13 listed companies reporting losses as per the latest financials. The stress seems to have worsened with…
Analyzing RBI’s Balance Sheet
Imagine Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was a corporate entity, sitting on a huge amount of cash. What would its shareholders do? Obviously, demand from the company management to return…
Corporate Analysis – Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd) acquired government’s majority stake in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) last year. The company, with consolidated revenue of Rs 3.6 lakh crore and…
Industry Analysis – Automobile Industry
Automobile industry appears to be going through a challenging times over last few months impacted by the slowdown in NBFCs loan disbursal and certain other issues. If the trend persists,…
Revisiting GST – Journey So Far. (Part II)
Tax on under construction property is another case similar to restaurants. While the tax rate here is 12%, effective outgo would be lower as builder should pass on the tax…
Revisiting GST – Journey So Far. (Part I)
The Goods & Service tax (GST) completes 18 months of its implementation and the developments so far have been very encouraging. After the initial months of excessive hassles related to…