Budget 2024-25 Highlights
The full budget for FY24-25 has been a marked departure from the interim budget with strong focus on employment generation and boosting domestic manufacturing capacity. Some of the highlights of…
Analyzing RBI’s Balance Sheet – FY24
RBI’s balance sheet for the year 2023-24 (FY24) has expanded by a substantial 11.1% as per its annual report released recently. This is significantly lower than increase of 2.4% in…
Analyzing GDP Growth – FY24
GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of Indian economy grew by 7.8% during Jan-March’24 quarter (Q4’FY24) and 8.2% in FY24, full year as per the data released by NSO (National Statistical Office).…
Global Trade – Analyzing the Performance
Global trade stood at $31.5 trillion in 2023, decline of about 2% over previous year as per the WTO (World Trade Organization) report. While the figure may look like a…
Inflation Analysis – FY24
India’s inflation based on WPI and CPI showed divergent trend for the year ended March’24 (FY24) but from different initial level. While CPI moved down to 4.85% in March’24 from…
Insurance Industry in India – An Overview
Insurance sector in India has low visibility despite sitting on a large corpus, almost one-fourth the size of the entire banking industry. The sector provides an alternate channel for financial…
Annual Survey of Indian Industries – Part II
Recap – As per MOSPI survey, there are a total of 2.50 lakh factories in the country with Rs 55.4 lakh crore of capital invested at the end of FY22.…
Annual Survey of Indian Industries – Part I
The results of Annual Survey of Indian Industries for the year FY21 and FY22 released recently shows an increase of 30% and 56% in profits during the two years. This…
Analyzing Corporate Bond Market
Corporate bond market in India has come out of the uncertainties arising due to defaults a few years ago. However, the full potential can be tapped only when sufficient incentives…
Derivatives Market in India – An Overview
Derivates market in India has caught the fancy of investors with the turnover increasing over two hundred times in last five years! While derivatives serve an important function as hedging…