Modi’s Comeback! – The Economic Rationale…
NDA coalition led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made an emphatic comeback after a bitterly fought and a vitriolic campaign! Despite the distress in rural economy, joblessness and disruptions…
Tata Steel – Understanding the Strategic Realignment
The decision to call-off the joint venture with ThyssenKrupp is quite a setback for Tata Steel trying to reduce its global exposure. Yet, it is an interesting phase for the…
Index of Industrial Production (IIP) – FY19 Performance Analysis
Index of Industrial Production (IIP) recorded growth of 3.6% for the year ended March’19 as per the data released by MOSPI last week. The growth is markedly lower than average…
Weekly Round Up – Week 19
The week was marked by release of NSSO report generating considerable debate on credibility of GDP data, important directions by the Supreme Court on cases related to real estate developers…
Understanding the Dynamics of Oil Market – OPEC+ and Beyond
Oil prices continue to gyrate declining over last two weeks after rising by over 40% during Dec’18-April’19. Its movement before that too has been equally intriguing. While price appears to…
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) – An Overview..
Development of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and bringing them out of poverty remains a grave challenge for global agencies. Despite serious efforts being made to kick start their economies, the…
Weekly Round Up – Week 18
It was an eventful week with release of some annual economic data, series of adjudication by regulatory bodies and turmoil again in debt and MF market with downgrades of some…
Shell Companies – The Menace and The Modus Operandi
In its second attack on shell companies, government struck-off about 100,000 of them from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) register during FY19. In FY18, it had de-registered over 2.25…