The Year That Was – Corporate & Industry
Corporate sector saw many important developments during the year. A large number of them involved downfall of a company/ its promoter but an important success, ArcelorMittal getting control of Essar…
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…
Operation Twist! – Understanding RBI’s Latest Move.
In an interesting move, RBI conducted simultaneous sale and purchase of government bonds today. (The announcement for the same was made last week). Even though it is normal practice to…
Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) – An Overview
Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) are also witnessing a wave of government pushed amalgamation, like other segments of banking sector. The latest of these was carried out last month merging three…
Indian Legal System – “Justice Delayed is Justice Denied”.
Even though Indian Legal System has stood the test of times for its rule-based judgment process and fair trial, there is one adage on which it has possibly, failed to…
Human Development Index – Increasing Divergence..
The Human Development Index (HDI) report released by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) yesterday paints a stark picture of inequality across the globe. While humanity has managed to bring a…
Telecom Sector – Tracking the Developments
Telecom sector is in the throes of a crisis with the recent Supreme Court judgment on AGR. The ruling implies an additional burden of about Rs 60,000 crore on top…
BSNL – MTNL Revival – Can They Pull if off??
The response to the VRS (voluntary retirement scheme) offers of BSNL & MTNL has been unprecedented and has given a boost to government’s attempt to revive them. Almost half of…
The Rate Cut Pause – Defending the RBI Governor!
The monetary policy committee (MPC) in its meeting today decided to take a pause on the rate cut, quite against the market expectation. However, the difficulty faced by the RBI…