Paris Agreement and India’s Commitment – A brief..
India’ decision to ratify the Paris Agreement on reducing global warming is an important development, though, just the beginning of a long drawn exercise. The agreement reached in Dec last year…
India Exports – Changing Composition..
International trade as a tool of growth was recognized little late by the country with concrete efforts to boost merchandise exports taking place only over last about two decades. As…
CPI, WPI Inflation – Tracking the performance..
Monthly data on WPI inflation was released today and CPI inflation was released last week. WPI inflation increased to 3.55% in July’16 whereas CPI stood at 6.1%,, marginally above the…
Understanding GDP and GVA…
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) released estimates for GDP for 2015-16 last week, which recorded growth of 7.6% (at constant prices), the best in four years. The quarterly number at 7.9%…
Chabahar Port agreement…
The news of agreement on Chabahar port has received unprecedented coverage, similar to the coverage received by the Nuclear treaty with US ten year back. The pact is indeed historic as…
Mauritius Treaty Amendment -A brief…
Mauritius has finally succumbed to continued pressure from India to amend the tax treaty and that must have been the result of some tough talk from the present government.
The Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code – (Part II)
The objective of resolution plans is to find a way to keep the company running with change in management control. So, if another company or an investor finds value in the company…
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code… (Part I)
The bill, passed by Lok Sabha earlier this week, is aimed at simplifying the complete process of closure and liquidation of a company which is unable to pay its dues. Other…
Rain, Rain; Come soon…
The IMD’s (Indian Metrological Department) prediction of monsoon being 106% ± 5% of LPA has brought only cheers, but even tears of happiness on this good news for the nation,…
RBI Policy – The Rationale…
The much anticipated rate cut did happen, apart from some other far reaching announcements. It may be worthwhile to understand the reasoning… Inflation has moved along the expected lines. While…