The 2018-19 Budget, presented to Parliament on January 31 will be debated and put to the vote before the new fiscal year beginning from April 1. Meanwhile, Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) held its sixth bi-monthly meeting on Feb 6-7 and decided upon the benchmark inte...
Different market reactions, yet strangely enough, they produced the same result. That happened early this month in the stock markets of two countries. One in the most advanced country with the largest GDP of $ 19.4 trillion and another in an emerging economy, the seventh largest now, pred...
With a lot of buzz about the Goods and Services Tax (GST) around, Uttarakhand Finance Minister Prakash Pant said that the GST Council decided to slash rates on 29 items, mainly handicrafts, to 0%. 49 other items have been rationalized. However, he also stated that no decision has been taken on simpl...
Company BackgroundPower Finance Corporation Ltd. (PFC), set up in the year 1986 is a Schedule-A Navratna CPSE (Central Public Sector Enterprises). It is a leading power sector public financial institution and is the largest infrastructure finance company in the country based on net worth. A non-bank...
The RBI has been imposing PCA (prompt corrective action) in carrying out banking activities against several Public Sector (PSBs) banks to recover their financial health and improve their book values. As of now there are 11 banks on which restrictions have been imposed. What are the bases of impositi...
A recent KPMG report titled ‘India’s gold loan market: Is the glitter fading?’ says that the organised gold loan market in India is expected to grow to over Rs 3 lakh crore by 2020 at a three-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.7%. The report further cites the World Gold C...
It is often the case in India that big entrepreneurs do business with the help of public money borrowed from banks and other financial institutions. They expand their business, borrow again and use it for some other businesses. Their names feature in the list of top billionaires but when it comes to...
IntroductionCurrency Demonetisation is an act of banning the existing denominated currencies which are in circulation. The purpose of demonetisation could vary from curbing inflation to eliminating counterfeit currencies from the economic system. On November 8, 2016, Indian Prime Minister Narendra M...
After winning the recent Gujarat and Himachal Pardesh elections, BJP, either directly or in coalition is steering 19 of India’s 29 states. However, looking at the setback that the party received in non-urban areas (particularly in Gujarat), it is likely that the focus will now shift towards the ru...
The ugly face of inflation is once again on the horizon. Despite promises made by the Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, the impact of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on prices has been counting adversely. Except in September when the WPI inflation rate had declined marginally compared to August, both...
