Semiconductor Industry & India’s Efforts to Get a Foothold
The conclusion of ‘Semicon India’ recently has further brought focus on India’s effort to build an ecosystem for semiconductor manufacturing in the country. The re-initiation of $10 bn worth of…
Rs 2,000 Note Withdrawal – Tracking the Money Flow
The announcement of withdrawal of Rs 2,000 currency note from circulation has not caused panic like in case of 2016 demonetization for variety of reasons. From an academic perspective, it…
Government Infrastructure Projects – The Progress & The Delays
Government’s thrust on speedy implementation of infrastructure projects seem to gaining momentum with 330 projects getting completed during FY23. This contrasts with average of 80 till FY18. Yet, large number…
HDFC-HDFC Bank Merger – The Logic & The Gains
The merger of HDFC-HDFC bank, announced in April’22, has come into effect from 1st July’23. Below is the article analyzing the merger, as published on 5th April’22. The announced merger…
Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC) – Analyzing the Performance
Corporate insolvency resolution process gathered momentum in FY23 after several years of efforts to streamline it. For FY23, not only the total cases resolved rose significantly, the recovery rate also…
RBI Balance Sheet Analysis – FY23
RBI’s balance sheet for the year 2022-23 (FY23) has expanded by barely 2.6% as per its annual report released recently. This is significantly lower than increase of 30% in FY20…
Analyzing GDP Growth – FY23
GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of Indian economy recorded growth of 6.1% during Jan-March’23 quarter (Q4’FY23) and 7.2% for FY23, full year as per the data released by NSO (National Statistical…
FY23 Inflation Analysis
India’s inflation based on both WPI and CPI continued its downward trajectory, reaching a level of 1.3% and 5.7% for March’23, the last month of FY23. However, annual average still…
Has The Unemployment Rate Come Down? – Analyzing PLFS Report
Periodic labour force survey (PLFS) for the period July’21 to June’22 (FY22) shows a decline in unemployment rate (UR) over previous years. However, amidst the continued sluggishness in economic performance,…
Producer Price Index (PPI) – Is It Better Than WPI??
Inflation is core of any discussion on economic & policy issues as any increase in price affects the entire nation. This also prompts economists to strive to find as precise…