Indian Economy & Business Analysis

IDBI Bank has been in the news due to government’s plan to divest its holding. This follows bank’s revival after being under RBI’s PCA for an extended period of time.…

Financial system is a network of institutions such as Banks, NBFCs, HFCs, Insurance companies, Mutual Funds and so on, connected with each other as borrowers or lenders. While the interconnectedness…

Cement Industry had been in the news recently with acquisition of Ambuja Cement and its Subsidiary, ACC, by Adani group. In another development, Dalmia Bharat announced agreement for acquisition of…

Cooperative banks form the third pillar of India’s financial structure. These are further classified as urban cooperative banks (UCBs) and Rural co-operative banks (RCBs). Both urban and rural cooperatives played an…

NBFIs (Non-banking financial institutions) form the second pillar of financial structure further grouped into All India Finance institutions (AIFIs), Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) and Primary Dealers (PDs). NBFCs are the…

Indian financial sector withstood the shock of Covid and with resumption of economic activity, has seen significant increase in credit growth. Public sector banks (PSBs), reeling under the NPA overhang…

Every new year brings with it hopes of a happy new year. But are we really becoming happier?  The World Happiness Report for 2022 shows divergent trends in happiness score…

The world witnessed another year of crisis, after two harrowing Covid years. Global economy ws hit by Russia’s attack on Ukraine which disturbed the entire global economy, particularly food and…

The year 2022 was the third consecutive year of turbulence, hit by the Russian invasion of Ukraine after two horrible years of pandemic. While the economy gradually moved towards recovery,…

India’s GDP is projected to grow by 10.7% during Q3’FY23 over Q3’FY20 as per RBI’s latest state of the economy report. This is based on the performance of high-frequency indicator…