Indian Economy & Business Analysis

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…

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’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…

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…

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’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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…