Indian Economy & Business Analysis

Periodic labour force survey (PLFS) for 2020-21 (July-June) shows that unemployment rate (UR) has declined over previous years. Amidst the raging pandemic, this appears counter-intuitive. So, has UR really declined…

Despite slowing down to 4.1% growth during March’22 quarter, optimism runs high with regard to economy’s projected performance in the current quarter. The latest RBI bulletin gives some idea of…

Core sectors recorded growth of 8.4% for the month of April’22 as per the ministry of commerce data highest in last six months. For FY22, index grew by 10.4% and…

Recap – As per MOSPI survey, there are a total of 2.46 lakh factories in the country with Rs 49.7 lakh crore of capital invested (2019-20). While profits for these…

The decision of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to raise repo rate by 50 basis points (0.5 percentage) in its meeting today was a “no-brainer”. That it comes within just five…

The provisional data of Annual Survey of Indian Industries for the year FY20 (pre-Covid) released last week shows a remarkable change in terms of engagement, with profits declining but wages…

GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of Indian economy recorded growth of 4.1% during Jan-March’22 quarter (Q4’FY22) and 8.7% for full year as per the data released by MOSPI (Ministry of Statistics…

RBI’s balance sheet for the year 2021-22 (FY22) has expanded by 8.4% as per its annual report released last week. While this is moderately higher than expansion of 7% in…

Delays in government projects have always been a serious concern as it causes significant increase in cost. As per a government report, cost overrun for projects under implementation as of…

NBFC sector was in the news recently because of merger of HDFC Ltd, an NBFC with HDFC Bank. The sector has been in focus subsequent to the default by IL&FS…