Budget – Revenue & Expenditure Analysis (Part II)
Against total receipt of Rs 27.1 lakh crore, central government is projected to spend nearly Rs 45 lakh crore in FY24. Other than interest payments, broad areas which account for…
Budget – Revenue & Expenditure Analysis (Part I)
The Budget proposal projects total expenditure of Rs 45 lakh crore against receipt of Rs 27.1 lakh crore for the year 2023-24 or FY24. This implies fiscal deficit of Rs 17.9…
Budget 2023-24 – Highlights
The budget for the year 2023-24 presented by the finance minister today has been quite pragmatic with no populist measures taken. This was widely expected considering that it was the…
IDBI Bank Turnaround – A Brief Case Study
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.…
Analyzing India’s Financial Sector Interconnectedness
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…
Industry Analysis – Cement
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…
Structure of Financial Sector in India – Cooperative Banks
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…
Structure of Financial Sector in India – NBFCs
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…
Structure of Financial Sector in India – Part I
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…
Beyond GDP – Measuring Happiness!!
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…