The Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana – the government’s flagship lending scheme – has failed to give a big fillip to self-employment, an official survey accessed by Business Standard shows. Between April 2015 and 2018, the scheme enabled creation of 11.2 million jobs, of which 5.1 million were new entrepreneurs – much below the government’s estimates. […]
India’s so called Warrem Buffet and Indian Stock market Ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is always remembered for surprising analysis and invest by placing huge bets on badly hammered quality stocks and booking profits with them in the long term. He is always praised big time for exceptional bets such as Titan Company, SpiceJet, Lupin, Crisil […]
Tata, The Rockefeller Foundation Plan 10,000 India Microgrids. TATA Power will set up a new unit, TP Renewable Microgrid Ltd., to build the microgrids through 2026 that will serve nearly 5 million homes in India’s countryside & impact 25 million people. Tata Power continues to transform itself and be at the forefront driving the Energy […]
Reserve Bank of India i.e. RBI has sold gold from its reserves for the first time in almost three decades. He has become active in gold trading since August this year after accepting the recommendations of Jalan Committee . According to the recommendations of the committee, RBI can share profits with the government above the […]
Dewan Housing Finance (DHFL) diverted ₹20,000 crore to its promoters’ private entities, Moneylife reports, citing the findings of a forensic audit conducted by KPMG. Banks may push for a change in DHFL’s management if the new details are proven true, Livemint reports. The findings could also endanger the company’s proposed debt restructuring plan. In January, […]
The airline industry has always struggled to take off. Just in India, over 12 airlines have been grounded in the last 20 years, and this is despite the fact that the Indian aviation market has seen a mammoth growth in this same period. The global trends have been no different. Through my first insight story, […]
The World Bank has slashed India’s GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal to 6% from 7.5%. India’s economic slowdown is “severe,” largely due to external and cyclical factors, including a decline in consumption, the Washington-based institution said. Moreover, the financial sector is becoming a “drag” on growth. Earlier, the RBI and rating agency Moody’s […]
The finance ministry may impose 5% goods and services tax on certain items currently exempt and hike rates on some from 5% to 12%, Business Standard reports, citing government officials. For example, private health and education services, which are currently outside the GST ambit, could be taxed. The reason: September GST mop-up fell to a […]
Suzlon’s creditors have refused a 50% haircut on their loans and might push the company into bankruptcy resolution, Business Today reports. The wind turbine maker had a net debt of ₹7,751 crore in March 2019, but its market value has plummeted to just ₹1,500 crore. Suzlon’s troubles started in July when it defaulted on $172 […]
India’s FMCG industry could witness its slowest growth in a decade and a half this financial year, Credit Suisse warns, citing liquidity constraints and weak farm incomes. The I-bank estimates revenue at consumer goods companies to grow by about 5% in the second and third quarters of FY20, akin to rates last seen during 2000-03.
Kitex Garments Ltd is Established in the year 1992, is involved in 100 per cent export of cotton and organic cotton garments, majorly infant wear. The company has been exporting its products to the United States and European markets and is one of the giant suppliers to brands to Global apparel majors like Mothercare, Jockey, […]
Ford Motor is in early talks to sell its $1-billion factory at Sanand in Gujarat, Mint reports, quoting unidentified sources. The facility – the second of the auto major’s two plants in India – can produce 240,000 vehicles annually and builds the Aspire sedan and the Figo hatchback, mainly for exports. A company spokesperson denied […]
Consumer spending on e-commerce sites has fallen by a fifth in the first half of 2019, Economic Times reports, citing a Kantar report. Average spending is down 21% while average ticket size has dropped 27% over the previous year. The key categories of mobiles and fashion saw a 16-17% decline in buyer numbers. Companies are […]
People in rural India are holding back on items such as clothes, hair oil and biscuits, Business Insider reports, citing multiple research reports. That’s largely because rural wage growth reduced from 14.6% in 2013-14 to just 1.1% in 2018-19, an SBI Ecowrap study shows. Biscuits as a category, for instance, is growing at just 1%, […]
