India Inc
There is some good news for India Inc. as our home grown company Tata Group under the chairmanship of Cyrus Mistry, saw a record capital expenditure of Rs 95,634 crore on organic growth. This is the data for 2013-14 which is the first full year for Mistry as a chairman for the group and the amount [...] Continue Reading »
After years of suppressed investment environment, India Inc. is showing the signs of revival. The M & A (Mergers and Acquisitions) have increased. This credit pretty much should go to the positive impact created by the Modi government which has improved this market sentiment. Fair play regulator CCI (Competition Commission of India) used to hardly [...] Continue Reading »
Skills Academy Private Limited, founded by DLF chairman KP Singh’s daughter Pia Singh is doing good business. The company has acquired A4e India Private Limited, the Indian arm of the UK-based A4e Limited. The acquisition comes at a time when the government is focussing on skill development and job creation. There are many start-ups which [...] Continue Reading »
The cost of land has soared in the last few years and this has totally altered the economics of the greenfield projects in India. Till the early 2000s, land was available in many parts of the country at Rs 50,000 or less an acre. Today, that base figure is probably Rs 5 lakh. Even the tier [...] Continue Reading »
The change in direct taxes levied by the government will leave the corporate with more amount of money to spend on investing and kick starting growth. The only bad news is the increment in the effective dividend tax distribution which is a tax that companies pay on dividends. However their outgoing tax may increase only [...] Continue Reading »
The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley speech while presenting the maiden NDA budget talks about the beginning of a new era of improved infrastructure, better housing conditions, better industrial growth and overall happiness for all. He started the speech with thanking the nation for electing them and mentioned that his government is taking all the measures [...] Continue Reading »
Arun Jaitley, the finance minister did the curtain raiser for the budget though the Economic Survey FY14 in the Parliament. The government is all set to provide boost to the farming sector, infrastructure financing, energy and taxation. Leading by example, Jaitley may announce a central goods and service tax (CGST) that combines excise duty and service [...] Continue Reading »
India Inc. is waiting for the maiden budget of the Modi Government to be presented on July 10, with a bated breath. The realty sector which is reeling under the pressure of debt and sluggish demands is waiting for the some of their long-awaited demands to come to reality and give a turnaround to the sector. [...] Continue Reading »
Inflation in every category has hit the Indian consumer badly in the last two decades. The food inflation is at its all-time high, but inflation in rents has spiked up the most, surpassing the increase in any other consumption category. A Mint analysis of price trends in major items of household expenditure shows rental and [...] Continue Reading »
The Indian equity market is seeing a surge as many foreign portfolio investors have bet big on Indian equities. The FIIs (Foreign Institutional Investor) are pumping in nearly $16 billion into Indian debt and equities since January 2014 and the last few months have been great for India Inc. The FIIs expect the Government to [...] Continue Reading »
