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India Economic Survey – Analysis and Full Report
Full Report and analysis of Indian Economy in 2009 and its future growth path. The article give simplified analysis of the state of Indian economy along with more than 50 reports of Indian Economic Survey 2009. Economy can grow around 7…
Can India Globalize and still be insulated from the West?
"If we are integrating with the world, we will benefit when the world goes up and suffer when the world goes down" Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission This is the reason for this post. I read this…
All roads lead to rural India
From cars to watches to mobile phones to computers all the manufacturers and service providers are vying for one big pie – The rural India. At least 70% of the Indian population is living in rural areas. That is some handsome…
Power Shifting from West to East? Think Again..
Okay, on this blog we have been talking about constant rise of India and reasons on why India will become the next super-power. There are thousands of articles on the web talking about power shift from West to East, where Chindia (a new…
Take home salaries dip by 30% over last 10 years…What? How? Why?
That headline must have surprised you, especially because it is a known factor that India Inc. is shelling out much fatter pay packages than it did 10 years back. Infact, even a salary 20k p.m for a middle class is considered to be below…
3 IPO’s which promises great returns
And the winners are BSNL, Air India and Oil India. All 3 of them are Public Sector Units (PSU). This is in line with the new government's push to divest stakes in many of the PSU's. And they promise to unlock some 3 lakh crores of money to…
Which countries best survived the Economic Crisis?
Which countries do you think survived the economic Recession best? Yes, India is one of the top 3 countries that survived this downturn very well. Below are the full results from the Servcorp International Business Confidence Survey which…
Rupee appreciation or Rupee depreciation – What is good for India?
Many of you would instantly jump on me saying – what a ridiculous question? – Offcourse an appreciated Rupee is good for us any day.
Is it so?
I actually had this debate couple of days back with a friend of mine who is in USA –…
Cricket crazy nations gets a new stock exchange – for cricket
Building a temple is the ultimate glory in India and is the pinnacle for admiration for a person. Few celebrities and cricketers have this privilege. What should people do in a world of new found of capitalism? They will start a stock…
Coins will revive the economy faster. If only we can get unbreakable 10 rupee coins
There was an interesting study done by few economists. They checked the denomination effect. Or the effect the coins have on the spending habits of the consumers. The results of the study are quite remarkable. People tend to spend the…
Sensex at 100000 in 2024. Yeah right!
A equity research group Elliot Wave International is predicting that Sensex will touch 100,000 points 15 years from now. When I read that there were these words - Yeah right. Like all the predictions came out true before this would be true…
Other bank ATM withdrawals free from today. Who will benefit from this?
It is not a April fool joke and the date is a strange coincidence. Our financial year starts from April 1 and thus the coincidence. This news is doing the rounds in the Blogosphere for a few days now. I was just waiting for the conventional…
ICICI bank changing gears – ditching ATM’s and unsecured loans
Do what you do best and outsource the rest.
There is no time like recession to re-think your business strategy. Recession is also the time to know what wasn't working and work towards what will work. That seems to be what every company…
Reliance Money launches Mobile trading
Reliance Money and Anil Ambani Group Company has launched mobile trading. This will help the Reliance Money customers to trade in equities and commodities from the comfort of their mobile. There are around 347 million telecom users in…
17 Indian banks in the global 500 list
Brand Finance PLC, UK based brand valuation company has released the BrandFinance Global Ranking 500. This list gives a comprehensive list of all the banks across the world with the rankings based on their methodology. The methodology is…
12 ways a company can inflate profits and valuations
Nobody really knows what has happened at Satyam. No one will ever know unless Mr. Raju writes an autobiography. Ever since the whole thing broke out there are numerous reports about what has happened and what will happen at Satyam.
Some…
Satyam letter from Mr. Ramalinga Raju to its board directors admitting fraud !
To the Board of Directors
Satyam Computer Services Ltd. Dear Board Members, It is with deep regret, at tremendous burden that I am carrying on my conscience, that I would like to bring the following facts to your notice:
The Balance…
This is how we landed in mess !
This presentation was forwarded to me by a friend of mine. This exactly explains the reason why we are seeing an economic meltdown globally today.
All of this started many months back – something that is called Sub prime crisis. First…
This is how bubble builds up !
I got an interesting comment on one of my previous posts on Pune Real Estate. The commenter – Ranjeet – provides a story of how a bubble builds up especially in real estate space.
I found it quite interesting and thought it would be…
One more step closer to cash less transactions.
Don’t we all love to be in a world where everything is dynamic? Aren’t we all sick and tired of carrying credit cards, debit cards and cash in our wallet? Don’t we all dream of a day where every transaction is done by a common…