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Black Bold and Bountiful

August 13, 2010

While there is no official estimate available for the magnitude of India's black money, unofficial estimates put the figure at around $1.4 trillion (over INR 70 lakh crore).

For an active SME Exchange

June 30, 2010

Analysis of:For an active SME exchange | www.thehindubusinessline.com

Way back in November 2008, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) had issued guidelines for setting up dedicated stock exchanges or a separate platform on the recognized stock exchanges for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). However, till date, no separate stock exchange for SMEs has become operational.SEBI has now tweaked the SME exchange guidelines vide its circular of May 2010.

Bhopal - A tale of two tragedies

June 10, 2010

We all at IPCL were shell shocked when we first heard of the Bhopal Gas Leak on that fateful day of December 1984.

The challenges of IFRS convergence for Indian Banks

May 24, 2010

The implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for Indian Banks has been postponed to April 2012. In spite of extended timeline, the implementation challenges for convergence with IFRS for the banks in India would be daunting. The financial impact on the balance sheet and P&L account of banks would also be significant on account of convergence with IFRS particularly in areas relating to loan provisioning and fair value accounting of financial Instruments.

Capacity Building in Road Sector in India.

May 7, 2010

The Indian Union Minister for Surface Transport Mr Kamal Nath has set an ambitious target of building 20 KM's of roads per day against the present execution of about 9 KM per day. Though the target is laudable, its achievement needs path breaking changes in policy formulation & implementation in both pre bid and post bid stages.

Corporate Gatekeepers in Indian Context

March 31, 2009

Analysis of:Working capital diversion | economictimes.indiatimes.com

This article raises a very serious issue of diversion & misuse of public funds and bank funds for personal purposes by several promoters in India. This issue has to been as a sub text in the overall context of poor corporate governance and unethical corporate gate keepers in India.

Huge Infrastructure Construction gobbles up steel.

April 30, 2008

Analysis of:Global steel prices - brace for a correction? | www.reuters.com

Correction in Global Steel Prices may be a long drawn process, as other countries like India tighten steel exports by imposing Export Tax varying from 15% to 5% on various steel products. The infrastructure & construction investments in South East Asia, Middle East & some parts of Africa are huge, giving a clear visibility for steel demand, in spite of a possible slow down in USA. In countries like India, the domestic supply is barely sufficient to meet domestic demand and shortages of steel supplies are clearly visible, partly aggravated by inventory restocking. Huge amounts of steel is going into urban infrastructure construction like Water & Sanitation projects, Roads, Real Estate construction in residential & construction property propelled by increasing disposable incomes of middle class / easier housing loans and increasing office space demand for IT / ITES, construction of Special Economic Zones (SEZ) projects, new airports & sea ports etc in BRIC countries like India & China.

Asia's oldest Stock Exchange is still a Closed Club !

June 15, 2007

Analysis of:19 foreign, local investors buy stake in BSE | economictimes.indiatimes.com

Indian Stock Exchanges are complled by an amendment to an Act to demutualise themselves. Are they really demutualising in true spirit or only in letter ? In the process old wine being re-packaged in a new bottle and remaining as closed clubs as ever !

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