Abheek Barua, Chief Economist, HDFC Bank, says there is a laundry list of items that need to be addressed before we get on, and climb back onto that 8% to 9% sustainable growth path. We could have a one-off 8% or an 8.5% growth, but that is not what the steady state growth would be. … Read more
Railway shares have tumbled up to 33% in the last two days as a narrow win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alliance raised concerns about policy continuity. Shares of Titagarh Rail Systems tumbled nearly 33%, while Ircon International declined by over 26%. Meanwhile, RailTel Corporation and IRCTC also fell by over 19% in the past … Read more
“We have been through a variety of political dispensations in the last three decades and growth has been in the 6-7% area. India rarely grows much faster than 7% and rarely grows much slower than 6%,” says Saurabh Mukherjea, Marcellus Investment Managers. Tell us what exactly were the conversations like when you were sitting far … Read more
A boom in tiny initial public offerings in India may soon be followed by larger deals, broadening options for global investors looking to join the nation’s equities frenzy. Citigroup Inc., the top arranger of equity offerings in India this year, sees four to five IPOs of at least $1 billion each over the next year. … Read more
