The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed easing IPO norms for mega-cap companies, allowing smaller initial public offerings (IPOs) and staggered compliance with public shareholding requirements. The proposal includes reduced...
As India debates the upcoming “Next Gen GST” reforms, a senior government source has emphasized that the Centre and states remain equal partners in GST revenue sharing. Under the present system, GST revenues...
Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Duvvuri Subbarao has sounded a timely caution for India’s manufacturing ambitions. He warned that the Make in India initiative must not be reduced to a narrow policy...
While India’s central government has successfully reduced its debt-to-GDP ratio from the pandemic peak of 61.4% in FY 2020–21 to 57% in FY 2023–24, its interest burden continues to climb. According to the...
Indian corporates are increasingly gravitating back toward bank financing as the cost gap between bank loans and bond market rates narrows. Specifically, the spread between the State Bank of India’s (SBI) Marginal Cost...
India remains confident it will meet its fiscal deficit target of 4.4% of GDP for FY26 despite introducing major consumption tax cuts. The GST overhaul announced by Prime Minister Modi—including slashed rates on...
India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves increased by $4.74 billion, climbing to $693.62 billion for the week ending August 8, as reported by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). This rebound comes shortly after...
A recent policy shake-up brought the minimum average balance (MAB) practice to the spotlight after ICICI Bank raised its MAB for new savings accounts—only to later rollback in the face of public backlash....
The government’s newly launched FASTag Annual Pass saw spectacular adoption on its very first day—approximately 139,000 passes were sold across toll plazas nationwide. Priced at ₹3,000, the pass allows 200 toll crossings or...
Economists expect the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to keep interest rates unchanged in the near term, signalling that its primary focus will be on sustaining economic growth rather than aggressively tackling inflation....
As India enters a new phase of digital expansion with over a billion additional users joining the economic mainstream in the coming years, businesses must fundamentally transform. Mohamed Kande and Sanjeev Krishan argue...
Kerala State Financial Enterprises (KSFE), a state-run miscellaneous non-banking financial company (MNBC), has become the first MNBC in India to surpass a business turnover of ₹1 lakh crore. The remarkable feat was achieved...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted in-principle approval to Paytm Payments Services Ltd (PPSL)—a wholly owned arm of One 97 Communications—to operate as an Online Payment Aggregator (PA). This milestone paves...
India’s market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has rejected the settlement requests filed by industrialist Anil Ambani, his family members, and former Yes Bank CEO Rana Kapoor. The pleas...
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has proposed a significant amendment to the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). The proposal mandates that the Committee...
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