Ajay Bhat (Monnet Ispat)

India started liberalizing economy after 1991, in a meaningful way, the results of the reforms were evident by turn of the century when India joined global nations in the economic boom from 2003 onwards. India witnessed a phenomenal growth for the next few years till the globe was hit by unprecedented financial crises but India overcame the impact much faster & started to move on the journey of growth however the growth has been averaging at about 7.5% till 2014 after which it has further moderated to about 6.5%. There are questions around the validity of the GDP no. but let us not go to that debate. India is projected to become a US 5 trillion economy over the next 5-6 years from current size of 2.5 trillion. Current size & the projected size is by no means a small size & India may emerge as the 3rd or 4th largest economy in the world. But despite the last two decades of growth & expected size: The two critical issues ailing & likely to ail India are 1. The ...

A ritual of issuing manifestos precedes democratic process in India to elect State & Central Governments. Manifestos otherwise are important piece of declaration about the agenda of political parties they propose to fulfill if voted to power. That we all know, but the promises made mainly by mainstream political parties have become longer in content & louder in commitment beyond the comprehension of average citizen of this country. Except key issues that concern broader population, I don’t assume an average citizen has the eagerness to read or unrelenting faith on wish list of manifestos. The key political parties also detail the plan outlay of expenditure on various heads like health care, education, infrastructure etc and if one were to add up the maths of these numbers, any one would wonder the veracity of such exorbitant claims & essentially the resources needed to accomplish them. Tall promises and big numbers have rendered these documents non-interesting subjects ...

Last few years have been predominantly thickly overcast with problems of non-performing assets in the banking system. It’s not that the NPA is a new development or has been a fresh news, NPA’s are synonymous with lending business globally so are they in India as well but the magnitude & size of NPA’s in India after 2010 has been rising at alarming rate. The objective of my article is not to discuss the NPA problem as such but one of the essential causes why they happen. Lot has been written on this subject but among the various reasons yet hidden there is one important & critical reason, which is not debated & at least has not been cited as one of the key inputs of this NPA menace. Let me try to elucidate this, let’s look at top 50 companies referred to IBC in the past over 18 months. We know clearly they are all over leveraged & their business models have failed to meet the obligations, hence the reference. Why are these companies over-leveraged & why did the...