India Insider: U.S Credit Crunch vs. Indian Banking Paralysis When the U.S suffered a severe credit crunch in the early 1990s, the triggers were clear: the collapse of the leveraged buyout (LBO) boom, commercial real estate price corrections, and the failure of Savings and Loans (S&L) Associations, created the need…
India Insider: Why is Gold Frequently Accumulated by Indians? In a society like India in which I live gold hoarding is a fact of life. According to a recent report by the World Gold Council, Indian households are believed to hold around 25,000 tonnes of gold with a combined value…
India Insider: Speculation, IPO Mania, and Capital Erosion A speculative frenzy is reflected nowadays via India social media around quarterly results and IPOs. Animated talk about investment potential in India can be compared in some respects to the Dot-com bubble in the U.S which grew in stature into the late…
India Insider: Working with the West as it Deals with Others India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Tianjin, China for the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in early September, which was attended by over twenty nations. Before India visited the conference in August, Washington D.C had already imposed a 50%…
India Insider: Women in Agriculture Need Manufacturing Power India has long been a society that has neglected Women’s Empowerment. While various states pursue proactive policies to enhance the role of women in society, their inclusion in the job market and ability to have financial independence is still lacking. Small Scale…
India Insider: K-Shaped Economy via Growth and Inequality ndia’s growth story remains inspiring, supported by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s policies that attract foreign capital into infrastructure projects. The last decade has seen improvements in railways, ports, bridges and highways. In Financial Year 2025 (1st April 2024 to 31st…
India Insider: Strategic Balancing Act Comes with Risks On the 15th of August, India’s Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a large reduction on Goods and Services Tax rates to boost domestic consumption. The Indian economy is certainly slowing, this as lackluster domestic consumption has prompted the Reserve Bank…
India Insider: Labor Productivity and Rising Household Debt The desire for India to become a fast growing economy can be alluring, but without proper distribution of income and improved labor codes, this remains a major challenge to achieve. During coronavirus, acute problems were faced by those working in private enterprises.…
India Insider: Manufacturing Strategy to Create Rural Jobs Across much of India’s rural landscape, manufacturing remains scarce and finding a solution for this remains a priority. While some towns do have small scale industries that offer jobs, this is still limited. As of financial year 2023, agriculture accounts for only…
India Insider: Concern IT Empire is at Risk in Age of AI When China’s DeepSeek announced its Generative AI program as a rival to U.S based ChatGPT, the world paid close attention. In fact, Nasdaq bellwether stock Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, took a hit because the DeepSeek product…
India Insider: Booming GDP & Fragile Foundations of Growth India’s economic footprint on the global stage is expanding significantly each year. As the world’s largest democracy, the nation achieved a remarkable 7.4% GDP growth rate January to March of this fiscal year. Yet, beneath this impressive headline, job creation remains…
India’s Speculative Real Estate Bubble and Values: Part One India’s Real Estate Sector is a Well Known Affair to its own Citizens and to Global Asset Management Companies India’s major cities like Mumbai, the financial capital of India, Gurgaon, Delhi, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, the tech hub of the nation, serve…
