India- The 4th largest economy of the world, which has $1.94 Trillion of Gross Domestic Product according to data released by IMF in 2012, has always been agriculture based country where the crops have a large dependability on Monsoon. The prices of agriculture commodities have largely been a function of demand, supply, inflation rate etc. along with the rainfall which is basically a product of monsoon period. Small variation in the availability of water due to this monsoon can significantly…    Read More >>

When Virender Sehwag walked out to the centre at Lords in 2002, few put faith in his credentials as a Test match opener. After all, what difference could a middle order biffer make where more technically sound batsmen before him had failed? Cut to 2011. Sehwag ,in Test matches, has an average of 50 plus, two triple centuries and a 293. Add to that an ODI double century and a Test match strike somewhere around 80 and you know that…    Read More >>

It has time and again been said about India that it has “One foot grounded in time honored traditions and the other fervently striding into the entrepreneurial age”. Widespread organized retail is seen as one such feature that truly announces the coming of this age. Indian government, for a long time, has been contemplating a potentially landmark legislation that allows liberalization of FDI regulations in our retail sector. Currently, foreign companies are strictly barred from having front-end retail presence. This…    Read More >>

With the double dip recession in sight and the worst of the first decade of the 21st Century, we have seen the resilience and robustness of the Indian Financial System. We have also seen a spree of activities at an unprecedented pace in India. Policy makers are thinking of reforms day and night and many of these are getting implemented to change the face of India. Though India has gracefully steered clear of the global slowdown, the task ahead is…    Read More >>