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The Jio Scam

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In telecom industry there are licenses in the name of spectrum to be taken from the government in order to provide telecom services in the nation. The government issues three types of licenses: 1. Mobile Internet Connection License 2. Cable Broadband License 3. Wireless Broadband License Back in the year 2007, the government issued telecom spectrum for wireless broadband connection and in the year 2010 TRAI clarified that this spectrum could only be used for broadband internet and not for voice calls. Companies like Vodafone, Airtel, BSNL had spectrum for both mobile connection and cable broadband so they thought that this spectrum was of no use for them and thus they didn't participate in the auction.  But in 2011 for the spectrum auction a company named Infotel who had a networth of just only 2.5 crores had applied for the bid. The auction had a compulsion that the company applying for the bid must have 250 crores bank gaurantee. Infotel surprisingly got the bank gaur...

Akasa Airways and The Big Bull

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  "If you want to be a millionaire then simply just be a billionaire and invest in aviation sector and you will end up becoming a millionaire ." Stock Market maverick Rakesh Jhunjhunwala has backed upcoming ultra low cost Airline carrier named Akasa Airlines and he will pump around 260 crores and hold around a 40% stake in this venture. Recently after the bankruptcy of once the Indian Airways giant Jet Airways, the government failing multiple times in bidding for disinvestment of Air India and finally ending up with giving it to the Tata Group, the covid threats circling around the aviation sector and the government not giving any support to aviation sector after facing the repercussions of corona virus pandemic. The business world is shocked as to why the Big Bull is investing in aviation sector. Although Rakesh has pumped a very small percentage of his net worth so he is not risking more. But he has planned a strategic layout for his ambitions by initially cornering ex pres...

Review of the Monetary Policy of The Central Bank

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  As we know in this pandemic time the Indian Economy is going through a worse period where unemployment rate is high, income of people are low and low business scopes are there so here the work of The Reserve Bank of India is crucial. The RBI has the sole responsibility along with the Indian Government in recovery of the economy. There is a stagflation situation prevailing currently where the GDP is low, unemployment rates are high, earnings are low but there is a high rate of inflation. So the RBI is taking steps to control this situation. It has advised the government to control its non developmental expenses, focus on capital expenditure and promote exports. Here is a table showing RBI's latest policy rates: The RBI regularly revises its policy rates to tackle different economic situations. In inflationary period, to control the money flow it increases the CRR, reverse repo rate, bank rate and decrease the repo rate to decrease the flow of cash in the economy like in current si...

Kumar Mangalam Birla's Smart Move

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  Recently Kumar Mangalam Birla the CEO of Aditya Birla Group has stepped down from the CEO position of the debt trapped company Vodafone-Idea (VI). He has also written a letter to the Government to offer his 27% stake in VI to any Public Sector Company run by the Government of India or any other private entity who are interested in handling the telecom giant company. He also wrote in his letter that he has tried his best to revive the company but wasn't able to do that due to immense competition faced by Jio and Airtel. After coming of Jio only three companies could have survived in the Indian market which were Vodafone, Idea and Airtel. But now it seems VI has also cleared the ground for Jio and Airtel. He told the Government in his letter that if they want a three company competition in the telecom market then specify it and take concerned steps for it. He also stressed on floor pricing of plans per subscriber so that they can survive in this fierce price war.  How Birla pl...

India's Investment fortune in Afghanistan

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  The withdrawal of The US troops from Afghanistan and The Taliban swiftly occupying the heart of Kabul till 15th of august 2021 has produced an alarming situation for all the other countries of the world and particularly leaving India in a disadvantageous situation. Afghanistan is included in the few countries in which India has invested a hefty amount of money and it is a land of strategic importance as far as India's situation is considered. The increasing influence of China in South Asia is a threat for India as China is using all India's neighbouring countries as a pawn by using its debt trap strategy to pressurize India from all the sides. So India is also increasing its influence in its neighbouring countries by making healthy trade agreements, investing in those countries and providing them monetary assistance and Afghanistan is one of the country which will help India counter China's ambitious One Belt and Road Initiative. India has invested a large amount of money...

The Great Indian Stock Market Circus!!

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  The coming of novice retail investors in the Indian Stock Market has just made upside down changes in the market. After outbreak of corona virus pandemic in 2020, there is a large increase in the number of retail investors and they have increased the liquidity in the market. Due to these novice investors penny stocks gave a yield of 1900% in past six months more than that of big blue chip companies like Adani Group which gave a return of 175% in last six months. The thing to watch out for in these penny stocks is that they have no strong income, inadequate employees and negative growth rate but still their prices hiked at an unprecedent rate. We can say that they have no fundamentals backing their rise in prices. This increase is due to large inflow of liquidity in these penny stocks by these investors as in penny stocks putting small amount of money can also yield high returns. There are chances of stock manipulation in these cases. We will talk about some of the cases that will...

The Great Sub Prime Crisis of 2008

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  The greatest recession of this century- The Lehman Brothers Crisis of 2008 or the Sub Prime Crisis of 2008 which led to a global recession and unemployed millions of people in the world was led by American Investment Banks majorly by Lehman Brothers. These banks provided sub-prime loans in the market. What is sub-prime loans? Generally, poor credit rating people are disqualified to apply for conventional mortgage applications. So banks in The US came out with a special type of loan which provided loan to those who doesn't qualify for regular home loans. These loans were provided on real estate collaterals. Objective of providing sub-prime loans: Expecting that the value of underlying property will go up in future and charging high interests helped banks to generate higher profits. If repayment is discontinued, banks could sell the property for a higher consideration due to appreciation in property pricers. Borrowers can rent out their houses with high value or can sell at higher ...