This amount does not include losses suffered indirectly through investment in mutual funds (MFs) and insurance companies.
The financials of six privately held companies associated with Siddhartha show an increase in debt and falling ability to meet short-term obligations.
High regulatory expectations and advent of discount broking have made old-style brokerage businesses unviable.
The list of companies skipping dividends in FY19 includes some of the country's largest firms and industry leaders such Tata Motors, Avenue Supermart, Future Retail and Vodafone Idea, among others.
'The people let off by the NBFCs have little bargaining power and willingly settle for a 20% to 25% cut in their existing salaries when hunting for new jobs.'
Historically, there has been no correlation between growth in bank credit to industry and lower benchmark interest rate
'Unknown' location advertisement spends were nearly 74% higher than the next biggest spender, Uttar Pradesh.
The combined interest payment for India's top listed companies, excluding financial and oil and gas firms, was up 15.2 per cent year-on-year during the six months ended March 2019, outpacing the change in net sales and operating profit.
The average assets of an MP are now 345.8 times that of an annual income of a tax-filing individual, reports Sachin P Mampatta.
The cumulative spends on Google are in excess of Rs 27.4 crore. There have been 14,837 advertisements on Google platforms.
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala sounded another note of caution on the nature of the latest bull run.
More asset sales may be only way out, though most of the group companies' ratings have been downgraded and their combined market value is now a fraction of their combined debt.
The Congress topped the list of pages with the highest spends for the week ended April 6.
The risk-reward ratio could turn adverse for foreign investors if corporate earnings disappoint by wide margins, or if crude oil prices spike in the international market, putting pressure on the rupee-dollar exchange rate.
The elections held in April-May 2019 will be an important determinant of future growth and investment.
The Hinduja Group, Mukesh Ambani, Murugappa, and the Adani groups were the other gainers in the Modi regime, while Naveen Jindal and Sun Pharma groups saw the most erosion in their m-cap in the last five years, reports Krishna Kant.
With just 11.8 per cent, the nation lags behind its neighbours and peers when it comes to women's representation in national legislatures.
A page called 'My First Vote For Modi' accounts for the largest number of ads by number (2,765). Another one called 'Bharat Ke Mann Ki Baat' was second (2,429). 'Namo Supporters' was third with 2,153 ads, reports Sachin P Mampatta.
A combination of fewer listings and falling 'average daily traded value' contributed to the drag in Q3.
The country has been facing an ever-rising fiscal deficit, increasing debt and a hamstrung economy.
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