A key indicator of corporate efficiency may now be better than at any time since the turn of the millennium. The net working capital cycle - a crucial measure that tracks the time a company takes to convert current assets like inventory into sales and then collect the money from customers - has seen remarkable improvement. According to data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), the average company needed nearly 90 days to complete this cycle in 1999-2000.
The operations revealed evidence of price and volume manipulation of stocks through the use of platforms like YouTube and WhatsApp.
This negated the gain of more than a dozen seats in Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala.
If the decline reflects a loss of faith in the democratic process, even a well-executed social media nudge may not help.
Amit A Shah holds a stake in 180 listed entities, according to data disclosed in his election affidavit.
Moveable assets accounted for 46 per cent of the wealth of the 10 richest candidates in the first phase of the 2024 elections.
The private sector's new project announcements in the quarter ending March were among the highest on record. The value of new private sector project announcements for the three months ending March 2024 was Rs 9.8 trillion, shows data from tracker Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). This is the second-highest on record in data going back to 2009.
Key individual parties have cornered a larger share, with some favouring regional and others national players.
The share of candidates who were successful among the BJP was 56.5% in 2019. It was 5% for the Congress.
Mumbai accounts for the largest share of electoral bonds sold since inception.
96 per cent is being collected through TDS, advance tax, self-assessment tax, and other receipts.
A quarter of the stocks have been replaced since 2019, marking the evolution of India's economy.
If Indian companies were people, around 20 per cent of the listed space would be individuals whose salaries don't cover their loan instalments.
Many individuals filing tax returns declare zero tax liability. They accounted for two-thirds of the total individual returns filed.
Government announcements for the building of new roads, railways, and other capital expenditure (capex) projects may have hit an all-time low, according to numbers for the December quarter.
Manufacturing's share in the profit pool of companies had declined before the pandemic.
Bihar has fertile grounds for caste to emerge as an electoral issue.
Wilful defaulters owe SBI Rs 80,000 crore. 10 nationalised banks are owed another Rs 1.5 trillion.
The number of companies had touched a low of 792 in July 2020 amid heightened uncertainty because of COVID-19.
India's trade ties with Israel have only strengthened in the years after 2019. The total value of trade rose to $10.5 billion on a rolling four-quarter basis in June 2023 from $5.5 billion in the same month in 2019, shows a Business Standard analysis of data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). A rolling four-quarter number provides a comparable figure across different time periods.
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