The lack of a strong diversity policy on the part of companies, a limited pool of women candidates as well as socio-cultural factors contribute to their low numbers.
The investments were a mix of issuance of guarantees ($2.53 billion), loan ($257.60 million) and of equity ($232.59 million).
The business confidence of India Inc for April-June quarter witnessed the steepest fall in the last three years as the Union Budget did not have any major steps towards reforms, says research firm Dun and Bradstreet.
All these male politicians are unlikely to risk their sinecures to speak up in support of a bunch of women wrestlers who have chosen to challenge a politician who appears to have the ruling regime in a stranglehold, points out Kanika Datta.
External commercial borrowing and short-term credit from abroad, which met more than 20 per cent of India Inc's credit needs in the 2007-08 fiscal, have contributed only 8.2 per cent of the financing needs. However, bank credit has increased by nearly Rs 38,000 crore (Rs 380 billion) in the current fiscal, meeting 61 per cent of fund requirement for companies.
Industry chamber Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry said the Reserve Bank of India should intervene and cut interest rates.
In financial year 2020-21, the BJP declared assets worth Rs 4,990 crore, up by 21.17 per cent to Rs 6,046.81 crore in 2021-22.
Firms generated free cash flows in 2013-14, for the first time since the 2008 Lehman crisis
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