Sep 30, 2022The 1% Crypto Tax in India, ExplainedOn Feb 1st 2022, India’s Union Budget imposed a 30% capital gains tax on income earned from the sale of Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs) and 1% tax deducted at source (TDS) for transactions involving VDAs. Consequently, prices of various crypto tokens shot up, transaction volumes rose and crypto exchanges saw…Crypto4 min readCrypto4 min read
Sep 30, 2022Social Audit of Corporate IndiaThere’s a famous quote which goes, “What gets measured gets managed”. This notion, although appreciable, has a bit of a chasm with reality, especially in the field of qualitative analysis. …Social Audit5 min readSocial Audit5 min read
Sep 30, 2022The HDFC-HDFC Bank Merger ExplainedThe Indian capital markets are hitting one record after another in terms of mergers and acquisitions. Be it Tata’s acquisition of Air India, Sony’s merger with Zee or Adani’s purchase of SB Energy, equities are on a dance and markets are on a cash-ride. …Hdfc Bank6 min readHdfc Bank6 min read
Sep 30, 2022Decoding the Hariom Pipes IPOThe IPO of Hariom Pipe Industries Ltd opened for subscription last week to a good deal of reception. Here’s an explainer on the details involving the issue. IPO Stats ● Issue Size: ₹130cr ($17.1m) ● Issue Type: Book-built ● Issue Price: ₹144–153 ($2) per equity share ● Market Lot: 98 shares ●…IPO5 min readIPO5 min read
Sep 30, 2022Inside the INOX-PVR Merger DealApple’s CODA won the Best Picture at the 94th Academy Awards. The Kashmir Files crossed ₹300cr ($39.6m) in worldwide box office collections. Netflix is planning to charge extra for users sharing passwords. Quite an eventful few weeks in the movie business, indeed. …Inox6 min readInox6 min read
Sep 30, 2022Ola Electric’s Journey to Redefine India’s Automotive IndustryFrom kettles in the kitchen and wearable devices on our hands to vehicles in our lands… Everything is going electric. …Ola6 min readOla6 min read
Sep 30, 2022Decoding the Veranda IPOVeranda Learning Solutions IPO opened for subscription yesterday. Here’s a take on the company’s business and the merits of investing in it. Some IPO Facts ● Issue Size: ₹200cr ($26.2m) (Entirely a fresh issue) ● Issue Type: Book-built ● Issue Price: ₹130–137 ($1.7) per equity share ● Market Lot: 100 ● Issue Breakup…IPO5 min readIPO5 min read
Sep 30, 2022Why RBI is Reviewing the Business of Payment AggregatorsIn August 2020, Juspay, a payment aggregator startup, suffered an unidentified data breach exposing the payment information related to nearly 35 million user accounts. Most of the data ended up being on sale on the dark web. In January 2021, another fintech company called Chqbook, faced a similar ordeal with…Payments6 min readPayments6 min read
Sep 30, 2022Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War on the Fertilizer MarketThe War between Russia and Ukraine has officially entered its second month and there’s no sign of a ceasefire. There are different signs, however, of the worsening choke in supplies of commodities coming out of these two countries. The importance of fertilisers, for instance, can be hardly overstated. Production of…Russia5 min readRussia5 min read
Sep 30, 2022The World Air Quality Report 2021, ExplainedA recent World Air Quality Report shows that India’s air pollution problem deteriorated immensely in the year 2021. Not only has New Delhi been crowned with the unenviable honour of being the world’s most polluted capital city (for the second successive year), but India as a nation has also fared…Air6 min readAir6 min read
