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Key infra sectors growth plunges to 2.3%

Growth in six infrastructure industries plummeted to 2.3% in August 2008 as compared to 9.5% a year ago i.e. in August 2007 including crude oil and petroleum refinery, showing depressing performance. Crude oil showed a negative growth by 1% in August 2008 compared to a positive growth rate of 6.5% in August 2007. Growth in petroleum [ READ MORE ]

Reliance Industries: Refining blues

In the June 2008 quarter, RIL posted GRMs of $15.7 per barrel, which disappointed the Street which had pencilled in margins of $16-17 per barrel, given the sharp rise in crude oil prices. Refining contributes about 55 per cent to the company’s revenues which were Rs 1.37 lakh crore in FY08. Moreover, industry watchers believe [ READ MORE ]

Reliance, divesting KG D6 Assets ?

Reliance Industries (RIL) has scrapped its plan to transfer 80% of its participatory interest in the famous D-6 block of the Krishna Godavari basin gas field, perhaps the company’s most valued asset, to four of its subsidiaries. The company had sent a letter to the petroleum ministry on Thursday (August 28) withdrawing its earlier application [ READ MORE ]

RIL to start crude production from KG basin next month

With a FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading) vessel set to stream into Kakinada from Singapore shortly , Reliance Industries Ltd is gearing up to extract crude from its Krishna Godavari basin wells by the second half of September. The MA Fields in the D-6 block in the KG basin will produce about 40,000 barrels [ READ MORE ]

Monetary Policy- Just Pain, No gain: Critics By SS Bhalla

Monetary authorities should not practise ideology, especially since monetarist ideology has been made obsolete by globalisation and development Let us examine why Mr Reddy’s policies are most likely to be wildly off the mark. With the CPI inflation rate around 7 per cent, Reddy increased the repo rate to 9 per cent, besides also increasing [ READ MORE ]

Monetary Policy: 2008

MEASURES ANNOUNCED Repo Rate increased by 50 bps from 8.5 per cent to 9 per cent CRR to be hiked by 25 bps to 9 per cent with effect from August 30, 2008 Bank Rate kept unchanged at 6 per cent Reverse Repo Rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) kept unchanged at 6 per [ READ MORE ]

Indian Ports: Poised to handle 21 M TEU

Congested ports and other creaky transport infrastructure have become a growing problem for Asia’s third-largest economy and the world’s second-fastest growing large economy after China. The Indian government plans to double cargo handling capacity at the country’s ports to 1.5 billion metric tonnes (mt) per by 2012. If the current growth rate of 19% is [ READ MORE ]

KG Basin: Doubling India’s Gas Supply by 2010

India, Asia’s third-largest oil consumer, is encouraging use of natural gas to control its oil import bill and rein in inflation but there is not enough supply to satisfy rising demand. Gas demand in India, at around 179 million standard cubic meters a day, is far short of the supply of about 95 mmscmd (including [ READ MORE ]

Historical leap towards India’s energy security

Reliance is investing $5.2 billion to develop Krishna Godavari, its largest field. Gas produced in the area is expected to more than double the country’s total output. The Mumbai-based group’s Reliance Petroleum Ltd unit is building the 580,000 barrel-a-day refinery adjacent to a 660,000 barrel-a-day plant owned by the parent. Once complete, Reliance will own [ READ MORE ]

The World’s Biggest Private Equity Players

By Steve Rosenbush The private equity industry is growing at a stunning pace, transforming the structure and balance of power in global business. These firms purchase companies privately, without the use of shares that trade publicly on the stock market. Private equity firms have lots of cash and access to vast amounts of cheap debt. [ READ MORE ]

NELP VII : Future of Oil exploration

In the recently concluded NELP VII round of bidding under the new exploration licensing policy (NELP) the government has offered 57 oil & gas blocks under NELP-VII. This included 19 deepwater blocks, 29 are onland blocks and nine blocks are in shallow water.  NELP So far In previous six rounds, the government awarded 162 blocks. So [ READ MORE ]

PCPIR, Kakinada AP: $85 Billion Investment

Hyderabad: ONGC Ltd has decided to exit the proposed refinery-cumpetrochemicals project at Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, making way for the GMR Group, which will hold 51% equity in the project that was originally to cost Rs 31,000 crore. The project is part of Andhra Pradesh’s Petroleum Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR) proposed over 600 square [ READ MORE ]

foreign exchange reserve: India

Foreign exchange reserves are important indicators of ability to repay foreign debt and for currency defense, and are used to determine credit ratings of nations. Large reserves of foreign currency allow a government to manipulate exchange rates – usually to stabilize the foreign exchange rates to provide a more favourable economic environment.                                                                                                                                                                                                            India’s total foreign exchange [ READ MORE ]

Currency Valuation: forces on play

What are Currency Appreciations and Depreciations? If nominal exchange rates change so that one Dollar buys more Rupees, then the dollar has appreciated in nominal terms. And the Rupee has correspondingly depreciated in nominal terms because a Rupee can buy fewer U.S. Dollars. If the real exchange rate between the U.S. and India changes, which [ READ MORE ]

Inflation : Impact on Economy

Understanding inflation is crucial to investing because inflation can reduce the value of investment returns. Inflation affects all aspects of the economy, from consumer spending, business investment and employment rates, to government programs, tax policies, and interest rates. What is Inflation? Inflation is a sustained rise in overall price levels. Moderate inflation is associated with [ READ MORE ]

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