Anish Shah took charge of Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) at a time the economy was under a lockdown. He says M&M will not hesitate to pull away from businesses that don’t make financial sense.
One year after the pandemic, the experience of going to a hotel has radically changed. In order to forge ahead, hotels now have completely overhauled old business strategies, making them anew.
In a matter of 41 trading days, since the last life-high on February 16, the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has caused between 8% -9.8% correction in the benchmark equity indices until April 19.
Aided by strong demand recovery, credit ratio rebounds to 1.33 in H2FY21, from 0.54 in H1FY21. GDP could grow at 11% in FY22, but the resurgence in Covid-19 cases is a key downside risk, says CRISIL.
The Covid-19 pandemic failed to affect the bulls’ spirits, as benchmark indices saw absolute annual gains between 75.2% and 117.2% while FPIs pumped in a record ₹2.74 lakh crore into equities.
The pandemic, ultimately, was unsuccessful in denting the country's capital raising confidence, as India Inc. raised over ₹1.88 lakh crore, beating the record of over ₹1.75 lakh crore raised in FY18.
It has been a year since the nationwide Coronavirus-induced lockdown was announced. More than anything else, it has had a profound impact on business—the way it is done, and the way it is imagined.
While Indian banks' improved financial metrics do not fully reflect the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the under–capitalised PSBs are likely to remain risk averse and lose market share.
