Why don’t Indian farmers grow more fruits and vegetables?
In India, rice and wheat comprise 70 percent of agricultural produce by area, but less than 25 percent by value.
Municipal Finance – Functionaries
Following the posts on Functions of ULBs and Municipal Funds as part of the Municipal Finance blog series, this post provides an overview of functionaries at ULBs, explains why…
Notes from IFMR Capital’s Investor Seminar meet
Recently IFMR Capital hosted its third Investor Seminar in Mumbai. The theme of the seminar was ‘Risk Underwriting in Asset Classes that Impact Low-Income Households’.
Unemployment Support in East Asia
his post is a continunation of our series of posts on Unemployment Support in India. The below post borrows heavily from Kamimura’s “Employment structure and Unemployment insurance in East Asia
In a first, IFMR Capital lists securitised debt on the BSE
On Monday, IFMR Capital listed the senior securities of IFMR Capital MosecTM XXII on BSE. This was the first instance of listing of securitised debt in India and marks…
IFMR Capital Arranges Largest Mosec Transaction
IFMR Capital recently closed its largest securitisation transaction till date, MosecTM 21. It was an INR 65 crore transaction backed by a pool of 50,000 micro loans.
Municipal Finance – Funds
As part of our series on Municipal Finance, this blog post discusses the present state of municipal finances by taking an in-depth look at municipal revenue and expenditure in…
A Paradigm for Suitability: Part III
The previous post covered the process of “Suitability” in financial services. Here, we cover aspects of the legal and regulatory structure that will aid in establishing an effective Suitability…
Indian Corporate Debt Markets – The Demand-Side issues
In this post we analyze the demand-side issues that the Indian corporate debt market wrestles with. Our previous post highlighted the supply-side roadblocks in the development of long term…