12 out of 21 public sector banks reported declines in their loan books in the last financial year against seven such banks in 2015-16 and none in 2013-14.

Fresh investments by corporates up just 5.8% in FY17, lowest since 1992

Once tipped to emerge as the biggest exporter, the pharmaceutical industry is yet to acquire the scale of those in software services, says Krishna Kant.

At Rs 470,000 for the base petrol variant, Tigor is now the cheapest compact sedan in the country

Equity markets in Pakistan and Bangladesh are tiny compared to the market capitalisation of the Indian equity market.

Experts say it will now be tough for the Modi government to catch up with the UPA's economic record owing to the shock induced by the currency demonetisation.

Corporate indebtedness is now twice what it was before the global financial crisis; banks' bad loans ratio is 3.5 times higher.

Cash crunch shadow on Sensex earnings

Small- and mid-size companies where Cyrus was the chairman did better on bourses than large Tata group companies

Dividend pay-out by the group companies grew at a compounded annual rate of 15.7% under Cyrus, sharply up from 2.5% in the previous three years

There was virtually no incremental equity investment by Tata Sons during Mistry's first two years

Nifty 50 firms' net profit estimated to grow by a modest 3.1% in Q2, reports Krishna Kant.

Its rich valuation with a PE of 62 times raises downside risk for investors

The combined pay for India Inc's top management was up 30 per cent in FY16, growing at the fastest pace in nine years

Together, they controlled nearly Rs 26 lakh crore of assets at the end of FY16.

Ten of top 15 companies in 1991 were PSUs; now, there are only six. Their revenue share has also fallen from 86% to 45%

Tata Steel (then Tata Iron and Steel), the most valuable index company in 1991, is now the least valuable.

Government-owned companies are more generous in rewarding their shareholders with dividends.

Most of the index heavyweights are yet to declare their results.

Brokerages expect revenue growth at a 7-quarter high but profitability may disappoint.