• Sitharaman increased the size of the budget by 14% from last year to $529 Billion to steady & accelerate the economic recovery.
• The Fiscal Deficit in the current year is estimated at 6.9% of the GDP. The Fiscal Deficit in 2022-23 is estimated at 6.4% of the GDP
(2/15)
• Here are the sectors that could be the winners:
1) Transport & Infrastructure:
The investment plans laid out by the finance minister are:
• 400 new Vande Bharat trains by 2025
• PM Gati Shakti Master Plan for Expressways, expanding the NH network by 25000km
(3/15)
• 100 PM Gati Shakti Cargo Terminals for multimodal logistics facilities by 2025
• Multimodal connectivity between urban transport & railway stations will be done on priority.
• Allocation of ₹48,000 crore for completion of 8mn houses under PMAY by 2025
(4/15)
• Here are the stocks that is likely to be a winner due to this boost:
1) L&T
2)GMR Infra
3)KNR Construction
4)Allcargo Logistics
5)IRCTC
(5/15)
2) Solar
• PLI Schemes worth ₹195Billion for solar modules to boost local manufacturers
• This will help the leading panel manufacturers derive growth
• Winners:
1) Tata Power
2)Suzlon Energy
3)Reliance Industries
4)Adani Enterprise
(6/15)
3) EV Battery Manufacturers:
Sitharaman announced a new swapping policy to promote India’s ambitions of clean transport technology.
• Exide Industries
• Amara Raja Batteries Limited
(7/15)
4) Metals:
• Government has announced ₹600Billion budget for piped water to almost 3.8 Crore homes.
• This would increase demand for Metals. So here are the companies that will benefit from the same:
The budget focused on expanding services provided by Digital Finance companies.
This could benefit: 1) eClerx Service Ltd 2) One 97 communication 3) Paisalo Digital
(9/15)
6) Telecommunications:
• 5G auction will be the key spectacle in the Telecommunications space in the country. So increased spending will be greatly beneficial for the following companies:
• Here are the sectors that were left disappointed:
1) PSU Banks:
India’s plan to start digital currency could hurt India’s top lenders like 1) SBI 2) BOB 3) Canara Bank 4) Punjab National Bank
India’s focus is on to keep pace with how the world adopts cryptocurrency
(11/15)
2) Crypto Space:
The infamous decision to lavy flat 30% tax on profits from the sale or transfer of digital assets like crypto and NFT will deflate the profits and make it look less attractive.
1) Wazir X 2) CoinDCX 3) Coinswitch Kuber
(12/15)
3) Stainless Steel
India has made plans to revoke some anti-dumping duties on stainless steel, coated steel flat products, alloy steel given the rise in metal prices. This is expected to affect the biggest producers:
1) Jindal Stainless Ltd 2) Tata Metaliks Ltd
(13/15)
3) Automobile:
The semiconductor crunch and no special attention given in the budget can hurt the automobile industry in the coming days.
• The government aims to attain the vision by complementing the macro-economic level growth focus with a micro-economic level welfare focus, promoting digital economy & fintech, technology enabled development, energy transition, & climate action.
(15/15)
• How would you rate this budget out of 5 and why?
TCPL is a consumer goods company, offering a portfolio of foods, beverages & retail, comprising marquee brands like Tata Tea, Tata Salt, Tetley, Himalayan Water, Starbucks, etc.
(2/21)
• It’s Acquisitions over the years:
1) Tetley in FY00 2) Good Earth in FY06 3) Eight O’clock, Jemca in FY07 4) Vitax in FY08 5) Joint venture with Starbucks in FY12 6) MAP brand in FY15 7) Branded tea business of Dhunseri Tea in FY20 8) NourishCo from PepsiCo in FY21
• KPIT Technologies Limited is an India-based technology company, which is focused on automobile engineering and mobility solutions.
• It also analyses data for diagnostics, maintenance & tracking of assets & related connectivity solutions, including data and analytics
(2/16)
The Backdrop:
• As the auto industry shifts focus towards electric powertrains, R&D spending on CASE (connected, autonomous, shared, electric) technologies at the top 10 global auto R&D spenders is poised to grow multifold
1) Retail spends in Q3 rose 37%, from ₹311bn a year ago, to ₹424bn.
2) Corporate spends grew from ₹67bn to ₹130bn.
3) The market share in terms of cards-in-force was 19.2% at the end of the december, in terms of spends, it was 19%.
(2/15
4) The company issued ~1m cards in Q3 FY22
5) GNPA was 2.4% in Q3 FY22 (3.4% in Q2). NNPA was 0.83% (0.91% in Q2)
6) Net profit grew 84% yoy to ₹3.9bn. The liquidity position continued strong during Q3 & the capital-adequacy ratio was 24.2% (the regulatory min of 15%