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                                                       Beyond Thinking
                                                                                  CONTENTS
                                                       A Ticking Time Bomb?
                                                       Bad loans, the perennial scourge of Indian banks, have a virulent
                                                       edge this year – Page 6
                                                       Inside View
                                                       Investors would be better off learning about indices as they are a
                                                       measure of market sentiments – Page 10
                                                       A Mix Of Joy And Fear
                                                       The return of the GDP to the positive territory is an optimistic sign,
                                                       but things are far from celebratory due to rising inflation – Page 13
                                                       Pending Reforms
                                                       The fertilizer sector is on the cusp of re-rating over supportive
                                                       government policies and potential reforms – Page 16
                                                       Manufacturing Consent
                                                       By making rules and regulations favourable to foreign companies,
                                                       the Indian government hopes to attract more players to Make in
                                                       India, and boost employment opportunities – Page 19
                                                       Resilient & Thriving
                                                       Steel companies have seen demand surge. Sustainability of
Volume 13      Issue: 03, 16th - 31st Mar ’21          demand will be key for domestic steel companies, going ahead
                                                       – Page 22
                                                       Affordable Once Again
   Editor-in-Chief & Publisher: Rakesh Bhandari        The affordable housing segment has done remarkably well despite
   Editor: Tushita Nigam
   Senior Sub-Editor: Kiran V Uchil
                                                       a few hiccups resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic – Page 25
                                                       The Digital Playground
   Art Director: Sachin Kamble                         A growing smartphone user base and rise in internet penetration is
   Junior Designer: Orianne Fernandes                  buoying the digital gaming industry in India – Page 28
                                                       In A Legal Tangle
   Operations: Namrata Sabbani
                                                       The Future Retail-Reliance deal is in a limbo due to the ongoing
   Research Team: Sunil Jain, Vikas Salunkhe,
                                                       legal dispute between India’s second largest retailer and Amazon
   Swati Hotkar Shewale, Nirav Chheda, Amit            – Page 31
   Bhuptani, Ritu Poddar, Aniket Jadhav,               Value Creation
   Swapnil Ufale                                       The addition of niche products in the oral care segment is hoped to
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DEBT-LY WOES
T     he ongoing pandemic has led to irreparable losses. The magnitude of the destruction is so huge that it is going to take a long
time to clean up and fix the repercussions of coronavirus.

The banking sector in India is not an exception to this health crisis as it has been facing the fallout of failing businesses and
companies, leading to a scenario of bad loans (existing and new) and the need to restructure such loans.

In this situation what we need to look at is how banks will tackle the issue of rising non-performing assets (NPAs) with even the
timelines for sops doled out by the government coming to an end. Read our cover story to understand the burgeoning problem of
NPAs being faced by banks across the country.

We have also covered other note-worthy articles in this issue. Some of them include the impact of adding or removing a company
that makes up benchmark indices, the economic scenario in India with inflationary concerns looming high, the likelihood of re-rating
of the fertilizer segment with a slew of measures announced in Union Budget 2021-22, the positive impact on Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign with international companies looking at setting up manufacturing units in India and the
employment opportunities it is likely to create subsequently.

You will also find articles on sectors such as steel, affordable housing, online gaming and oral care in this issue. With retail giants
Reliance and Amazon in a spat over Future Retail, we thought it appropriate to give you a low-down on the goings-on between the
retail giants and the possible outcome of the ongoing legal dispute.

Do not miss an interesting article on passive investing in the Beyond Basics section of this issue. With passive funds giving good
returns, it is an investment option that each one can explore.

And lastly for all those of you who are constantly battling with managing income and expenses, we have covered zero-based
budgeting for you in our Beyond Learning section. It will teach you how to assign a role to every rupee you earn so that you can
benefit from it to the fullesT.

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                                                                                             The Nifty Futures
                                                                                               has support at
                                                                                              the 14,820 level.

        T      he US Congress passed the $1.9 trillion plan, one of the largest rescue packages ever in the US, earlier
        this month.

        The “historic” package called The American Rescue Plan will help the US economy recover from the
        coronavirus pandemic by providing $1,400 payments to most Americans, aid the unemployed, expand public
        health care and enhance funds for vaccinations.

        The US Federal Reserve plans to keep interest rates near zero for a longer period, reconfirming its support to the
        economy until the job market recovers fully and inflation is on track to moderately exceed 2%.

        India is staring at a second wave of coronavirus infections, which experts say is likely to have been caused by
        lack of testing and contact tracing of infected individuals. This may, however, impact some sectors in the near
        term.

        The Indian stock markets look good in the coming weeks. The Nifty Futures has support at the 14,820 level. The
        expected target on the upper side is around 15,550.

        Traders and investors must keep a close watch on the rising number of coronavirus cases in the country as it may
        restrict movement further. They could also expect a decline in Q4 earnings results of some sectors due to rising
        costs as compared to the previous quarteR.

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                                         measures have helped banks but they       India Ratings & Research said.
                                         are unlikely to escape the brunt of the
                                         slowdown. According to the RBI’s          It estimated that stressed loans from
                                         financial stability report, bank NPAs     retail advances could rise to 4.7% of
                                         may rise to as high as 14.8% by           the total in March ’22 from 1.60% in
                                         September ’21 in case of a severe         March ’21, led by slippages in
                                         stress scenario, from 7.5% as of          unsecured loans - especially at
                                         September ’20.                            private sector banks.

                                         At the baseline scenario, the central     Private sector banks are likely to
he pandemic-induced economic             bank stress tests see GNPAs at 13.5%      experience higher slippages from
stress has put several firms out of      by September ’21.                         retail loans with total stressed loans
business, led to a huge contraction in                                             increasing about three times, mainly
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and         “If the macroeconomic environment         due to their share in the number of
loss of jobs for millions. According     worsens into a severe stress scenario,    unsecured loans.
to a recent report by Pew Research,      the ratio may escalate to 14.8%.
the pandemic has pushed a third of       Among bank groups, public sector          There could be a 170% increase in
India’s middle class into poverty.       banks’ GNPA ratio of 9.7% in              retail stress in the banking system,
                                         September ’20 may increase to             albeit on a low base as retail did not
In such a scenario, banks, which are     16.2% by September ’21 under the          see a lot of NPA build-up. For PSBs,
already beset with the ballooning of     baseline scenario while those of          the increase is likely to be 150%, or
non-performing assets, have a tryst      private sector banks and foreign          1.5 times, and for private banks, it
with fire.                               banks may increase from 4.6% and          may be 270%, or 2.7 times.
                                         2.5% in September ’20 to 7.9% and
Under the severe stress scenario         5.4%, respectively, over the same         Much of this stress is set to come
modelled by the Reserve Bank of          period,” the RBI said.                    from unsecured advances. The share
India (RBI), bank Non-Performing                                                   of unsecured exposures in private
Assets (NPAs) are likely to double to                                              banks’ gross advances is about 15%,
14.8% of the total loans by              Public sector banks will be most          while for PSBs, it is almost 5%.
September ’21, from 7.5% as of           impacted in case of a severe stress
September ’20.                           scenario with their GNPA ratio rising     While stress in the retail segment
                                         to 17.6% compared to 8.8%                 may not necessarily be manifested
The government and the Supreme           projected for private sector banks and    this year or the next, the trends in
Court have thrown lifelines to banks     6.5% for foreign banks, the RBI said.     individuals’ income growth and the
and borrowers but those are about to                                               quality of banks’ unsecured assets
end while the pandemic’s end is          However, the central bank has said        cannot be divergent for long, India
nowhere in sight.                        that the results of the stress test       Ratings said.
                                         should not be taken as forecasts.
After giving moratorium on loan          “The adverse scenarios used in the        MSME LOANS
repayments for the first few months,     macro stress tests were stringent
the RBI rolled out a one-time            conservative assessments under            About 6,51,000 Micro, Small and
restructuring scheme for borrowers.      hypothetical adverse economic             Medium Enterprise (MSME)
The Supreme Court too suspended          conditions so the model outcomes do       borrowers had got restructuring done
tagging of overdue debt as NPAs          not amount to forecasts,” the report      till 31st Mar ’20. So some of the
since August ’20, recognizing it as      said.                                     borrowers did not line up for a
Covid-related stress, till further                                                 subsequent one-time restructuring
orders.                                  RETAIL LOANS                              scheme.

So how will the scenario pan out?        Stress in retail loans could treble by    A company’s debt servicing burden
                                         the end of FY22 due to the                is reduced for 12-18 months by such
THE CURRENT STATUS                       slowdown in income growth and             schemes and even a bulk of them
                                         slower pace of job creation in the        default, they may not add
The RBI and the government               service sector, credit ratings firm       substantially to the NPAs.

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Also, under the ECLGS, `1.69 lakh                      gold loans and home loans are close      while it reported NPAs of 3.44%. For
    crore was disbursed to 4.25 million                    to 100% but MSME and unsecured           Bank of Baroda the actual NPA was
    borrowers till 8th Jan ’21. This                       loans are at 80% to 85% while real       9.63%. But it reported 8.48%. In the
    scheme allowed for an incremental                      estate financing efficiencies have       case of Canara Bank, the actual NPA
    20% exposure for business borrowers                    dropped to 75% to 80%, Crisil said.      was 8.95% and the reported one was
    that were no more than 30 days                         Vehicle finance efficiencies though at   7.46%.
    delinquent on repayments as of                         90% to 95% are improving, it said.
    February ’20.                                                                                   The silver lining in this is just 16%
                                                           MUDRA LOANS                              more than the currently recognized
    While the 20% loan value cannot                                                                 NPA level, not any huge rise as
    cover the entire cost of business                      Outstanding loans under the Pradhan      modelled by RBI stress tests. Also,
    operations, they are enough to                         Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) are           less than 2% to 3% of borrowers had
    service debt burden for 12-24                          also becoming a cause of concern.        requested an OTR as of 31st Dec ’20.
    months, and are unlikely to add to                     The Supreme Court moratorium over
    NPAs, at least till the most of fiscal                 classifying loans as NPAs has so far     Also, with the economy reviving,
    2021-22.                                               kept defaults under the lid.             India Ratings has revised its outlook
                                                                                                    on the overall banking sector to
    NBFC LOANS                                             However, about 25% loans under the       stable for FY22 from negative
                                                           scheme could turn bad due to the         because substantial systemic
    Stressed loans for Non-Banking                         pandemic, according to estimates. As     measures have reduced the
    Financial Companies (NBFCs) rise                       on 18th February, NBFCs and              Covid-linked stress below expected
    to the highest level in 12 years.                      microfinance institutions have           levels. Banks have also strengthened
                                                           disbursed a total of `2.19 lakh crore    their financials by raising capital and
    According to ratings agency Crisil,                    under the scheme.                        building provision buffers.
    stressed loans are likely to rise to
    between `1.5 lakh crore and `1.8                       NOT TOO BIG?                             While the first half of 2021-22 may
    lakh crore or 6% to 7.5% of the                                                                 show some weak signals on true
    Assets Under Management (AUM)                          While the economic contraction has       credit quality, a large number of
    by fiscal 2021-end, up from about                      hit hard, government measures such       borrowers will have to start bearing
    4% a year earlier, on account of a                     as the Emergency Credit Linked           their full debt-servicing burden in the
    sharp increase in stress in unsecured                  Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) are             second half, experts say.
    personal, real estate, and MSME                        providing some relief to Covid-hit
    loans.                                                 businesses.                              FISCAL 2022-23

    Crisil expects gross NPAs from                         The RBI moratorium and its               The real test will come in fiscal
    personal loans to increase to 9.5% to                  subsequent One-Time-Restructuring        2022-23 when a larger number of
    10% of loans in March ’21 from                         (OTR) scheme have helped in              restructured accounts will start
    2.2% a year earlier. Similarly, NPAs                   keeping the NPA levels of banks in       bearing their full debt-servicing
    from real estate financing could                       check.                                   burden; it is when the credit-infused
    quadruple to 15% to 20% from 4.5%                                                               liquidity may also thin out. Experts
    in March ’20 while 7.5% to 8% loans                    While after the SC’s stay order,         say the rapid GDP growth expected
    to MSMEs could slip into NPAs from                     banks have suspended tagging the         in 2021-22 will support recoveries,
    3.4% as of March ’20.                                  loans of borrowers as NPAs since         but NPA levels may rise after that.
                                                           August ’20; they have started
    Crisil said that unlike previous crises,               reporting portfolio-level proforma       Only if the growth momentum of
    the pandemic has impacted almost all                   NPAs (the gross NPA rate). An            2021-22 is maintained the year after,
    NBFC asset segments as a lockdown                      incremental `1 lakh crore of debt is     can the situation be saved. Else, the
    in the first quarter led to operations                 estimated to have become                 effect of Covid-19 will show on
    being curbed impacting both                            non-performing.                          banks in fiscal 2023.
    disbursements and collections
    severely.                                              For example, the actual bad debt for     CLARITY AWAITED
                                                           Axis Bank at the end of 30th Dec
    For NBFCs, collection efficiencies in                  ’20, was 4.55% of its total loans        The situation will only get clearer

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once the Supreme Court lifts the stay                                    mid-2015, the banks started                                                        likely to worsen during the first six
and the banks will have to mark bad                                      recognizing them as bad.                                                           months of 2021. Half of the
loans as NPAs. While banks are                                                                                                                              respondent banks reported a decline
declaring proforma GNPAs, experts                                        With the situation repeating, it has                                               in NPAs during the second half of
say they may be under-declaring                                          led to a clamour for fresh asset                                                   2020.
these numbers.                                                           quality review of banks to force them
                                                                         to come clean on bad loans.                                                        About 78% of participating state-run
In 2011 too, banks had started                                                                                                                              banks have cited a reduction in NPA
accumulating bad loans after a                                           IBA SURVEY                                                                         levels. However, in terms of sector
lending binge between 2004 and                                                                                                                              outlook, nearly 68% of respondent
2010. But they did not declare these                                     Meanwhile, bankers in a survey by                                                  bankers expect the NPA levels to be
bad loans as bad immediately. Only                                       Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) said                                               above 10% in the first half of the
after an asset quality review in                                         that the asset quality of banks is                                                 year 2021.

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                                    INSIDE
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                      Investors would be better off
                  learning about indices as they are a
                     measure of market sentiments

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I
                                         The index is meant to represent the        An index that is diversified across
                                         theme it tracks. Also, it ensures that     sectors helps capture the action
                                         investors get access to a basket of        taking place across sectors in the
                                         stocks, which are liquid. The              economy. Investors benefit from the
                                         liquidity is assessed after factoring in   growth of the economy.
                                         the impact cost.
                                                                                    Over a period of time, the rebalanc-
                                         The weight of the stock is                 ing of the index ensures that the
                                         determined by the free float market        index constituents from the relevant
                                         capitalization. The higher the             sectors make it to the index. For
ndices are a good measure of             number, greater is the weight of the       example, the Nifty had no exposure
sentiments in the stock markets. As      stock in the index.                        to telecom stocks in 1995. Now it has
the extent of outperformance by                                                     2.13% exposure to telecom stocks.
active money managers goes down,         When a stock that is doing well            Same is the case with information
the indices become an investment         replaces a stock that is not doing         technology companies.
vehicle for investors who are keen to    well, the index changes. The
avoid fund managers’ risks.              computation of index value changes         Sectors that have reported massive
                                         as the contribution of the new stock       growth over time have made it to
Though indices in the developed          is considered.                             indices. Thus, the different changes
markets have had a long operational                                                 in the indices make them relevant in
history, their constituents have         Such inclusions also impact the way        different times.
continued changing over a period of      the earnings per share of the index is
time. Changes in indices also impact     calculated. If the stock of a company      Investors tracking the markets must
investors in addition to the perfor-     that is posting good earnings growth       understand that the inclusion and
mance of the index they are a part of.   is included in the said index, then the    exclusion in the indices alters
                                         earnings of the index also takes           sentiments around a stock. When a
Indices such as Nifty 50, which is       support from the inclusion of that         stock is getting included in the index,
tracked by many investors, used in       particular stock.                          the demand for that stock goes up.
futures for trading purposes and to
offer many passive investment            Index manufacturers ensure that the        Index fund managers who mimic the
vehicles such as index funds and         index in question is true to its label.    index in question in their schemes
exchange-traded funds, have seen         Though the free float market cap is        have to buy the stock that is being
many changes in the past.                the determining factor for ascertain-      included in the index and have to sell
                                         ing the weight of the stock and sector     the stock that is getting excluded
This index and many other profes-        in the index, there could be cases         from the index. This leads to a
sionally-managed indices are             wherein the exposure to a particular       sudden change in preferences for the
rebalanced twice a year. In its recent   stock can be capped.                       stock in question.
rejig, Tata Consumer Products is
slated to replace GAIL India. In case    For example, Nifty 200 Momentum            Investors who are trading in these
of changes in Nifty 50, four weeks’      30 index limits the exposure to            stocks either in the cash market or in
notice is mandatory.                     individual stocks at the lower of 5%       the derivatives segment need to keep
                                         or five times the weight of the stock      this thing in mind while initiating
It has been observed that the stocks     in the index based only on free float      their positions.
that are not doing well or have faced    market capitalization. Such measures
some corporate actions or are stuck      ensure that there is adequate              Index fund managers are expected to
with some scams are excluded from        diversification for investors.             buy the incoming stock in the index
the index.                                                                          near the closing price of the stock on
                                         For instance, Nifty 50 index has 50        the date of reset and sell the stock
Yes Bank was excluded from the           stocks spread across 13 sectors.           that is going out. This ensures that
Nifty 50 in 2020. After the scam         Financial services, Information            there is not much tracking error.
broke out in Satyam, this stock too      Technology and Oil & Gas are the
was excluded from the index in           top three sectors with 39.5%, 15.73%       Tracking error can simply be defined
2009.                                    and 12.81%, respectively.                  as the difference in performance

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between the portfolio of stocks and                                                         The size of the fund is also important                                                         the economic growth of the country.
     the performance of the benchmark in                                                         to ensure efficient rebalancing of the                                                         If the economy is doing well, then
     question before expenses to manage                                                          portfolio, in line with rebalancing of                                                         there is a fair chance that the index
     the portfolio.                                                                              the index in question. Extremely                                                               may go up and investors are also
                                                                                                 small-sized index funds may find it                                                            likely to be rewarded.
     Lower the tracking error, better it is                                                      difficult to rebalance if the stocks
     for investors seeking passive                                                               coming in are priced high in absolute                                                          For example, in the last 21 years, the
     exposure to the index.                                                                      terms, while keeping the tracking                                                              Nifty 50 has rewarded investors with
                                                                                                 error low.                                                                                     11.36% Compound Annual Growth
     This can be done relatively easily for                                                                                                                                                     Rate (CAGR). Investors should not
     the diversified funds where the                                                             Also, very large funds may find it                                                             get anxious about market noise.
     underlying stocks are traded in good                                                        difficult to rebalance the portfolio in
     quantities on the exchange. However,                                                        line with the index, if the stock to be                                                        While investing in a diversified
     as we go down the size of the                                                               bought is not liquid.                                                                          index constructed on the basis of free
     companies, it becomes difficult.                                                                                                                                                           float market capitalization methodol-
                                                                                                 While traders and index fund                                                                   ogy, market wisdom is at work. The
     Indices that house small cap stocks                                                         managers have to keep track of the                                                             stocks that are favoured by investors
     are difficult to replicate, given low                                                       inclusions and exclusions in the                                                               gain in terms of market capitalization
     liquidity. The fund manager may find                                                        index, long-term investors keen on                                                             as prices surge. Such stocks make it
     it difficult to sell a stock that is going                                                  passive investing can ignore such                                                              to index and also get higher alloca-
     out of the index and buy the stock                                                          periodical changes.                                                                            tion over a period of time.
     that is coming into the index with
     least impact cost. Hence, the tracking                                                      Investors have to focus on accumu-                                                             Investors are better off keeping their
     error can be more in such index                                                             lating units of index funds that mimic                                                         costs low through an index fund, stay
     funds as compared to index funds                                                            the index. Over a long period of                                                               invested and benefit from the
     that track large cap-focused indices.                                                       time, the index moves in line with                                                             evolution of the index over timE.

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                                                 What is encouraging, however, is          means that the country will have
                                                 that the economic contraction for         escaped the terrible devastation that
                                                 FY21 (for the year ended 31st Mar         was feared just a few months ago.
                                                 ’21) will most likely not be in double
                                                 digits as was feared earlier. In the      The reason for the optimism,
                                                 middle of 2020 when the Covid-19          however mild, is the fact that the
                                                 pandemic was at its worst, it was         country’s GDP returned to the
                                                 dreaded that the Indian economy           positive territory, growing by a small
                                                 would be terribly devastated and that     0.4% in the third quarter (Q3) of this
                                                 the economy would contract in             fiscal. This return to growth in the
        fter a dramatic slide in the country’s   double digits.                            October to December quarter of 2020
        economy in the first quarter of this                                               has materialized after two continuous
        fiscal (FY21) following the              However, as per the second advanced       quarters of contraction in Q2 and Q1
        lockdown imposed by the central          quarterly estimates of GDP released       of this fiscal.
        government to combat the pandemic        by the Ministry of Statistics and
        caused by coronavirus, India’s           Programme Implementation                  In the last fiscal (FY20), the
        economy is slowly returning to           (MoSPI), the country’s GDP for this       country’s GDP had grown by 4%.
        normal, although truth be told, things   fiscal is likely to contract only minus
        are still far from rosy.                 8% which, if it turns out to be true,     The government has also revised its

            The return of the GDP to the positive
        territory is an optimistic sign, but things are
         far from celebratory due to rising inflation

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GDP figures for Q2 and Q1 of FY21                      corresponding period of the previous      crore to CGST and `17,534 crore to
     - for Q2 (July to September ’20),                      year.                                     SGST from IGST as regular settle-
     there was a marginal improvement as                                                              ment. Besides, the Centre has also
     the GDP contracted by 7.3% as                          An interesting highlight here is that     settled `48,000 crore as IGST ad-hoc
     against the previous estimate of                       November and December registered          settlement in the ratio of 50:50
     -7.5%. In the first quarter (April to                  inflows of US $10.1 billion and US        between the Centre and States/Union
     June period) of this fiscal, the                       $9.2 billion, respectively. What has      Territories. The total revenue of the
     contraction was more - at 24.4% as                     been heartening is that even during       Centre and States after regular
     against the earlier announced                          this coronavirus-affected year, FDI       settlement and ad-hoc settlement in
     -23.9%. This is the worst-ever                         inflows have continuously grown           February is `67,490 crore for CGST
     contraction in India’s economic                        since August ’20.                         and `68,807 crore for SGST.
     history and hopefully will remain
     just a one-time phenomenon.                            The Goods and Services Tax (GST)          While the above are encouraging
                                                            revenues have also been healthy of        signs, inflation has increased and
     The important manufacturing sector                     late, which is yet another sign of the    there are indications that it could rise
     expanded in Q3 by 1.6% as against a                    worst being behind us. The GST            further, going forward.
     contraction of 1.5% in the second                      collection in February this year stood
     quarter. Agriculture, forestry and                     at `1.13 lakh crore, up 7% on a           The Index of Industrial Production
     fishing also expanded by 3.9% in Q3.                   year-on-year (y-o-y) basis. This is       (IIP) registered a decline of (-) 1.6%
     A point that needs highlighting here                   also the fifth consecutive time that      y-o-y to 135.2 in January. A high
     is that agriculture is the only sector                 the revenue has breached the `1 lakh      inflation rate could be problematic
     that grew in all three quarters despite                crore-mark and for the third consecu-     and put a spoke in the wheels of
     the rigorous lockdown resulting from                   tive month the `1.1 lakh crore-mark.      economic recovery. The IIP figure
     the coronavirus-induced pandemic.                                                                indicates that there is still a long way
                                                            This rise in GST collections is a clear   to go before the country’s economy
     Another sector that grew in Q3 was                     indication that economic activities       regains its vigour of two to three
     construction at a healthy 6.2% as                      are getting back on track and the         years ago.
     against a contraction of 7.2% in the                   Indian economy is beginning to gain
     previous quarter (Q2 FY21). There                      traction, even though a full recovery     Retail inflation as measured by the
     was a contraction, however, in trade,                  is still some time away. The govern-      Consumer Price Index (CPI) moved
     hotels, transport, communication and                   ment also highlights the fact that its    northward to 5.03% in February, the
     services related to broadcasting at                    various measures to streamline tax        highest in three months as against
     7.7% in the third quarter, which,                      administration and improve tax            4.06% in the previous month. The
     however, is a good improvement                         compliance are beginning to pay           Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based
     from the contraction of 15.3% in Q2.                   dividends.                                inflation too increased in February to
                                                                                                      a 27-month high at 4.17%. Core
     Another significant highlight is the                   Of the `1.13 lakh crore, the Central      inflation at 5.88% is also a cause of
     Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)                        GST (CGST) stood at `21,092 crore         concern.
     inflow that has entered the country so                 and State GST (SGST) at `27,273
     far this fiscal. The FDI inflow in the                 crore, while Integrated GST (IGST)        With CPI inflation in the upper
     first nine months of this fiscal stands                stood at `55,253 crore. Cess              margin of the Reserve Bank of
     at a robust US $67.54 billion, the                     collected stood at `9,525 crore - this    India’s (RBI)’s 6%-mark, rate cuts
     highest-ever FDI inflow attracted so                   includes `660 crore collected on          are unlikely in the next three-month
     far. This is 22% higher as compared                    import of goods.                          period. Rate cuts are always
     to US $55.14 billion in the year-ago                                                             welcome for India Inc and they are
     nine-month period of April to                          In February, revenue from import of       helpful in revving up growth.
     December.                                              goods was 15% higher as compared          However, with inflation a key focus
                                                            to the year-ago month while revenue       area for the Reserve Bank, it is
     In the three-month period from                         from domestic transactions (includ-       unlikely to resort to rate cuts in the
     October to December of this fiscal,                    ing import of services) was 5%            short term.
     FDI inflows were up a significant                      higher.
     37% to US $26.2 billion as compared                                                              Retail inflation has gained because of
     to US $19.09 billion in the                            The government has settled `22,398        an increase in food prices. The

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Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI)                   in fuel prices is one reason for food                                        rate hike, which will result in interest
or inflation in the food basket rose to            prices to have moved northward.                                              rates increasing - this could affect
3.87% in February from just 1.96%                                                                                               people’s savings and thereby hit
in the previous month. The                         Commodity prices too are facing                                              consumption as people will use their
month-on-month (m-o-m) increase in                 inflationary pressure - the rising cost                                      money mainly for essentials and not
the food basket was led by prices of               of fuel and energy has contributed to                                        for products such as automobiles,
oils and fats, which shot up 20.78%.               increase in prices of most commodi-                                          jewellery or electronic goods.
                                                   ties and services.
There were also double-digit upward                                                                                             Additionally, while India’s GDP
movements in the prices of pulses                  Here, it must be pointed out that a                                          grew by 0.4% in Q3 FY21, it must be
and products at 12.54%, non-alcohol-               gradual increase in inflation is                                             admitted that on key economic
ic beverages at 13.92%, meat and                   welcome, especially in the situation                                         parameters such as investment and
fish segment at 11.34% and eggs at                 that the world economy finds itself in                                       exports, weakness still persists.
11.13%.                                            due to coronavirus. In India as well,
                                                   a small jump in inflation can be                                             There has been forward movement
Going forward, higher inflation                    interpreted as a sign of demand                                              for sure in the last two to three
could have an adverse impact on                    picking up, which will have a                                                months with business activity
economic growth. High energy prices                positive impact on the economy.                                              perking up but the government
could fuel retail inflation. Petrol and            However, a sharp jump in inflation is                                        would do well to keep an eye on
diesel prices are already quite high               a cause of concern.                                                          inflation as rising inflation could
and they have contributed to rising                                                                                             otherwise spoil the party. The
inflation. If they continue to rise                If inflation crosses the Reserve                                             government, therefore, has to be on
further, then it could lead to an                  Bank’s upper margin mark of 6%,                                              its toes for a large part of the current
upward movement in inflation. Rise                 then the apex bank might resort to a                                         yeaR.

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     PENDING
     REFORMS
        The fertilizer sector is on the cusp of
        re-rating over supportive government
            policies and potential reforms

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S
                                          `1,33,947 crore provided to the                 years as a precursor to vital reforms
                                          fertilizer sector towards subsidy for           in the sector.
                                          FY21, 74% of which has already
                                          been paid to the fertilizer companies           This includes neem-coating of
                                          till February ’21. With this, the               fertilizers to avoid diversion, cap on
                                          industry will enter FY22 with zero              sale of urea per transaction and
                                          pending subsidy bills.                          subsidy payments to manufacturers
                                                                                          only if sales are recorded at the
                                          But will the industry exit FY22 with            point-of-sale machines, thereby
                                          zero subsidy bills? This will depend            bringing in transparency.
hares of fertilizer companies have        on the demand for fertilizers going
rallied on the bourses in the recent      ahead and trends in raw material                Here is a list of potential reforms.
past. Markets are expecting the           prices, especially crude oil and
government to undertake incremental       natural gas.                                    GST On Natural Gas
reforms that could rerate the sector.                                                     Currently, natural gas is not within
Such expectations have only risen as      For non-urea fertilizers, key input             the ambit of Goods and Services Tax
the government is earnestly trying to     costs such as phosphoric acid,                  (GST) and attracts Central Sales Tax,
clear the pending subsidy bills of the    ammonia and sulphur, which are                  Central Excise Duty and State Value
sector.                                   showing some uptrend of late, will              Added Tax (VAT). These taxes are
                                          impact the retail price of fertilizers,         higher. A GST rate of 5% to 18% if
The pending subsidy bills remained a      and thus the subsidy bill.                      applied may bring down gas prices
concern for the industry in the last                                                      substantially. Natural gas is used as a
decade. The government regulates          INCREMENTAL REFORMS                             feedstock for the manufacture of urea
the prices of fertilizers. In fact, the                                                   and accounts for 50% to 80% of the
prices are lower than the cost of         While worries of subsidy clearance              raw material cost.
production and the difference is paid     have abated somewhat, there are a
back to the industry by the govern-       few measures which when undertak-               Out of 31 urea plants in India, 28 are
ment in the form of subsidies. But        en will be a real game changer for              gas-based and 3 are naphtha-based.
due to fiscal constraints, these bills    the sector.                                     Not only will this improve the
had been mounting.                                                                        financial position of companies, even
                                          The government has already                      the government stands to benefit as
According to one analysis, for urea       undertaken a few steps in recent                the subsidy bill will get reduced
players the subsidy receivables from
the government accounted for 75%
of company’s revenue; for non-urea                       Production, Import & Sale Of Key Fertilizers
players it accounted for close to 25%              (Unit: Lakh Metric Tonnes - LMT)         Change (y-o-y)
of the revenue. The gap is huge. The
                                                                          2019-20 2020-21 2019-20 2020-21
delay in subsidy payments forced
                                           Overall Fertilizer Production               359          370           370           3.0%
companies to borrow in the short
term till the government cleared the       Overall Fertilizer Imports                  204          230           230          12.6%
dues, thus impacting their balance         Overall Fertilizer Sales                    486          581           581          19.4%
sheets.                                    Urea Production                             204          210           210           2.7%
                                           Urea Imports                                  84           98            98         16.6%
WORRIES ABATE
                                           Urea Sales                                  325          308           308           -5.3%

But now this concern seems to have         DAP Production                                38           34            34         -12.2%
tapered off to some extent. The            DAP Imports                                   46           47            47          4.2%
government has allocated an amount         DAP Sales                                     87           97            97         11.4%
of `79,530 crore for subsidy to the        MOP Imports                                   34           38            38         14.4%
fertilizer sector for fiscal year          MOP Sales                                     24           30            30         23.6%
2021-22.
                                           SSP Production                                37           41            41         13.0%
                                          Production, Import And Sale During April-January 2021 (10M-FY21)
This comes on the heels of around         Source: CARE Ratings

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proportionately.                                       LMT per year and reduce imports by       property of soils in India. Any
                                                                70%.                                     scheme that will encourage farmers
         Direct-Benefit Transfer (DBT)                                                                   to use more non-urea fertilizers will
         Currently, the subsidy is disbursed to                 Cap On Subsidized Fertilizers            be a welcome move and make
         the bank accounts of producers or                      The government has imposed an            agriculture sustainable and help
         importers. A true DBT would be                         upper limit of 50 bags per month per     maintain soil health.
         when the funds are transferred to the                  person. Now there are reports that the
         farmers’ accounts and lets them                        government is working on a plan to       IN A NUTSHELL
         decide on the type of fertilizer they                  limit subsidised fertilizer bags per
         want to buy.                                           user in any sowing season.               The fertilizer sector is intimately
                                                                                                         linked to agriculture. Currently,
         DBT in the real sense will decontrol                   This would limit the subsidy burden      Indian agriculture is in a sweet spot
         the sector. There are several                          of the government and would be a         with bumper production in many
         challenges such as identifying the                     precursor to de-regulation of the        crops and record purchase by the
         real land record of farmers and                        fertilizer sector.                       government as buffer stock.
         transfer of benefit to true beneficiar-
         ies, among other things towards                        Boost To Non-Urea Sector                 This will support the consumption of
         implementing this.                                     An ideal NPK ratio of soil should be     fertilizers over medium- to
                                                                4:2:1. But the ratio was 7.33:2.94:1     long-term. It is estimated that growth
         Sops For Import Substitution                           in FY20. Clearly, farmers have been      in fertilizer sale for the financial year
         The government is trying to revive 5                   using a lot of urea as compared to       will be in higher single digit against
         closed fertilizer plants in India. Some                other fertilizers.                       the normal growth of 2% to 3% per
         of them are about to be commis-                                                                 year.
         sioned, while others will be up for                    The usage of fertilizers by the Indian
         use in a few years. Post the commis-                   farmers is heavily skewed towards        Reforms in the sector are overdue
         sioning of all the above plants the                    urea, which accounts for more than       and are necessary in the interest of
         domestic indigenous urea production                    55% of the overall fertilizers used.     soil health, crop productivity and
         is slated to increase by at least 63.5                 This has altered the chemical            farmers’ incomE.

                                                                        The Fertilizer Sector

     Chemical fertilizers play an important role in enhancing agricultural productivity and making a country self-reliant in agricultural
     produce. Fertilizers contain three basic nutrients for agriculture: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K).

     Urea carries only one primary plant nutrient - nitrogen. Urea accounts for more than 55% of overall fertilizers used by farmers,
     primarily because it is cheaper. There are 31 urea plants in the country.

     On the other hand, non-urea fertilizers carry two or all three primary nutrients. The latter category includes Di-Ammonium
     Phosphate (DAP), NPK (in various proportions), Single Super Phosphate (SSP) and Muriate of Potash (MOP) fertilizers.

     While MOP is entirely imported, 50% of DAP requirements are imported in India. Further, 90% raw materials used for manufac-
     turing of DAP are imported.

     The government is making available fertilizers, namely urea and 21 grades of P&K fertilizers to farmers at subsidized prices
     through fertilizer manufacturers/importers.

     India is the second largest consumer of fertilizers behind China. In urea, India is the second largest manufacturer; but the
     production always falls short of demand, forcing India to import fertilizers. India is not self reliant as far as fertilizers are
     concerned.

     Between April ’20 and January ’21, overall fertilizer sales stood at 58.1 million tonnes. Of this, 37 MT was locally produced and
     the rest was imported.

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                             By making rules and regulations favourable to
                                     foreign companies, the Indian government
                                   hopes to attract more players to Make in India,
                                        and boost employment opportunities

        E
                                              gy Group.                                products justifies the government’s
                                                                                       decision to increase its spend on
                                              Amazon’s announcement was                promoting local manufacturing. In
                                              followed by news of Apple Inc’s          this year’s Union Budget, the
                                              decision to produce its latest iPhone    government announced a $28 billion
                                              12 in India for local customers. To be   programme to convince foreign
                                              sure, Apple already manufactures its     manufacturers to make their products
                                              advanced iPhones including iPhone        in India.
                                              SE, XR and iPhone 11 locally.
                                                                                       The programme includes a Produc-
        arlier in February this year,         Even so, these recent announcements      tion Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme,
        Amazon.com announced that it will     have given a much-needed fillip to       which will offer cash incentives for
        set up a manufacturing line in        Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s           meeting sales targets in industries
        Chennai to produce Fire TV stream-    ‘Make in India’ campaign.                such as automobile parts, textiles,
        ing devices in partnership with an                                             electronics, and pharmaceuticals. The
        Indian subsidiary of Taiwanese        News of foreign manufacturing            incentives are estimated at `1.97 lakh
        electronics giant Foxconn Technolo-   giants choosing India to make its        crore over a five-year period.

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The PLI scheme is ideal for compa-                     announced a $2 billion financial aid    in its most recent Doing Business
     nies that want to build factories at                   for its companies to shift production   report. In contrast, China sits
     scale. It is an output-oriented                        out of China. Globally, companies       comfortably above India at 31st
     scheme, which gives out incentives                     are rethinking their strategy of        position and South Korea is at fifth
     based on performance. Analysts                         manufacturing in China and many of      position.
     estimate that under the PLI scheme,                    them have shown interest in moving
     if a manufacturer makes $1 million                     some of their production to India.      The tough business environment has
     of incremental sales of goods, they                                                            forced some companies to reconsider
     will get $50,000 as cashback.                          Media reports suggest that at least     their India plans. In 2020, American
                                                            1,000 foreign companies are looking     cult motorcycle maker, Harley
     PLI is expected to increase domestic                   at manufacturing in India, with 300     Davidson Inc exited India after doing
     output by $520 billion over the next                   of these companies pursuing             business here for 10 years. Harley
     five years, creating 2.8 million jobs                  production plans in sectors such as     Davidson came to India 10 years ago
     in the process. “About $520 billion                    mobiles, electronics, medical           in 2010, and has left behind 33
     of production is estimated to take                     devices, textiles and synthetic         dealership touch points. It closed its
     place in India in the next five years                  fabrics.                                manufacturing facility in Bawal and
     through PLI alone. There is also an                                                            reduced the size of its sales office in
     estimate that workforce will double                    This list includes many big-ticket      Gurgaon. The reason for exit was
     in the sectors that have been given                    names. In January this year, Ameri-     low profitability.
     PLI. This will help increase income                    can electric vehicle and clean energy
     and demand,” Prime Minister Modi                       company, Tesla Inc filed paperwork      In September last year, Toyota Motor
     said recently.                                         to register a business in India,        Corp threatened to push back on its
                                                            leading to speculations that it might   expansion plans because of the high
     PLI could not have come at a better                    be considering manufacturing in         taxes India levies on new-vehicle
     time. The ‘Make in India’ campaign                     India.                                  purchases. Foreign manufacturers
     has not exactly been a grand success.                                                          constantly struggle with India’s
     When it was announced in 2014, the                     The government added some weight        red-tapism, complex laws, poor
     campaign’s target was to increase the                  to the rumour by commenting that it     infrastructure, lack of quality power,
     contribution of manufacturing to                       is prepared to offer incentives to      higher cost of finance and high taxes,
     Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from                      Tesla, to make manufacturing in         among other things.
     15% in 2014 to 25% by 2025. This                       India, cheaper than what it is in
     did not happen. The share of                           China.                                  In fact, poor infrastructure and
     manufacturing currently stands at                                                              logistics result in higher costs for
     around 17%.                                            All these announcements indicate a      companies. In 2018, the median time
                                                            turnaround in India’s Make in India     spent by a container ship during one
     With PLI scheme, Goldman Sachs                         campaign. The government has also       port call in China was 0.62 days
     estimates that the contribution of                     indicated that it would reduce          versus 0.93 days in India, according
     manufacturing in GDP could increase                    compliance burden on companies,         to United Nations Conference on
     to 25% in a few years and create                       thereby improving the ease of doing     Trade and Development.
     millions of jobs. The government is                    business. Prime Minister Modi has
     keen on wooing big-name foreign                        said that the government would          Amends are being made to make
     manufacturers to India. Covid-19 and                   reduce the burden of almost 6,000       India an attractive manufacturing
     the subsequent global lockdown                         compliances on companies both at        destination. In September ’20, the
     exposed the over-dependence of                         the State and Central level.            government reduced corporate tax to
     companies on China. Production                                                                 25.17%. The applicable tax for new
     came to a complete halt, when many                     Improving the ease of doing business    manufacturers is now at 17%,
     parts of China, went into a lockdown,                  will do a lot to improve India’s        making it the lowest in South East
     impacting production.                                  image among foreign manufacturers       Asia. Lowering tax rates is expected
                                                            - some of whom have burnt their         to attract foreign companies.
     Manufacturers from countries such                      hands doing business in India.
     as the US, Japan and South Korea                                                               But, low taxes do not change the fact
     now realize that they cannot be                        India ranks 63rd among 190              that production cost difference
     dependent on China alone. Japan has                    countries the World Bank surveyed       between India and South East Asian

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countries is as high as 10% to 12%.       Nirmala Sitharaman announced this                     help Indian companies build scale so
The government, however, does not         policy as a measure to protect Micro                  that they become competitive.
see this as a problem. It cites the       Small and Medium Enterprises
large market size of India as an          (MSMEs) and other companies,                          It does not mean that the government
incentive for manufacturers. India is     which face competition from foreign                   is giving up on its plans to increase
home to 18% of the world’s popula-        companies. The government went                        exports. The plan is to protect local
tion, making it a huge market that        ahead and declared that all global                    companies from imports till the time
manufacturers can cater to.               tenders up to `200 crore would be                     they reach large economies of scale,
                                          disallowed in government procure-                     to produce products locally. This
In some ways, the Make in India           ment.                                                 strategy may or may not work in all
campaign has been reinvented. In                                                                sectors. Only time will tell if India
2020, when every country was facing       The new version of Make in India is                   can be both protectionist and a big
shortages, be it of ventilators or semi   about protecting domestic manufac-                    exporter at the same time
conductors, the government                turers and pushing them up the value
announced a new policy of “Aatma          chain. The first version turned India                 The primary idea behind Make in
Nirbhar Bharat” (self-sufficient          into an assembly hub in sectors such                  India or Aatma Nirbhar Bharat is to
India). This has been termed by some      as mobile phones, lighting and                        create 10 million new jobs every year
experts as Make in India 2.0.             consumer electronics. Manufacturers                   to accommodate the growing
                                          imported electronic components and                    workforce. Job creation has become
The two policies have different           assembled products locally to cater                   even more important in the post-
priorities though. Make in India is a     to the local customers. This assem-                   Covid-19 era, where unemployment
wider policy covering 25 sectors,         bling of products did create jobs but                 is on the rise.
with a focus on exports. On the other     not as expected.
hand, Aatma Nirbhar Bharat focuses                                                              Government sops along with the fact
on bulk drugs, electronics and            The second version of Make in India                   that India is a huge market for any
defence sectors. Its priority is to       will encourage vertical integration                   company should be able to attract
reduce import bill and consume more       because of the import substitution                    foreign manufacturers to India.
locally-manufactured products.            policy, which will force manufactur-
                                          ers to use locally-manufactured                       The fact that many of them are
According to some experts, Aatma          components.                                           actively considering India for their
Nirbhar Bharat is a protectionist                                                               manufacturing needs is a good sign
policy, which could backfire. In May      Import substitution will create                       and an indication that Make in India
’20, India’s Finance Minister             economies of scale. The idea is to                    campaign might just take ofF.

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