Issue of 30th Mar-5th Apr 2026
LEAD ARTICLE
A Hobson's Choice: Jaiprakash Associates Insolvency Has No Good Winner
On 29th March, Anil Agarwal, chairman of Vedanta turned to the Bhagavad Gita, before taking his fight for the assets of the bankrupt Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) to the Supreme Court (SC) of India. "Have courage. Stay humble. Do your duty without attachment," he posted on X, before lamenting that Vedanta had won the bid fairly but the... Read More
BUSINESS
The government stepped up measures to secure fuel and gas supplies, amid the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, cutting excise duty on petrol and diesel by ₹10/ litre and imposing export levies of ₹21.50/litre on diesel and ₹29.50/litre on aviation turbine fuel (ATF). Refineries are operating at...
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MARKET
Moneylife’s market breadth indicators remain in bearish territory; but 1st April  brought a rare positive turn. On that day, 1,363 stocks advanced more than 4.5%, while nearly 1,733 gained over 3%, marking one of the strongest breadth improvements in the past one year. The move offered a brief...
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STOCKS
Hitachi Energy India (HEI), previously known as ABB Power Products and Systems India Ltd, was carved out from ABB India and sold to Hitachi ABB Power Grids in 2019. In October 2021, the entity was rebranded from Hitachi ABB Power Grids to Hitachi Energy India. In December 2022, Hitachi acquired...
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Voltamp Transformers Limited (Voltamp), headquartered in Vadodara, is a leading manufacturer of power and distribution transformers with a legacy of over 62 years and more than 80,000 installations across India and overseas. The company primarily serves quality-conscious corporate customers,...
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Baazar Style Retail Ltd (Style Baazar), popularly known as Style Baazar, is a value fashion retailer headquartered in Kolkata (India). Established in 2013, the company focuses on providing affordable fashion and lifestyle products to consumers in tier-2, tier-3 and semi-urban markets. Over the...
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MUTUAL FUNDS
The best three and the worst three mutual fund schemes over the past three years ranked by their quarterly rolling returns. Premium members get access to a more refined list of top schemes by logging into Moneylife Advisory.                                      ...
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REGULATIONS
Mergers and acquisitions have long served as instruments of growth or survival in the banking sector. Post liberalisation, 22 out of 24 acquisitions in the Indian banking sector were for survival of the weak or the distressed banks. These included the acquisition of IDBI Bank by the financially...
NATION
Vijaypat Singhania, who passed away on 28 March 2026, acknowledged, with rare candour, in his autobiography, ‘An Incomplete Life’, the series of impulsive decisions and errors of judgment that led to his legacy at Raymond Ltd being wiped clean.   This article draws on a few quotes from this...
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