All Articles by Anshul Gupta
Indian debt market : Settlement Guarantee Fund by the Limited Purpose Clearing Corporation (LPCC)
India’s economy has been growing steadily over the past few years and is now the fifth-largest economy in the world. However, despite contributing 8.7% to the global GDP, India’s bond market remains relatively small, accounting for only about 1% of the global bond market. One of the major structural problems of our bond market is ... Indian debt market : Settlement Guarantee Fund by the Limited Purpose Clearing Corporation (LPCC)
- Anshul Gupta
- 24 April 2023 • 3 min read
Visa vs American Express – Know the difference in business model
Visa and American Express are two very popular card networks. Even though Visa has a larger market share, Amex's revenue is 2/3rd more than that of Visa. The reason is Amex works on a closed loop system. It controls each and every part of the transaction. It issues the cards, maintains the network, onboards each and every merchant individually and collects payments from cardholders.
- Anshul Gupta
- 31 January 2023 • 5 min read
Solar Energy in India
Introduction | Why the emphasis on Solar energy? Over the past decade, India has been steadily adding solar power capacity. We have taken ambitious targets to reduce global warming. But why? Doing our bit to save the world is one thing, but there are more underlying reasons. Let’s understand them one by one. Reason 1 ... Solar Energy in India
- Anshul Gupta
- 23 December 2022 • 6 min read
IMPS vs NEFT vs RTGS – Know the difference
India has four funds transfer systems in place to ensure that financial transactions can be conducted efficiently and securely. These systems are the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS), the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT), the Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), and the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). Each of these has its own unique place in India’s ... IMPS vs NEFT vs RTGS – Know the difference
- Anshul Gupta
- 16 December 2022 • 7 min read
History of Indirect Tax in India: The Journey to GST
Taxes can be broadly classified into two types- direct taxes and indirect taxes. While the former is levied directly on a taxpaying entity’s income or revenue, the latter is levied on a manufacturer/supplier who passes on the liability to the end consumer. Examples of indirect taxes include excise duty, sales tax, entertainment tax, etc. In ... History of Indirect Tax in India: The Journey to GST
- Anshul Gupta
- 14 December 2022 • 9 min read
Economics of a pension scheme – Where does the money come from?
Augustus Caesar transformed the Roman Republic into an Empire through conquests and political reform. In these conquests he added territories (marked green) and gathered significant wealth in his conquests. But he worried that retired soldiers might rise up against the empire. Augustus Caesar transformed the Roman Republic into an Empire through conquests and political reform. ... Economics of a pension scheme – Where does the money come from?
- Anshul Gupta
- 29 October 2022 • 8 min read
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