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Will Rupee Hit 68 Against Dollar as it Happened in 2013 ?????

While the rupee has hit 65 to the US dollar again after two years, Indian rupee has been a stronger currency in the last 16 months than in the previous four years   Whatever China does attracts attention - big attention. So when China suddenly decided to move the Yuan downwards against the US dollar, currency markets panicked. Indian Rupee could not have been left untouched and has reacted from around 63.7 per US dollar to around 65 per US dollar, a level not seen since September 2013. That was the time when the Rupee market was in complete panic and had even touched 68 to a dollar.   So are we into that panic mode again? Not exactly. Just as a recap, what was the scenario in September 2013? India’s current account deficit (CAD) had gone haywire (about 4-5% of GDP). External debt was a concern. Inflation was in double digits or very close. Dependence on foreign inflows just to maintain equilibrium in the forex markets was very high.   All it took was a com...

Are Indian IT companies real technology company or just an employment Bureau??

India has successfully written its IT services glory for last 20 years for its cheap labour cost.However this is now not true any longer . That’s why the companies which were once showing 20-40% CAGR growth now struggling for 3-7% growth…. In India we have TCS, Infosys, CTS, TechMahindra and many other companies are doing their business since last couple of decades. Among all TCS is more valued company with $90 Billion market. In FY-14 TCS had over 3,00,000 (3 lacs) employees and reported a revenue of $13.44 billion. To grow it’s revenue at the rate of 15% for next 5 years it has increase it’s employee base to 6,00,000 (6 lacs) by FY-19. Managing attrition, productivity, quality and very high fixed wage costs will be a huge challenge for the company. Any downturn in business from western world would severely hurt the company’s financials and profits. From the above analysis one thing is evident that TCS is increasing their employee base to cater service and do ...