Indian stock exchanges (BSE and NSE, including SMEs) ranked sixth globally in terms of number of initial public offerings (IPOs) in the third quarter of 2019

Out of 40-odd listings this year (data is available for 31), 14 are trading at 10-79 per cent discount to issue price, while only 11 have rallied over 10 per cent against their issue prices

In a recently released report, S&P Global Ratings claimed that the asset quality and growth of India's banks are likely to remain under stress due to the fragility in financial markets, rising risk aversion, and weakness in some highly leveraged corporate sectors

Disruption by way of new technology and digitisation is making life difficult for well-established businesses; fundamental shifts are contributing to job losses, subdued economic activity and slowdown

Retracting ill-conceived steps, introducing confidence-building measures, liquidity enhancement, commitment of interest rate transmission and a lot of promises for infrastructure, home buyers and automobile sector dominated FM Sitharaman's announcements

Though Nirmala Sitharaman had earlier declined to comment on the speculations of a stimulus package, she has been meeting industry representatives for the past several days to understand their concerns