“With the expectation on US interest rate hike declining, there has been increased flow into emerging markets. Locally, since February, there is a clear trend of FPIs buying beaten down segments such as banking and finance stocks…,” Vidya Bala, Head – Mutual Funds Research at FundsIndia said.

China’s GDP has long been criticized for either over- or under-estimating growth, or for smoothing out the fluctuations in real economic activities. Local authorities, eager to achieve economic growth goals so as to improve their own chances of promotion, used to report regional GDP figures that when summed would be more than 10 percent larger than the official national figure. 

The report, which was tabled in the Assembly on Saturday pointed that the annual growth of vehicles in Delhi decreased from 8.13 per cent in 2005-06 to 5.81 per cent in 2017-18, but the number of vehicles per thousand population increased considerably from 317 to 598 during the period. 

The EPFO manages social security funds of workers in the organised/semi organised sector in India and has more than 6 crore active members (with at least one-month contribution during the year

According to the latest data available with depositories, a net sum of Rs 5,322 crore has been pumped into equities during February 1-15. However, FPIs pulled out a net amount of Rs 248 crore from the bond market during the period.This has translated into a net investment of Rs 5,074 crore in the country’s capital markets (equity and debt together).

After turning net sellers in January, FPIs have turned net buyers in February so far. Though it is a welcome change, it is too early in the month to conclude as to where the flows are headed, analysts said.

“The outflows could continue further with US interest rate hikes, tightening global liquidity condition and escalating trade disputes. The domestic macroeconomic concerns viz, weakness in currency, movement of crude oil prices, trade deficit would also weigh in on inflows,” he said.

“Going ahead, the focus would be on the budget, country’s progress on the economic growth front as well as general elections. Other factors such as movement in crude prices and currency, which would have a bearing on the country’s macro-environment; and worries over global trade war will continue to guide the direction of FPI flows,” he added.