Adani Power, Transmission, Green Energy, Wilmar share prices jump today after NSE, BSE raise upper circuit limit Adani Power, Adani Transmission, Adani Green Energy and Adani Wilmar shares jumped today after BSE and NSE raised the upper circuit limit. Adani Power’s upper band limit has been increased to 20% from 5% while the other three stocks’ limit has been raised to 10% from 5%. Today, Adani Power share price jumped over 7% to Rs 281.70, Adani Transmission share price gained 3.54% to Rs 845, Adani Green Energy share price rose 1.32% to Rs 1,006 and Adani Wilmar share price surged 2.8% to Rs 442. BSE has revised the circuit limits for a total of 477 listed stocks, with 14 stocks getting a lower revision of limits starting today. Adani Group stocks have seen some stability after sharp swings in recent months triggered by the Hindenburg Research report against the group in late January. The US-based-short seller had accused Gautam Adani and his brothers of fraud and stock manipulation. Meanwhile, Adani Group has reduced the debt on books by $2.65 billion within three months through the prepayment of share-backed loans and the loan taken to acquire Ambuja Cements. The net debt to EBITDA ratio was down to 2.81 times, the group said in a credit update on Monday.
Logistics, good or bad, are driven by the states and the commerce ministry has a LEADS (Logistics Ease Across Different States) report, based on perceptions. The 2023 version was released in December. Since states are heterogenous, in the reporting, they are divided into four groups—coastal, landlocked, north-east, and UTs. States that do well are called achievers. Nomenclature matters. Thus, states that are middling aren’t called average. They are called fast movers. States that are sub-par are called aspirers. Let me highlight coastal states, since 75% of export cargo is estimated to originate from them. Among coastal states, ones that do well are Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. The ones that lag are Goa, Odisha, and West Bengal. While India’s logistics performance may have improved over time, that’s not true of every state. Some have slipped. Most states have a state-level logistics policy, including Goa and Odisha. West Bengal, bottom of the pecking order in the coastal category, doesn’t have one. To quote from LEADS 2023, “Looking ahead, the State (West Bengal) could benefit from formulating a State Logistics Master Plan and State Logistics Policy to drive efficiency improvements and facilitate investments within the logistics sector and undertake consultation with the logistics stakeholders for educating and informing them about the initiatives State is undertaking for the development and improvement of logistics sector.”
Logistics has been talked about for a long time and India has also focused on improving performance. We are now getting some precise data on measurement and quantification. That helps.
Bibek Debroy, chairman, EAC-PM. Views are personal.