It was once believed that India lives in its villages.
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Now it is clear that India’s wealth lies in its cities, or more specifically, Mumbai.
A study conducted by Delhi-based SMC Global classified companies geographically on the location of their registered offices.
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It reveals that Mumbai-registered companies account for 36.28% of the total BSE 500 market cap.
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Some of the prominent names based out of Mumbai are Reliance Industries, L&T, HDFC and SBI.
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Also, out of the market capitalisation ascribed to Maharashtra which has the highest market capitalization among the states — more than 90% originates from Mumbai.
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In fact, Mumbai and six other cities account for 85.71% of the total market capitalisation of BSE 500.
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With Delhi NCR (National Capital Region, which includes satellite cities such as Gurgaon and Noida along with the capital) contributing 27.82%.
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After the financial and political capitals, state capitals take the fore.
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Bangalore lays claim to 7.10%,
Hyderabad to 4.86% and Kolkata accounts for 3.83%,
while Ahmedabad and Chennai account for 3.35% and 2.47%, respectively.
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On a state-wide basis, five states in combination with Delhi NCR and Maharashtra account for 94.20% of the total market cap.
A total of 66.17% of the index’s market cap can be traced to Maharashtra and Delhi NCR.
While the latter accounts for 38.35%, Delhi accounts 27.82%.
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Karnataka accounts for 7.74%, Gujarat, 7.48%, Andhra Pradesh is at 4.95% and Tamil Nadu at 4.02%, while Bengal has 3.83%.
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Though the big Indian companies have a pan-India presence with factories or plants located across the country, they tend to have registered offices in metros.
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That is because of the ease of operations and presence of other corporate houses, suggested the study.
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“The traditional metro cities have accumulation advantage.
Its ultimately the money which brings in more money.
As the Indian economy keeps evolving, tier-2 and tier-3 cities may catchup gradually, to bring-in more equitable distribution of wealth across the country.”
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