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As the dawn of 2007 opens across India, there will be a big question: are we still going to see the growth prosperity of 2006? The major predictions which have come true are:
1 Success of DMK alliance in the elections
2 Survival of the UPA government
3 War in Sri Lanka
4 Success of Australian team in DLF Cup and Champions Trophy.
5 Sensex crossing 13,000 points
6 Growth of Indian industries and continuation of economic growth
7 Victory of Justin Hardene in the French open
8 Property prices rocking in Chennai and across India
9 Gold prices hitting the peak
10 No war with Pakistan
11 Italy winning the World Cup
The principal question is the survival of the UPA government. With Saturn entering Simha, there will be uneasiness, mix up of priorities, different voices of UPA having difficulty in coordinating with each other. Especially when Saturn and Ketu meet in Simha: September, October and November will be tough months for the coalition government. Manmohan sigh is lucky with the all planets in the ninth house.
Stock markets: With the economy set to grow, this year will be a mixed bag. Correction rising and then fall will be the common theme. In the early part of the year, the market will be average. New heights of 15,000 can be reached by the markets.
Economy is poised for growth. About 9 - 10% of growth will be easily reached. Secondly, many sectors especially IT and BPO will do well.
War with Pakistan Tension in the border will be there. Talks will not make much progress. It will move at snails pace. There will be some kind of major attacks of terrorists on Indian cities between the later half of the month especially the month of the September, October, November and December.
The DMK collation government will easily survive through this year. Jayalalithaa will be put on the backfoot with some cases coming up for hearing.
Rains can be tricky this year. With some area in India being dry and some having surplus. Especially the Monsoon in the later part can play tricks.
Some major, well-know politician in Delhi will pass away.
Information technology It will be boom time. The big four of the Indian IT sector Infosys, TCS, Sathyam and HCL, will do well. Many medium-sized companies like Cognizant and Hexaware will have very good results. Recruitment and results will flow unabated like last year.
Auto sector - It will be boom time for many motorcycle companies. Bajaj, TVS and Hero Honda will have good growth. High-end motorcycles will be launched. The women segment will see tremendous growth. Pink variety will sell well.
The car segment will start doing well. The entry level and luxury segment will do extremely well. If Tata launches the Rs 1 lakh car, it will be a smash hit. Traffic jams on overstretched city roadways will be common.
Telecommunication - If I am a stockbroker, I would put all my money in Bharti Tel. Sunil Mittal is poised for big growth as he has raja lakshan features. All cell phone companies will do well in stocks and sales.
The Internet segment will see reasonable growth in Internet users and buying segment. There will be software integration of phones with Internet.
Pharma segment The tussle between the government and the pharma sector in pricing will control. Exports, medical testing will grow a lot.
Alternative medical segment will boom in a major way. Homeopath and Ayurvedic doctors will have increasing clientele walking into the rooms. The healing segment like Reiki will have slower growth.
Tourism Hotels and resorts will do extremely well. They will see growth in leaps and bounds with room occupancy at the highest and entry of the foreign tourists. Indian tourism will do extremely well. Temple tourism and Indian tourists going to foreign locale will increase considerably.
Therefore airliners will see growth. One or two more airlines may come into play. Still, the major players will do well. Speciality segment like hiring copters will increase.
Fuel prices will increase due to the global market that will have the least impact on the growth of the economy.
There will be record tax collection, export earnings for the government. Downsizing will be followed in a discrete manner in the manufacturing sector and also by the government sector.
Tamil Nadu as a state will have the one of the highest growths, with the investment climate being very good. Infrastructure growth and keeping of promise on TV, rice at Rs 2 will continue.
Gold jewellery, diamonds and sale of flats will continue to grow. There will be correction but again there will be growth. Indians are becoming richer. Shoot the pessimist. It is purchase time. With the Mercury bhukthi and Jupiter in the seventh house, Goddess Lakshmi camps in India temporarily.
The clothing and accessory sectors in Tamil Nadu will see growth and also all across India. Fashion specialised stores will be very good. The street in T Nagar will see unabated crowds. Pocket blouses may come into being and some innovative marketing by these players will continue. Tamil Nadu will one day become the saree and fashion capital of India with auto and IT following the trend.
The boom of retailing will start happening with major players opening the doors. The start will be slow and only in 2008 they will see a lot of growth.
Law and order in India over all will fine. The usual stories of killing of dadas and corruption in government will be projected by the media.
Indians are becoming television serial addicts and couch potatoes. At one end there will be increase in spas and gyms and at the other, the main source of entertainment will be TV. Sun TV shares will go up.
The film industry will see average growth with 7 10 films being blockbusters and the rest will be average. The Tamil Nadu government will be very kind to film-makers. The international scene will look better for Hindi films.
Education sector will see more colleges in medical and engineering opening in the private sector. The government will implement the quota system.
Banks will do well. Their lending and launching of new products will be good. Private insurance will have marginal growth.
Indian cricket will have shocks. The area of tennis, shooting and golf will do extremely well. The Indian golfer will rise to the level of making records.
More health foods and eating out will be common with the advertisement industry booming. On the whole, the first three quarter will be good the last quarter will see shocks. But then India is growing and shining.
Indians will buy more property: Everywhere builders and contractors are busy. The reason is India is having raja yoga bhukthi of Mercury with Saturn coming into the 4th house. Following in the results of IT. The simple truth is Indians are becoming richer. The greatest security is having a roof over your head which is what anyone will do if they have extra money in hand.
Property prices in second grade cities like Bangalore and Hyderabad will also shoot up.
There will be more up market property. The A B C D segment in flats will see growth.
There will be mild correction but the growth will be on the northward for Indian property markets.
The livability index will grow for many suburbs in Chennai like Anna Nagar, the train belt, and Madipakkam area.
The retailers will set up shop in these areas which will be a city with in a city. Everything will be available there.
Properties selling in crores will be common.
Correction stagnancy and upward cycle will continue for the next two years. Property prices will rise easily by 20 per cent.
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