Lease Financing in India",

Several related articles have appeared ix: journals and dailies, covering mainly the advantages and disadvantages of leasing. Some have focussed on the leasing scenario in India while others projected the prospects of leasing. However, there are some research articles worth mentioning. An exploratory study done by R. Narayana Swamy expresses -the views of leasing companies, on lease accounting issues in India. It deals only with several aspects of accounting regulation, accounting standard setting, accounting proposals and implications and economic consequences of the proposals for leasing companies and for lessees and users of financial statamnts. Another article dealing with the growth and performance of leasing industry by Rita Vasanls gives just a peripheral view of the performance of leasing companies. Hence an indepth study is attempted to analyse the leasing industry in India, in all its manifestations