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Glossary

Every term is defined twice: once the way a filing would put it, and once the way somebody would explain it to you across a table. The second one is usually the one that sticks.

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Attrition

Fundamental analysis

The rate at which employees leave.

In plain terms

It shows in employee cost before margin, and in margin before revenue.

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BRSR

Regulation & tax
Also called: Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report

Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report — the standardised sustainability and governance disclosure SEBI requires from the largest listed Indian companies.

In plain terms

Almost nobody reads it, and parts of it are ordinary business facts: attrition, safety incidents and regulatory penalties, filed under an ESG heading.

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ESG

Regulation & tax
Also called: Environmental, social and governance

Environmental, social and governance factors, disclosed in India mainly through the mandatory BRSR filing.

In plain terms

Read it as operational and governance disclosure that happens to sit under this heading. Whether you value sustainability is a separate question from whether attrition and penalties tell you something.

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Indian stock market glossary · Market Vidyalaya