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By Thomas Isaac |
The synchronisation of the responses of the Centre, the States and local governments is necessary and inevitable if the…
In the last fortnight, Union Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar had two meetings in quick succession…
By Thomas Isaac |
The global economy and the national economy are facing a crisis which by scale and nature is unprecedented in modern…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
In a surprise move, the Government of India (GoI) in consultation with the RBI has enhanced the magnitude of its gross…
By Ajit Ranade |
Almost five weeks into the lockdown, it is clear that we are going to have a long hard summer. The economic hardships…
By Ajit Ranade |
Despite bitter political bickering, the United States passed its highest ever relief package to support the economy. It…
By Ajit Ranade |
The macro context to the Union Budget was grim. Nominal growth rate which is at a forty two year low, bank credit flow…
By Ajit Ranade |
The upcoming Union Budget presentation will be the first full year budget in the Seventeenth Lok Sabha. The backdrop is…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The Indian economy is at the crossroads, grappling as it is now with a massive slowdown and escalating inflation. The…
By Ajit Ranade |
The former Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian has said that the current economic slowdown in India looks more…
By Ajit Ranade |
India was a founder member of the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT), which eventually became the World…
By now, there is consensus among economists that there is a serious crisis in India’s economy. Public debate on the way…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The reduction in the corporate tax rate and other relief announced by the government as part of a stimulus package will…
By Ajit Ranade |
If many car factories find themselves running idle, or with surplus inventory it could be because there was over-…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The full budget for 2019-20 presented on July 5 did not contain the kind of stuff that would fire up the financial…