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If 2017-18 is any guide, there are serious question marks on reaching the budgeted fiscal numbers for 2018-19. This has…
By K. G. Karmakar |
This visionary and reform-oriented Green Budget for 2018-19 was expected to be a populist budget in view of the looming…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
Its rural and social sector proposals, the most attention-catching and hotly-debated of which is the Rs. 5 lakhs a year…
By Indira Hirway |
There is no doubt that the budget has come out with several new ideas. However, there are a few questions that need…
By Usha Thorat |
We are in for difficult times. Tackling the real sector by determined action to complete the implementation of stalled…
By Rupa Rege Nitsure |
Against the backdrop of India achieving the lowest growth in the past five years in 2017-18 (FY18) and posting a…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
Investment decline stems from balance sheet stress, making it particularly difficult to reverse. One of the key…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The true import behind today’s exercise lies in the political context and intent, given the string of electoral battles…
By Ajit Ranade |
First, focus on job creation; second is agriculture and the rural economy; third is a revival of private investment…
By R Gopalakrishnan |
Developing a consensus with the States and executing a national agenda is an urgent task of the Central government.…
By Satish Kumar |
Apart from one small country, Bhutan, almost every country is under the spell of this mantra. A numbers-driven growth…