By Ajit Ranade |
This was the first budget of the government led by Prime Minister Modi in his third outing as the PM.
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The budget exhibits fiscal prudence, on the whole, and has not strayed from the trajectory of fiscal consolidation that was being followed in the post-Covid period.
By Ajit Ranade |
The world is in a turmoil. The Russia-Ukraine conflict is well into its third year with no end in sight.
By Saugata Bhattacharya |
The Budget exercise is a complex intertwining of political-economy compulsions with multiple policy trade-offs required to achieve often conflicting economic objective
By Lekha Rattanani |
Some indications of a BJP unravelling are coming in at least from two key States, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, both where the BJP took heavy losses in the Lok Sabha

Politics

By Devidas Tuljapurkar |
With an eye of creating jobs and MSMEs as a key provider of these jobs, the budget speech of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman noted that PSU banks “will build their
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The budget exhibits fiscal prudence, on the whole, and has not strayed from the trajectory of fiscal consolidation that was being followed in the post-Covid period.
By Lekha Rattanani |
Some indications of a BJP unravelling are coming in at least from two key States, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, both where the BJP took heavy losses in the Lok Sabha
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Brazil has fired up the G20 with a sharp focus on wealth inequality within a few months of taking the presidency of the influential grouping from India in December las

Business

By Devidas Tuljapurkar |
With an eye of creating jobs and MSMEs as a key provider of these jobs, the budget speech of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman noted that PSU banks “will build their
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The budget exhibits fiscal prudence, on the whole, and has not strayed from the trajectory of fiscal consolidation that was being followed in the post-Covid period.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Brazil has fired up the G20 with a sharp focus on wealth inequality within a few months of taking the presidency of the influential grouping from India in December las
By GN Bajpai |
The results of the Parliamentary elections-2024 have unfolded quite a surprise.

Economy

By Ajit Ranade |
This was the first budget of the government led by Prime Minister Modi in his third outing as the PM.
By Saugata Bhattacharya |
To an extent, the 2024-25 budget measures were influenced by the general election results.
By Devidas Tuljapurkar |
With an eye of creating jobs and MSMEs as a key provider of these jobs, the budget speech of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman noted that PSU banks “will build their
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The budget exhibits fiscal prudence, on the whole, and has not strayed from the trajectory of fiscal consolidation that was being followed in the post-Covid period.

Society

By Devidas Tuljapurkar |
With an eye of creating jobs and MSMEs as a key provider of these jobs, the budget speech of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman noted that PSU banks “will build their
By Ajit Ranade |
The class 10 state board exam results were announced last week in Kerala. One remarkable achiever was Shivraj Mohite from St.
By Arun Maira |
The Supreme Court is raising fundamental questions about the rule of law in a democracy.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
A commitment to this sharp pro-poor ideological positioning is critical to the revival of the Congress. Rahul Gandhi has done well to articulate this in his campaign

Diaries

By Vidyadhar Date |
A valuable treasure trove of art work, murals, frescoes and paintings lie in a 16th century…
By Vidyadhar Date |
Recently I went to the redeveloped, commercialised Mahim bus station with 24-storey building…
By Vidyadhar Date |
The then Home Minister R.R. Patil pleaded helplessness of the government. He said the government…
By Vidyadhar Date |
In a way, Kala Nagar and adjoining buildings are highly privileged because of the Thackeray…

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