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21st February, 2020
The Australian inferno is a signpost to the future ecology of the earth. Almost three quarters of... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, Jobs, Indian economy
20th February, 2020
They are the two largest democracies in the world, separated by some ten thousand miles. America’s... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, China-India, Global, India politics, Indian economy
17th February, 2020
The cover of my Budget Speech was as much a subject of animated discussion as the Budget itself.... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
14th February, 2020
The Economic Survey for 2019-20, in Chapter 7 on page 158 puts it on record that “PSBs are clearly... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy
11th February, 2020
The nation awaits with bated breath the results of the New Delhi Assembly elections today. The BJP... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Global, Jobs, India politics, Inclusive growth
10th February, 2020
The MPC of the RBI unanimously kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.15% in its last meeting... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy
7th February, 2020
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), at its meeting on February 06, 2020, unanimously resolved to... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, India politics, Indian economy
6th February, 2020
To begin with, the Finance Minister does not even recognise that the economy is experiencing a... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
4th February, 2020
Traditionally, the presentation of the Central government’s annual budget is an occasion to conjure... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
4th February, 2020
The Union budget 2020-21 comes against the backdrop of a massive slowdown of economic growth and... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy
4th February, 2020
The macro context to the Union Budget was grim. Nominal growth rate which is at a forty two year... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth, GST
2nd February, 2020
Delhi is charming. Its charm has not failed in fascinating anyone. The Pandavas who are believed to... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy
29th January, 2020
Given the national noise and the disruptions, the temper and the fury that now permeate our public... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
29th January, 2020
The Budget to be presented on February 1 is being keenly watched for a number of reasons. First,... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy
24th January, 2020
In the current times, the biggest problem with unpacking the economic situation is that economic... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
24th January, 2020
The upcoming Union Budget presentation will be the first full year budget in the Seventeenth Lok... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Taxes, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, GST
21st January, 2020
Great science results from great contestation. It is in this spirit that I have contested the... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Global, India politics, Indian economy
21st January, 2020
The Indian economy is at the crossroads, grappling as it is now with a massive slowdown and... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Taxes, China-India, Global, Union Budget, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, GST
16th January, 2020
In last year’s Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had spoken about investing 100... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Taxes, Global, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy
14th January, 2020
“The time has come,” said the Walrus to the Carpenter in Lewis Carrol’s poem, “to talk of many... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Sustainability, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth