Columns: December 2022

Union Budget
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RBI
China-India
Free food scheme raises some questions
by Ajit Ranade
31st December, 2022
Christmas brought good cheer to 81 crore Indians as the government announced that it was making all... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
What is wrong with the Gujarat model of development?
by Dr. Indira Hirway
25th December, 2022
The BJP has won for a record seventh term in the Gujarat Assembly elections held earlier this month... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
Best to leave bollywood alone
by Jagdish Rattanani
25th December, 2022
Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan, two of Hindi filmdom’s biggest stars, have come out to make... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Inequality, Global, India politics
Business values: Moving the needle
by Arun Maira
17th December, 2022
Civilisational values are conflicting while national soccer teams compete in Qatar’s stadiums.... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
Economic prognosis for next year
by Ajit Ranade
17th December, 2022
There have been a slew of reports and papers on the Indian economy in the past two weeks. The most... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Health, Taxes, Global, RBI, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
Monetary policy is starting to bite
by Ranjit K Pattnaik
13th December, 2022
During the period May - December 2022, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has increased the policy... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, RBI, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
The RBI should stamp out inflation
by Himadri Bhattacharya
8th December, 2022
As widely expected, the MPC raised the policy repo rate by 35 basis points to 6.25 per cent at the... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, RBI, Indian economy, Inclusive growth
The bulldozing of India
by Jagdish Rattanani
4th December, 2022
The stinging remarks by Justice Sandeep Kumar of the Patna High Court in a case of the bulldozing... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Sustainability, Taxes, Global, Jobs, India politics, Inclusive growth
Celebrating India’s Constitution
by Ajit Ranade
3rd December, 2022
The founding principles of our Constitution lay stress on justice, liberty, fraternity and equality... read more
Categories: Common citizen, Governance, Inequality, Sustainability, Global, Jobs, India politics, Indian economy, Inclusive growth