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By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
We have a rate cut after a gap of about 18 months. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced on Friday that the…
By Ajit Ranade |
The recent Union Budget proposals gave generous income support to farmers and lower income taxpayers. Whether this will…
By Ajit Ranade |
There was much drama involving economic data on the eve of the budget. Firstly, the remaining two independent members…
By K. G. Karmakar |
Learned people in various committees and commissions have prepared voluminous reports but why does the agriculture…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The Finance Minister while presenting the Interim Budget 2019-20 has categorically mentioned that this is not an…
By Rupa Rege Nitsure |
The Interim Budget presented on Feb 01, 2019 was not expected to be a reform-oriented budget in any way. All the 12…
By Ajit Ranade |
The Parliament of India passed a constitutional amendment which modifies articles 15 and 16 of the Constitution. This…
By M A Kalam |
The burning issue of the so-called illegal migrants in Assam and some other States in the North East has assumed…
By Kiran Desai |
It is evident that the ruling party is on uncertain ground as it prepares for the coming general election later this…
By Ajit Ranade |
Antyodaya is one of the key principles that animates India’s constitution. It means uplift of the last. It was M. K.…
By Ajit Ranade |
The year began with great optimism about economic growth. The previous year i.e. 2017 had concluded with actual growth…
By Y.V. Reddy |
The Balance of Payments crisis in 1991 prompted economic reforms in India. The reforms included fiscal stabilisation,…
By Ajit Ranade |
This December 12 is the third death anniversary of Sharad Joshi, founder of the Shetkari Sanghatana, the farmers’…
By M A Kalam |
If the American national, John Allen Chau, has been killed in the North Sentinel island, in the Andaman and Nicobar…
By Ajit Ranade |
The inflation reported for the month of October was 3.1 per cent, the lowest in the last one year. This was a big…