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BJP's rebel with a cause

Demonetisation, according to the author, led to another major flaw in the way the government dealt with the crisis in the micro, small and medium enterprises sector

Budget numbers game: How revised estimates allow govt to fix its deficits

Ignoring the Actuals of the last year and not examining their variance from the original BE and RE numbers can weaken the quality of Budget analysis

Urjit Patel's resignation disturbing, can impact top RBI team

The manner of Urjit Patel's's exit will have serious implications for the institutional strength of RBI.

Towards cooperative federalism

It is time the Centre recognised the early signs of protests from states on various governance issues

Rising outward remittances

With foreign travel and studying abroad accounting for the bulk of the remittances by Indians, using a sledgehammer may not work

Rise in fuel prices has made govt vulnerable; how can it manage oil risks?

Retail prices of petrol and diesel would have been 2-3 per cent less than what they are today, if states had converted their VAT into a specific rate at the same level that prevailed in April

The GST cess bonanza

Oil, rupee and non-tax revenues should worry Jaitley, but the surplus in GST cess will bring him relief

Mr Modi's electoral balance sheet

Apart from whatever challenges the opposition parties can put up from outside, a challenge that can come from within should not be ignored

If big business is miffed with Mr Modi, then it only suits him electorally

There is no doubt that Mr Modi has guided his policy away from one that India Inc expected to be openly and substantively pro-business

Slowdown in law-making

Last year saw a 26 per cent drop in the passage of new laws, but prospects this year may be worse

Making parliamentarians accountable

The time spent on discussing the Budget too was the lowest in the past 18 years

Why leaders and policy makers choose to shoot Brahmastras from Hindu epics

From Rahul Gandhi calling Congress-BJP contest as Pandava-Kaurava battle to Urjit Patel offering to make RBI Neelkantha of Indian banking's Samudra Manthan, leaders are resorting to myths too often

Budget 2018: The great balancing act by Jaitley on social and fiscal fronts

While presenting a Budget with a significant social impact, the FM did not allow any major slippage in the fiscal situation

GST will save us in FY19; fiscal slippage is mostly statistical: Jaitley

He says the glide path of the Indian economy would remain consistent

Why states need to catch up with the Centre in budgetary transparency too

The fact is that the combined budget size of all the states and their deficit are now bigger than those of the Centre

Govt needs a better strategy for communicating with the bond market and RBI

Jolt to state-owned banks is as disturbing as the lack of clarity on signals to the bond market

What a widening fiscal deficit could mean

After weeks of stress and tension over a widening deficit, you could actually see the government claiming on February 1 a significantly reduced slippage in its fiscal deficit

Q2 GDP growth raises some hope, but meeting FY18 forecast still not easy

To achieve at least 6.7% growth for full year, Indian economy must grow by at least 7.57% in each of the Oct-Dec and Jan-Mar quarters; performance of manufacturing, services sectors to be key

The ball is in the states' court

Why achieving Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goal of raising India's rank in ease of doing business depends on how states perform

The Sinha effect

Criticism from within the BJP seems to have played a key role in expediting government action on economic policy concerns