Kunal Kumar

Bipolar nature of city planning

Private clauses, like those for balcony dimensions, building setbacks etc, are highly overstretched

Kunal Kumar Kundu: The LPG roadblock

The overall oil subsidy could continue to hurt unless the govt finds a way to tackle the potential threat posed by the domestic LPG subsidy

Kunal Kumar Kundu: Food inflation still bites

Poor monsoons mean the Reserve Bank of India needs to remain vigilant about this critical parameter and its spillover effects

Kunal Kumar Kundu: US Fed's dovish outlook

The Federal Open Market Committee statement could well be an attempt to manage expectations before eventually increasing rates

Kunal Kumar Kundu: A change for revival

India's growth model needs to change from being consumption-driven to investment-driven in order to revive the economy

Kunal Kumar Kundu: Prodding the capex cycle

Investment is expected to pick up as policy uncertainty dissipates but only a steadfast commitment to reforms can sustain it

Kunal Kumar Kundu: Next on the agenda

The new govt needs to recognise the importance of public investment in infrastructure and contain the fiscal deficit to meaningful levels

Kunal Kumar Kundu: Running on reserves

Our foreign reserves have crossed $300 billion. How much is too much?

Kunal Kumar Kundu: The CAD mirage

Falling current account deficit is not a sign of economic improvement. In India's case, it is a clear indication of economic weakness

Kunal Kumar Kundu: A tough challenge

Being amongst the most vulnerable emerging markets, India will have to fight hard to attract foreign investment now that tapering is a reality

Kunal Kumar Kundu: Irrational exuberance on trade

The recent improvement in trade data is, worryingly, the result of a major drop in imports, while exports barely moved

Kunal Kumar Kundu: Looking beyond the taper

India faces risks from myriad internal challenges rather than the Fed's tapering programme

Kunal Kumar Kundu: Cornered by inflation

Food inflation has assumed structural proportions and there is no fiscal space left to prop up our sagging economy

Kunal Kumar Kundu: Back to future shocks

The appreciation of the rupee is nearing its end, and the probable start of tapering next year could see the rupee bears clawing back in

Kunal Kumar Kundu: India's got the Rajan it needed

Everything seems to be falling in place for the new RBI governor but there is a need to prepare for the imminent tapering by the Fed

Outlook for economy still hazy

India's much-touted fundamental strength stands exposed

Industrial output got a data boost

A data issue seems to have given the unlikely positive spin to the story

Pressure on rupee to continue

Its excessive weakening has dealt the economy a body blow

GDP data show India is in election mode

Is inflationary pressure back?