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The writer is a former IAS officer, and a governance and economic regulation expert

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with her team before presenting the budget. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Sitharaman hits all the buttons, sticks to basics

Despite a long speech there were no magic bullets presented to kickstart a virtuous cycle of investment, growth and...

6 July 2019 1:07 AM IST

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and MoS Anurag Thakur distribute halwa to officials during the halwa ceremonyâ€ to mark the beginning of the printing of budgetary documents in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Marching to a new drumbeat: What to expect from Budget

Budget FY2020 should break this dismal trend and increase capital expenditure to 2 per cent of projected GDP.

30 Jun 2019 7:02 AM IST

BJP supporters carry Prime Minister Narendra Modis cut-outs during an election rally in Kolkata on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Modi 2.0 offers a giant political supermarket!

Export orientation is a quality and time conscious eco-system which hinges on becoming part of global supply chains.

19 Jun 2019 1:25 AM IST

Nirmala Sitharaman spoke on the on-going efforts of Indian Government to counter tax avoidance & evasion, finance ministry tweeted.

Bring back credibility to the Union Budget

Sustainable magic requires that the magician remain credible.

12 Jun 2019 1:03 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Modi 2.0: Governance to need a frugal touch

The government must redeem its earlier commitment to reduce the FD to 2.5 per cent of GDP over five years.

7 Jun 2019 12:06 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Representional Image)

Modi 2.0: Different economic strokes?

The 2014 Budget was expectedly a laundry list of good intentions.

28 May 2019 2:01 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi further said that the government has taken several measures for improving the ease of doing business in the country. (Photo: PTI)

Modi 2.0: Reaching out to all

The NDA should clock up around 344 seats Shiv Sena with 18, Nitish Kumar's JD(U) with 16 and Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP...

24 May 2019 7:36 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the Kedarnath valley on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

NDA and the winner's curse: Tough times ahead

The happy news must have reached like Maneka (of Vishwamitra fame) to interrupt a meditating Prime Minister Narendra...

21 May 2019 7:14 AM IST

Income support schemes the Congresss Nyay for 20 per cent of the poorest households and the BJPs PM Kisan scheme for farmers with less than two hectare of land, are both progressive social protection measures.

Bitter morning-after pill for new govt post elections

Severe inequality in the allocation of public finance is a primary reason for rural impoverishment.

19 May 2019 5:41 AM IST

The sources said, Election Commission would also ask law ministry to take call on its demand to extend constitutional protection to 2 election commissioners on lines of CEC. (Photo: File)

EC undermined due to weak institutions

The EC is a child of political happenstance and jugaad, not thoughtful institutional strategy.

14 May 2019 12:05 AM IST

The sources said, Election Commission would also ask law ministry to take call on its demand to extend constitutional protection to 2 election commissioners on lines of CEC. (Photo: File)

A strange duality casts a shadow over election

The Annual Survey of Education Report 2018 records that one-third of those schooled till Class 8 cannot even read a...

7 May 2019 1:47 AM IST

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur

Pragya Thakur symbol of New (Hindu) India?

It is the capital of Madhya Pradesh and she has been pitted against Digvijay Singh, a former chief minister of the state...

24 April 2019 1:18 AM IST