Author: Anil R Tikotekar

Contrary to mass expectations about a populist budget, the Union Budget 2018 proved to be pro-development. While the financial report card showed improved average tax

Stressing that the government has been committed to fiscal discipline and has been delivering on that front, Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said that

I did not participate in the post-budget reflections on TV. I declined all invitations, in part, because it was not a novelty and in part

There are two aspects of Budget 2018; one that gives direct and immediate benefit to the “haves” and the other that promises “chandamama” to the

The bad news about Budget 2018 is not that the Sensex tanked 800 points on Friday. That was only a symptom, an expected reaction to

India’s trade scenario remains uncertain, especially because its export growth has been far lower than expected. In the past, the sluggish global economy had proved

Since Casablanca’s cult transcends generations, you could easily use one of its immortal lines to describe what the NDA government’s last Budget has done to

The Union Budget presented on February 1 had some fascinating and unexpected aspects. First was the lack of defence spending, which upset our strategic experts.

Dharmakirti Joshi, chief economist at Crisil,  the Indian arm of one of the world’s biggest rating agency Standard & Poor’s, talks to Pawan Bali about the various

On February 1, 2018, the finance minister during his Budget speech declared, “I am pleased to announce two major initiatives as part of ‘Ayushman Bharat’…

Rupa Rege Nitsure Against the backdrop of India achieving the lowest growth in the past five years in 2017-18 (FY18) and posting a sustained fall

This government’s last full year budget was entirely predictable in parts. But it also threw up a couple of surprises. First, the predictable parts. Finance

The Budget has announced an ambitious, state-funded healthcare scheme that would take care of hospitalisation expenses up to a limit of Rs 5 lakh per

The Narendra Modi-led government is using the Finance Bill 2018 to insert provisions in the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act, in a move

The government has not been able to adhere to its fiscal deficit targets for 2017-18. This was not unexpected. The bond markets had factored in

The finance minister has presented a very workmanlike Budget which does not really break any new ground or deliver anything radical. However, neither does it

The Budget of 2018-19 had given ample opportunity to the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance to rationalise the customs duty structure because the other