This government is especially good at optics, at managing public perceptions to persuade people that it is working for them, rather than doing so. So
Author: Anil R Tikotekar
Union Budget 2018: A Step Forward | The Indian Express–02.02.2018
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”. In Anna Karenina, only if a person is satisfied on all
Union Budget 2018: Signs of nervousness | The Indian Express–02.02.2018
The budget for 2018, at its core, re-enacts a familiar tension of Indian policymaking. On the one hand, it reassuringly tries to respond to genuine
Union Budget 2018: The right focus, a blurred vision | editorial–The Indian Express
Union Buget 2018: For the coming fiscal, the budget estimate of 3.2 per cent is the same as last year’s and above the 3 per
Jaitley failed fiscal deficit test, thank God this was last budget of this govt: P Chidambaram | The Indian Express–02.02.2018
Former finance minister P Chidambaram slammed the Budget 2018 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament on Thursday and said the proposals should have
Sidbi to offer concessional loans to small and micro enterprises – The Economic Times–01.02.2018
For Small and Medium Enterprises there is yet another reason for smile – the Small Industries Development Bank of India, SIDBI, has begun directly to
Budget 2018: Clear need for innovation in the SME financing space–01.02.2018
Financial services industry has been an early user of the JAM infrastructure. In fact, the cost and scale impact of JAM is already visible in
GST: E-way bill could prove to the final piece of the puzzle – The Economic Times–01.02.2018
The past 15 months have seen a significant structural shift in Indian businesses and the supply chain ecosystem. Demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Here is why unviable banks must go – The Financial Express–01.02.2018
The Economic Survey talks of how the long-standing “exit” problem for companies has been addressed, but asserts this must be accompanied by reforms to shrink
Economic Survey 2017-18: Why reviving capex will be very tough – The Financial Express–01.02.2018
Budget 2018: Both demonetisation and GST disrupted the economy — though all evidence suggests the worst may be behind us— but as the Economic Survey
Economic Survey has exposed govt failures in 3 main areas: Chidambaram – Business Line–01.02.2018
Days ahead of the Union Budget, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram trained his guns on the ruling BJP, asserting that the Economic Survey had nailed
Budget for uncertain times | The Indian Express–01.02.2018
On the face of it, getting to the Economic Survey’s higher FY19 GDP forecast of 7-7.5 per cent as compared to this year’s 6.75 per
Why Jaitley should steer clear of the easy attractions of fiscal profligacy | Hindustan Times–01.02.2018
The first instinct of any rational politician is to open the spending spigots in the months leading to an important election. Finance minister Arun Jaitley
Economic Survey 2018: View: What the Economic Survey failed to spell out – The Economic Times–31.01.2018—–*****-1
The Economic Survey paints as bright a picture for India’s short and medium term growth, while pointing out some pitfalls. Growth in the current fiscal
Budget 2018: FRBM panel’s 3% fiscal deficit target obsolete- Arvind Subramanian | Business Standard News–31.01.2018-1
The recommendations of the fiscal responsibility and budget management (FRBM) panel, which had recommended a fiscal deficit target of 3 per cent of gross domestic
Economic Survey prescription: Beat investment slowdown with public spending | Business Standard Column–31.01.2018-1
The detailed and innovative analysis of the past few Economic Surveys was ratcheted up in FY18, with the goods and service tax (GST)-enabled data deluge
Market economies need responsible, ethical professionals, says MS Sahoo | Business Standard News–31.01.2018-R
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has brought in a boom for resolution professionals, and the same is expected for the industry engaged in valuation
Intra-State e-way bill: India Inc pitches for more time, uniform launch date – Business Line–31.01.2018
Faced with the situation of businesses becoming standstill, large pan-India businesses have knocked the doors of the GST Council to ensure that the e-way bill
‘No bubble, but watch market rally’ – Business Line–31.01.2018-1
The Chief Economic Adviser to the Finance Ministry, Arvind Subramanian, has cautioned against the current bull market rally. “I will not say bubble, but we
चित्र तरी आशादायक – अग्रलेख–महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स–३१.०१.२०१८
देशातील आर्थिक मंदीचे सावट दूर होत त्याला विकासाची रुपेरी किनार लाभणार असल्याचे अत्यंत दिलासादायक चित्र अर्थसंकल्पाच्या आधी सादर होणाऱ्या यंदाच्या आर्थिक पाहणी अहवालात उमटले आहे.