That the central government’s fiscal deficit touched 112% of the full year’s budget by November has raised a lot of concerns—particularly in the bonds market.
Category: Economy
Fiscal consolidation is likely to continue – Livemint–25.01.2018
The financial year (FY) 2019 Union budget, to be announced on 1 February, is going to be critical for various reasons. It will be the
Budget 2018: View: Make it big, Mr Jaitley. India really needs a boost – The Economic Times–Mr. T K Arun–24.01.2018—–*****
Should Arun Jaitley walk the path trodden by Pranab Mukherjee? The forthcoming Budget is the last full Budget before the Lok Sabha elections of 2019.
Budget 2018: Arvind Virmani explains impact of Demonetisation, GST on Indian economy–24.01.2018
Arvind Virmani, former Chief Economic Advisor explains the impact of demonetisation and GST roll-out on Indian economy and when he thinks India will regain its
Flipkart: Income Tax department asks Flipkart to reclassify discounts as capital expenditure – The Economic Times–24.01.2018
Flipkart has lost an appeal against the income-tax department over the reclassification of marketing expenditure and discounts as capital expenditure, which involves substantial tax liabilities.
Why India needs to grow faster – The Financial Express–24.01.2018
Last year was an eventful one for the India economy. The difficult transition to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the disaster (in my
‘Growth has dipped below the 30-year average’ – The Hindu–Mr. Kaushik Basu–former CEA–24.01.2018—–*****
The former Chief Economic Adviser on India’s current slowdown in economic growth and the mix of policies needed to reignite it In a career spanning
A risky recovery — on IMF’s global growth predictions – The Hindu—–*****
broad-based recovery in global growth may be gathering steam, but the price the world will have to pay for it is still unknown. According to
स्टार्ट अप –|सकारात्मक पुढाकार – अग्रलेख महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स –२४.०१.२०१८
जागतिक परिस्थिती पाहता देशातील आर्थिक मंदी दूर करण्यासाठी मोठ्या प्रयत्नांची गरज आहे. आता निवडणुकांसाठी अवघे एक वर्ष उरले आहे. गुजरात निवडणुकीमध्ये ग्रामीण आणि शहरी मतदारांचा
स्वदेशीचे चऱ्हाट |श्री उदय कोटक –उपाध्यक्ष कोटक बँक –अग्रलेख –लोकसत्ता –२४.०१.२०१८
कोटक बँकेच्या उपाध्यक्षांचा भांडवली बाजाराविषयीचा सावध इशारा गंभीरच; परंतु त्यांचा वाढत्या परदेशी गुंतवणुकीबाबत चिंतेचा सूर पोकळ ठरतो… भांडवली बाजाराचा निर्देशांक आणि अर्थव्यवस्था यांचा काडीचाही संबंध
NPA: Gross NPA may rise to Rs 9.5 lakh crore by March: Study – The Economic Times–23.01.2018
Gross non-performing assets (NPA) in Indian banks are expected to rise to Rs 9.5 lakh crore by March, from Rs 8 lakh crore in March
Forced formalisation is not healthy | Business Standard Column–C Rammanohar Reddy–23.01.2018—–*****
For decades, one of the central aims of economic policy in India has been to create conditions for workers to move from low- to high-income
Economy shifting to non-bank funding–Economic Times–22.01.2018
There is welcome change in India’s financial system. The share of bank credit to the commercial sector has declined of late, arm’s length finance in
Across the aisle: P Chidambaram talks about his ‘celebrating gods neglecting children’ – The Financial Express–22.01.2018—–*****
On March 26, 2017, I had written a column titled ‘Celebrating Gods, Neglecting Children’. I had said “Our idea of human resource development is minus
Flip-flopping on government borrowing Business Standard Column–22.01.2018—–*****
In just about three weeks, the Union finance ministry changed its mind on its borrowing programme. On December 27, it announced its plan to borrow
India-ASEAN Summit: Building alliance for competitive SMEs – The Financial Express–21.01.2018
Garima Sahdev & Geethanjali Nataraj New Delhi gets busy next week to host the 10th ASEAN leaders as the chief guests of the Republic Day
Budget 2018: Budget 2018: Will the FM address issues plaguing the MSME sector post-GST? | The Economic Times Video | ET Now–20.01.2018—–*****
Budget 2018: Will the FM address issues plaguing the MSME sector post-GST? Hit by demonetisation and then disruptions caused by the GST, what can Budget
Strong rupee, demonetisation and GST continue to hurt, badly-Here is how – The Financial Express–20.01.2018
Though it is not clear whether the government, or sections of it, continue to believe a strong rupee is good for the economy since they
Budget 2018: Unfair to judge me on demonetisation and GST only, says Modi | Business Standard News–20.01.2018—–*****
Countering the allegation that his government had reneged on the promise of creating 10 million jobs a year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi quoted a recent
Cut the confusion | The Indian Express–20.01.2018—–*****
Decisions taken by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) have recently attracted a lot of attention. The renewed focus on monetary policy has arisen due to
