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The government that will come to power after today’s counting of votes will have its economic tasks cut out. There are a number of issues

With a resounding political 2014 mandate, historically low oil prices and unprecedented average growth rates between 2004-2014, the Modi government had no excuses for performing

Once the dust raised by the elections has settled, a new government will have to deal with the economic slowdown. The issue to focus on

Consumers have proved to be messiahs for the Indian economy in the last three years, propping up demand for goods and services with their spending,

India must focus on growth of labour-intensive sectors to create decent jobs for the masses as well as give “serious thought” to privatising the public sector

It’s a statistical conundrum. Exports in March 2019, at $32.6 billion, were not just up 11 per cent year-on-year, but also capped a 9 per

Rajan stressed that the reality is that trade while typically beneficial overall, has a distributional impact creating winners and losers. Protectionism does not really help preserve jobs and

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised downwards its estimates of growth in India’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 20 basis points for both 2019-20

 Days after 108 economists and social scientists accused the Narendra Modi government of altering or withholding unfavourable economic data, a group of 131 chartered accountants

Given the Indian economy’s relative attractiveness vis a vis China in the last few years—lower wage costs and a strong technology sector—it should attract large

In Dhani Shankar village, Bhiwani, Renu makes colourful bangles and cosmetic creams using natural ingredients. Renu was lucky to have received the support of her

The Board of Directors of the Company at their meeting held on 14.02.20199 has taken a note on the current state of affairs of the

We had not expected 3.4% fiscal deficit target in FY20, The original target had been 3.1%. In FY21, the target is 3%. It is going

Two of the major new initiatives in the interim Budget presented last week have met with sharply different reactions even though both were fiscally expansionary

Painting a rosy picture of the Indian economy and its macro-economic situation, Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday described the current 2014-19 NDA rule period

Giving relief to people in the lower middle income group, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal, while presenting the Budget 2019, announced total tax rebate to assessees

As pre-election Budgets go, Piyush Goyal’s isn’t too bad. While vote-oriented announcements cost about Rs 1 trillion (or about half of 1 per cent of

The Finance Minister has taken a fairly pro-people stance in the Interim Budget announced today. Two things stand out. The first is the tax benefits

The Modi government has fired the first salvo in its re-election campaign, with sops for everyone from the common man to the cow Prime Minister

Real estate gets a fillip; taxpayers’ procedural glitches have been eased; assured pensions are back; and tax net is here to stay Most folks who