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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s fifth Budget is being prepared under the most unusual circumstances. Estimating the tax revenue collections has always been a challenging task

A whopping 62 per cent of Indians paid from their own pockets for their medical expenses in 2016, an annual study by global health services

Success of anti-profiteering measures crucial for bringing down prices The Goods and Services Tax is being touted as a non-inflationary tax as it is expected

Shouldn’t go higher: With interest rates While the monetary policy panel would be justified in being cautious, it should set at rest apprehensions on a

Bank lending has suffered due to NPAs, rather than interest rates being high. A cut may only worsen the debt situation In September 2016, with

With oil prices so low, India’s economic growth should have been back at over 9 per cent, Former Chief Economist at World Bank Kaushik Basu

The Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) would do the macro analysis and specifics will be done by some expert consultants. The commerce ministry would

When Sachin Kishore, Somy Sridas and Varun Moorthy were casting about for a base for their bicycle startup Scolarian in 2014, Coimbatore seemed like the

Economic activity was disrupted in the past year due to demonetisation and the goods and services tax (GST). But the jury is still out on

The MPC has disregarded the impact of high interest rates on output, and let go of opportunities to stimulate growth and jobs The majority view

Government’s existing fiscal package to catalyse home ownership in urban India may soon undergo recalibration, with the aim of enhancing the scope of the scheme

One lakh rupees invested in bitcoin in 2010 would be worth a few hundred crore rupees today. That is the kind of extraordinary return the

The economy has given out a positive signal after a series of negative turns over an extended period. Official data released last week have shown

Why do people continue to flog a dead horse? Probably because some people aren’t convinced it is dead. This comment is about persistent critiques of

After an initial burst of exuberance in startups, the industry is beginning to moult. Risks are better understood, founders focus on unit economics instead of

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today welcomed the uptick in the Q2 GDP growth at 6.3 per cent but cautioned that it is too early

After falling for five successive quarters, GDP growth in July-September was 6.3%, up from 5.7% in the previous quarter. Many cheered this as an economic

Turning around a large ship is never easy. So it must give policymakers a measure of satisfaction that the slowdown seen during the last fiscal

Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia today made a case for reviewing the import duty on gold with a view to curb arbitrage opportunities resulting from FTAs

The trend over the last few quarters suggests there has been a consistent fall in GDP growth The Indian economy has to grow by at