Think 7% fiscal deficit. It’s in sightThis is not the right time to dwell on the virtues of fiscal rectitude. The classical remedy to combat the downturn is through a boost to spending.
December 26, 2008
The FM’s wrong, early govts followed fiscal disciplineThe Union finance minister has been speaking about the budgetary position of the Union government both inside and outside Parliament.
October 29, 2008
Funding farm debt waiver: FM’s arithmetic isn’t convincingP Chidambaram is incorrigibly optimistic. At least, that is how he sounded while announcing the farm debt waiver two weeks ago.
March 18, 2008
Chidambaram’s blind eye only makes pay-panel reality harsherBroad-brush calculations indicate that the overall wage bill for the Central government during 2008-09 will increase by 13.3% to Rs73,754 crore.
March 12, 2008
PC’s farm loan waiver: Rescue act or opening a Pandora’s boxThe controversy over the waiver of agricultural loans proposed in the budget refuses to die down.
March 6, 2008
Railways’ expenditure likely to rise next fiscalDespite the buoyancy in freight and passenger earnings, ordinary working expenses of the Railways are expected to increase at a faster rate.
February 28, 2008
A centipede morphs into a fast carThe Indian economy, which resembled a centipede with arthritis till the advent of reforms is now a star performer.
February 16, 2008
RBI may not want to rock the boatThe Prime minister’s think-tank, the Economic Advisory Council, sounded even more optimistic with its projection of 8.9%.
January 26, 2008
Cotton blossoms beyond projectionsThe first definitive word on cotton production during 2007-08 - if the official estimate of 229 lakh bales is dismissed as unreliable - is out.
January 17, 2008
Borrowings shoot past budget estimatesThe trend in Union finances as of November 2007 presents a mixed picture.
January 8, 2008
Forex tide likely to ease a little in H2The just-released data on India’s balance of payments for the second quarter of 2007-08 reveals a lower order of current account deficit.
January 3, 2008
No-nonsense approach needed to lessen subsidy burdenThe economist in Manmohan Singh was to the fore when he took the podium at the golden jubilee celebrations of the Indian Institute of Economic Growth.
December 18, 2007
Despite deceleration, industrial scenario in H2 reassuringThough a slowdown of sorts is evident from the official data just released for the first six months of the current fiscal, still the tempo of industrial production growth is satisfactory.
November 14, 2007
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