Affordability versus public goods: Why politics tends to put everyone on the losing side of this divide

New Delhi, Dec. 4 -- It finally happened. Effective 13 November 2025, President Donald Trump of the United States of America exempted 225 agricultural items, fresh and processed, from tariffs termed '... Read More

RBI's banking regulation rejig: Some proposals might need tweaks for the sake of systemic stability

New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- The monetary policy announcement of 1 October 2025 was noteworthy for the changes to India's banking regulation rules proposed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), more than for th... Read More

India's GST overhaul has much to write home about but we can't ignore its fiscal consequences

New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- Sweeping rate reductions in the goods and services tax (GST) came into effect from 22 September. Although coherent and much better structured than earlier rate reductions, the imp... Read More