India, Feb. 9 -- The first part of this data journalism series looked at the factors behind the grievances of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the three southern states which have organized protests ... Read More
India, Feb. 9 -- The last budget (technically a vote-on-account) of the second Narendra Modi government and now a White Paper on the state of the economy strike a very unusual political economy note. ... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday decided to keep the policy rate unchanged for the sixth time in a row, citing global uncertainty and the need to bring down retail inflation ... Read More
India, Feb. 9 -- The Narendra Modi government's decision to confer the Bharat Ratna, country's highest civilian award, to PV Narasimha Rao posthumously, will be seen, in one part, as recognition for a... Read More
India, Feb. 9 -- The Narendra Modi government's turnaround of the Indian economy from among the "Fragile Five" in the world to the fifth largest in the world in 10 years is a result of prudent counter... Read More
India, Feb. 2 -- The short answer to this question is nothing. There are no big-bang populist announcements after all. The slightly long and more correct answer is that it only reiterates the 24x7 pol... Read More
India, Feb. 2 -- By the time this column is read, most of what needs to be said on the interim budget of the government would have already been said. Not that there is much to say beyond two basic poi... Read More
India, Feb. 1 -- "When it comes to fiscal prudence, the budget has hit a six when only a couple of runs were needed to win", Aurodeep Nandi, India Economist, Nomura, said in a note, capturing the sent... Read More
India, Feb. 1 -- Inflation management under India's economic policy framework is not in the realm of fiscal policy, and therefore, of the budget. India's inflation targeting framework delegates this t... Read More
India, Feb. 1 -- The message is that big-bang reforms will follow after the elections . "In the full budget in July, our government will present a detailed road map for our pursuit of "Viksit Bharat" ... Read More