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Evolution of India's tax burden: Progressive with a caveat | Number Theory

India, Feb. 3 -- India will become the world's third largest economy in a couple of years. It will still lag by a distance when it comes to average incomes. India's per capita GDP in current dollar te... Read More


What the Budget means for: Fiscal

India, Feb. 2 -- Where does the Budget stand as far as its fiscal math is concerned? This question is best addressed by examining three factors: the exogenous variable of nominal GDP growth, trends in... Read More


What the Budget means for: Politics

India, Feb. 2 -- Budgets are as much about politics as they are about sound finances and hard-headed economic calls. Where does the 2026-27 Budget stand on this front? The biggest news is not from th... Read More


What the Budget means for: Growth

India, Feb. 2 -- What does Union Budget 2026-27 do for economic growth? There are two ways to look at the question. The Economic Survey claimed that India's potential growth rate -- the pace at which... Read More


What the Budget means for: Reforms

India, Feb. 2 -- Not all reforms are announced in the budget. More so in a world where rules of the game are being constantly rewritten as well as being rigged. This year's Union Budget comes less tha... Read More


Reimagining the budget to reinvigorate reforms

India, Feb. 1 -- Newsrooms and budgets have a complicated relationship where the urgency of the present often has to confront the almost mundane chore of going through the same drill every year. Given... Read More


Reimagining the budget to reinvigorate reforms

India, Jan. 31 -- Newsrooms and budgets have a complicated relationship where the urgency of the present often has to confront the almost mundane chore of going through the same drill every year. Give... Read More


Fiscal deficit on track as tax base broadens, spending rationalised

New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- The central government is well on track to achieve its fiscal deficit target of 4.4% in the current fiscal year, Economic Survey 2025-26 said on Thursday, allaying any concerns t... Read More


The Goldilocks lock on the budget | Number Theory

India, Jan. 29 -- If there is one phrase which has stuck as far as the current state of the Indian economy is concerned, it is the RBI Governor's description of the Indian economy in his statement aft... Read More


What will it take to unlock export-led growth for India? | Number Theory

India, Jan. 28 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget on Sunday. The budget is being presented in the backdrop of headwinds from US's 50% tariff on Indian exports and pro... Read More