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Economy
Sum and Substance
What broke Paytm?
The rise and fall of Paytm highlights the precarious balance between ambition and compliance in the country’s financial landscape.
Mitali Mukherjee
Budget 2024
Modi government has not learnt from its electoral setbacks
The Budget favours big business over social needs, ignoring opportunities to create jobs through health, education, and welfare spending.
Jayati Ghosh
SUM AND SUBSTANCE
A Budget with many authors but no plot
Coalition pressures, middle-class backlash, and piecemeal solutions mark a directionless fiscal roadmap.
Mitali Mukherjee
BACK PAGE
‘The Dystopian Times’ by Appupen
Appupen
Budget 2024
Modi 3.0’s first Union Budget bears the unmistakable stamp of coalition politics
In a balancing act, Nirmala Sitharaman prioritises political alliances over comprehensive reforms, sidelining long-term growth and equity concerns.
Frontline News Desk
Budget 2024
Economic Survey 2024: India’s tightrope walk on growth, inflation, and AI
The Survey reveals a resilient economy poised for growth, with capital markets shining and opportunities arising from “China plus one” strategy.
Frontline News Desk
ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES
India’s superpower dream faces steep economic hurdles
Successive governments have neglected the basic drivers of growth denting claims that India will become an “advanced nation” very soon.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
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Maharashtra Budget: Ambitious focus on welfare programmes; but where is the money?
NDA government unveils welfare schemes targeting women, youth, and farmers, but experts cite implementation challenges and strain on exchequer.
Amey Tirodkar
India’s foreign reserve buildup is a double-edged sword
Growing capital inflows mask underlying economic vulnerabilities.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Will the setback to Hindutva politics force Modi 3.0 to rethink economic policies?
Even though pressure mounts on the new government to address economic concerns, entrenched political objectives may hinder substantial policy shifts.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
The heat will kill the economy. But it will kill us first
India’s heatwave is a wake-up call for climate action and economic resilience. But what’s the government actually doing about it?
Mitali Mukherjee
World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report shows 134-year wait for parity
Global gender parity stands at 68.5 per cent, and at current rates, full parity is not expected until 2158. India ranks third-lowest in Southern Asia.
Vitasta Kaul
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