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Economy
UNION BUDGET 2023-24
Without growth or welfare, Budget 2023-24 is one that curtails social spending
One expects welfare spending to spike before elections. But this Budget goes against the grain.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Economy
A controversial report
The report of the Confederation of Indian Industry's Task Force on Non-Performing Assets in the Indian financial system raises a storm of protests and
Economy
Spirited resistance
SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY V. SRIDHAR
Economy
Issues on hold
MTNL defers its GDR issue and its domestic public offer owing to adverse market conditions. What are the factors at play?
SUDHA MAHALINGAM
Economy
Financial designs
The Planning Commission's recent letter to State governments on the introduction of new criteria for the release of Central Plan assistance points to
ARUN GHOSH
Economy
The straitjacket of `liberalisation'
PRABHAT PATNAIK
Economy
A round of pre-Budget window-dressing
The run-up to the Budget indicates that this year too there have been no efforts to correct avoidable tendencies in fiscal policy.
C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR
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The BJP, which once blustered about the negative aspects of globalisation, has embraced it wholeheartedly.
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Synthesis or composite error?
Budget '98 seeks to synthesise irreconcilable elements. Its strategy to "pump-prime" the economy may end up worsening the situation if some key assump
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