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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
Budgetary retreat
The most identifiable distinction of Budget '98 is the alacrity with which various proposals have been undone.
SUKUMAR MURALIDHARAN in New Delhi
Economy
Of privatisation and swadeshi
THE most notable feature of the 1998-99 Budget is the Finance Minister's announcement of a large-scale programme of privatisation of the economy. Key
PRABHAT PATNAIK
Economy
In a low-growth trap
C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR
Economic Survey 1997-98 points to a troubling scenario ahead.
Economy
The contradictions of swadeshi
The ideal of any coherent swadeshi programme is to make domestic capitalists emerge as autonomous players in the global arena with state support, and
PRABHAT PATNAIK
Economy
BUDGET OPTIONS
There are difficult choices ahead of the Union Government in the formulation of the Budget for 1998-99.
JAYATI GHOSH
Economy
Camouflaging realities
There are two specific areas of urgent concern: the continuing industrial recession and the fragile external sector.
JAYATI GHOSH
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