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Economy
The Economy
GST & federalism
Greater availability of data on GST will shine a light on the contributions of States towards the national exchequer and make a case for equitable dis
R. SRINIVASAN
Air India
Bowing to privatisation
The move to privatise Air India comes after years of deliberate neglect by the government and a series of measures taken over two decades to systemati
V. SRIDHAR
GST
Taxing times
The launch of the Goods and Services Tax amidst great fanfare, but without adequate preparation, marks a continuum with demonetisation and threatens t
V. SRIDHAR
Banking industry
Breaking the banks
The government’s recourse to an ordinance to solve the “bad loan” menace in the Indian banking system raises serious questions of moral hazards and it
V. SRIDHAR
Finance Bill
Devious route
This year’s Finance Bill takes an unprecedented turn, vesting the government with almost limitless authority, sabotaging key institutions in the proce
V. SRIDHAR
Demonetisation
Persistence of misery
Industry continues to reel under an immense amount of job loss across various sectors following demonetisation, but the government remains oblivious t
T. K. Rajalakshmi
GDP data
GDP conundrum
Recently released data from the CSO, which claimed that demonetisation had had no significant impact on the performance of the economy, raise more que
V. Sridhar
More stories from Economy
Worrying failure
In the face of raised expectations post demonetisation, the Budget metes out miserly treatment to most areas of crucial social spending such as educat
Blinded by neoliberalism
All that the government has is its unfounded belief that mere “reform” in the form of demonetisation, digitalisation and GST will deliver growth.
C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR
Stubborn blindness
THE Union Budget is only one of several instruments of economic policy available to the government. It must necessarily take into account not just the
A killer tax
The euphoria over the Goods and Services Tax masks the deadly assault on tax policy as a means of promoting equity.
V. SRIDHAR
The Panama connection
The Panama Papers expose, the biggest leak ever of a database, made possible by a unique journalistic venture, rocks governments, shines a light on po
V. SRIDHAR
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