India@75 1969: Banks nationalisedTEAM FRONTLINEThe move increased the reach of banking in rural areas.
The Economy GST & federalismR. SRINIVASANGreater 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
Direct cash transfers Cash for vote?REETIKA KHERAThe government’s headlong rush to Aadhaar-linked payments for welfare schemes is bound to lead to their disruption and the exclusion of people who nee
Air India Bowing to privatisationV. SRIDHARThe 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
GST Taxing timesV. SRIDHARThe launch of the Goods and Services Tax amidst great fanfare, but without adequate preparation, marks a continuum with demonetisation and threatens t
Banking industry Breaking the banksV. SRIDHARThe 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
Finance Bill Devious routeV. SRIDHARThis year’s Finance Bill takes an unprecedented turn, vesting the government with almost limitless authority, sabotaging key institutions in the proce
Demonetisation Persistence of miseryT. K. RajalakshmiIndustry continues to reel under an immense amount of job loss across various sectors following demonetisation, but the government remains oblivious t
GDP data GDP conundrumV. SridharRecently released data from the CSO, which claimed that demonetisation had had no significant impact on the performance of the economy, raise more que
Budget 2017 Blinded by neoliberalismC.P. CHANDRASEKHARAll that the government has is its unfounded belief that mere “reform” in the form of demonetisation, digitalisation and GST will deliver growth.
Budget 2017 Worrying failureIn the face of raised expectations post demonetisation, the Budget metes out miserly treatment to most areas of crucial social spending such as educat
Editorial Stubborn blindnessTHE Union Budget is only one of several instruments of economic policy available to the government. It must necessarily take into account not just the
Taxation A killer taxV. SRIDHARThe euphoria over the Goods and Services Tax masks the deadly assault on tax policy as a means of promoting equity.
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SlideshowCaptured in timeAs independent India turns 75, some of the defining images of those seven decades.
