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Budget 2025: What Nirmalaji Needs To Fix
Budget 2025: What Nirmalaji Needs To Fix
Rediff.com16 Jan 2025

If the fiscal deficit target of 4.9% of GDP has to be met for 2024-2025, which the...

Where Would India Be Without Dr Singh?
Where Would India Be Without Dr Singh?
Rediff.com27 Dec 2024

What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the...

Why Modi Prefers Babus At RBI Helm
Why Modi Prefers Babus At RBI Helm
Rediff.com20 Dec 2024

Perhaps because the Modi government had some differences of opinion with two of the...

What You Can Now Expect Every Election
What You Can Now Expect Every Election
Rediff.com6 Dec 2024

A freebie once granted can hardly be discontinued. All that can happen is to substitute...

'In Equity Markets, One Has To Be Patient'
'In Equity Markets, One Has To Be Patient'
Rediff.com12 Nov 2024

'While investors need to be prepared for making some losses, they should not lose big...

Modi 3.0: Focus Shifts To Governance
Modi 3.0: Focus Shifts To Governance
Rediff.com7 Oct 2024

'It would be reasonable to assume that Modi 3.0 would be more focused on projects and...

A Tale Of Two Modi Decisions
A Tale Of Two Modi Decisions
Rediff.com11 Sep 2024

Why did the political system in the country react to these two decisions of the Modi...

We Haven't Seen This In 39 Years!
Rediff.com22 Aug 2024

Dr T V Somanathan is the first finance secretary to be appointed Cabinet secretary...

Political Savvy Nirmalaji's Bold Budget
Rediff.com3 Aug 2024

Few finance ministers announce any taxation measure that could upset the stock market....

'We Want Chinese Style Growth'
Rediff.com1 Aug 2024

'We have essentially tried to set out an agenda for the next five years and it, in...

Budget Must Focus On Raising Revenue
Rediff.com18 Jul 2024

With the fiscal deficit target staring at the government, the FY25 Budget has limited...

Time To Make Budget More Transparent
Rediff.com21 Jun 2024

The Budget should use the extra RBI surplus to better effect, suggests A K Bhattacharya.

How Modi Can Overcome Coalition Challenges
Rediff.com19 Jun 2024

If the concerns over risking political capital are overcome, the long-term gains for...

What's Modi Up To?
Rediff.com24 Apr 2024

No government in the past initiated the process of policy making for its next tenure...

Free Divestment From Finance Ministry
Rediff.com21 Mar 2024

The new government that presents the full Budget for 2024-2025 in July should be ready...

What to make of sharp variations in GDP numbers in election year
Rediff.com19 Mar 2024

Questions will be raised over why those changes take place and whether non-economic...

Who Fared Better On Economy? Modi Or Manmohan
Rediff.com15 Feb 2024

Whether it was the MGNREGS or the NFSA or the Aadhaar-based DBT scheme for cash...

Budget: Will Nirmalaji Loosen Purse Strings For Poll Gains?
Rediff.com18 Jan 2024

The finance minister's assertion that industry should not expect any spectacular...

Interim Budget: No Big Bang Announcements On Cards
Rediff.com21 Dec 2023

If the Budget makes no big announcements on new schemes, projects, or tax giveaways,...

Why 810 Million Indians Need Free Rations
Rediff.com20 Nov 2023

Is it a case of poor targeting of a welfare scheme, or is it a reflection of the...