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Rathin Roy

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The Threats To India's Prosperity
Rediff.com22 Jul 2024

Looking under the hood, I see India on the terrible, but commonplace, road to...

When The Party Ends And Reality's Cold Light Shines Through...
Rediff.com9 Jun 2023

There will be a lot to repair and rejuvenate -- if that opportunity even presents...

If Inflation Is Here, Can Social Conflict Be Behind?
Rediff.com9 May 2023

For all its claims to economic glory, the majority of India's population lives...

Fraternity, prosperity and polarisation
Rediff.com28 Mar 2023

Economic stagnation is the advance payment for polarisation, which extracts a terrible...

India 2022: Huge Economic Challenges
Rediff.com30 Sep 2022

Every patriot should learn from our history and recognise that celebrating size will...

Budget Won't Ensure Economic Recovery
Rediff.com24 Feb 2022

By any economic theory or doctrine, this is no Budget that supports economic recovery,...

Budget 2021: No evidence of an economic strategy
Rediff.com15 Feb 2021

There are several welcome standalone reforms, but these do not add up to a coherent...

India is in a financial mess
Rediff.com19 Aug 2020

'In a serious fiscal situation like this, an ostrich-like focus on annual budgeting,...

Why we import what we do from China
Rediff.com22 Jul 2020

We import from China not because we love China, but because they sell us these things...

6 important economic lessons of coronavirus
Rediff.com13 Mar 2020

'The coronavirus epidemic highlights the need to start thinking more actively about...

What Modi can do to tackle slowdown
Rediff.com1 Nov 2019

'Event management can distract from, but not permanently mask, execution failures,'...

Did the Budget ignore the fiscal crisis?
Rediff.com16 Jul 2019

'The Budget numbers presented severely underestimate the magnitude of the unstated...

Time to focus more on inclusive medium term fiscal policy
Rediff.com31 Jan 2017

Inclusive growth is about enabling wider participation in the growth story, but the...

Economic breakthrough? 15 questions and a plea
Rediff.com17 Jun 2016

Over 15 years, with seven per cent growth, the Indian economy will be three times bigger.

Growth at the heart of India's transformation agenda?
Rediff.com3 May 2016

energy is India's binding supply-side constraint for inclusive growth.

Government addresses the Achilles heel of fiscal management
Rediff.com1 Mar 2016

The government has at last commenced important structural reforms.

India faces a complex economic crisis
Rediff.com8 Jan 2016

This is a terrible situation for a growing economy to be in, and the central bank would...

How bad is deflation for the economy
Rediff.com11 Dec 2015

If oil prices rise, the government would face an uncomfortable political decision.

Why governments fail in delivering what they promise
Rediff.com4 Sep 2015

Poor predictability, credibility and effectiveness of fiscal performance have been key...

Politics behind India's growth projections
Rediff.com5 May 2015

Most forecasts do not have a track record of transparency and accuracy