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At the domestic front, the government presented its last full budget wherein it had to maintain a balance in fueling growth trajectory, while being on the path of fiscal prudence, say analysts
India's public digital infrastructure expansion is leading to accelerated financial inclusion for low-income households, micro and small businesses, and the economy's rapid formalisation
On what needs to change, she said for the countries to manage such a difficult trade-off right, fiscal policy has to play a role
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The pandemic made the govt to launch Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana to provide free food grains to the poor. It has now been scrapped. What will be its impact?
In its latest Monthly Economic Review, the Ministry said global economic developments remain complicated in November, and that fiscal and monetary policymakers need to remain vigilant
RBI, following conventional wisdom, is guilty of wanting to show that it's doing something to bring down inflation while perhaps helping worsen it by slowing down efforts to increase capacity, output
New Delhi has already stopped compensating states for the switch to the Goods and Services Tax regime from this year
India exported $22 million worth of musical instruments and their accessories in the first half of the current fiscal year, as compared to $38.5 million in the previous year
The meeting took place at a time when external demand is waning as exporters are facing global headwinds of high inflation, currency depreciation and geopolitical tensions
"The food subsidy burden is already crossing Rs 3 trillion and we are hopeful that it will be brought down below that mark," said a senior government official
Instead of municipalities and states depending on transfers from the Centre, it should be the other way around
Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today
A couple of states may be guilty of fiscal imprudence. But why tar all of them with the same brush?
All the research since 1980 shows that loose fiscal policy causes inflation, and the RBI MPC needs to tell the govt just that
The International Monetary Fund urged policy makers across the world to act now to bring down inflation, put in place responsible fiscal policy, and safeguard financial stability
Spending space available without pressure to their fiscal profile, says agency
"The global goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is likely to be missed: by then, about 600 million people will remain in abject poverty. A major course correction is needed," Indermit Gill said.