Fiscal Economics

Instead of municipalities and states depending on transfers from the Centre, it should be the other way around

Centre's capex outlay may touch 20 per cent of full-year target in Q1 at Rs 1.5 trillion

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday said the country has missed a payment to the Asian Development Bank,

Says states don't have fiscal flexibility for exigencies as Centre has

Roll-back will increase fiscal risks

The idea that fiscal prudence and welfare of the less well-off are mutually exclusive is misplaced

Although the budgetary exercise has made a virtue out of necessity, the change in fiscal stance could end up having a happy outcome

With modest revenue effort, the burden of cutting the deficit will fall on a big expenditure contraction

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

The economy requires a fiscal battle plan and this, in turn, requires a fiscal responsibility framework

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Budget 2021 must overhaul the existing FRBM Act to set feasible targets on deficit and debt

Trading volumes are expected to be slim in the final week of the year, with stock markets being shut on Friday for New Year holiday.

Concerns raised by the CAG must be addressed

There are three definitions for the purpose of fiscal statutes: a statutory definition, the definition in market parlance and a scientific definition