In India, the average length of a budget speech is about 13,600 words and takes over two and a half hours to complete
No matter who wins the Assembly elections, the idea of India has already lost
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India's defence export policy did help in accelerating and convincing Manila about the merits of purchasing the BrahMos
The futile labour of Indian taxpayers
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For two years running, the finance ministry has excused itself from providing a projection of its fiscal consolidation plan
Because of fiscal dominance, growth itself may be necessary for monetary independence and price stability
Separation of public debt management from monetary policy is necessary for resolving conflict between two competing policy objectives
It is clear that the NSE management had lost its legitimacy and dangerously weakened the institution's foundations
Consumer sentiment has been, by far, the most sluggish economic indicator in the post-lockdown recovery story so far
India has, in fact, been a major victim of the flaws in the AoA
Bank financing of firm investment has retreated in favour of equity financing
It has all the usual ingredients but the modus operandi is very different and could teach Nirav Modi, the dethroned bank fraud king, a lesson or two
Rocket Boys is a brilliant story of how India's scientific-political complex emerged. But it's also a crime on history for portraying a celebrated Dalit scientist as a Muslim villain
Studies show that tribals, Muslims and Dalits have the highest proportion of poor. Equipping women in these communities to be employed is a societal good and an economic imperative, writes T N Ninan
What is driving up the start-up world of innovation-driven entrepreneurship in India today?
Did the Moneyball philosophy get redefined in the domain of cash-rich IPL, which has become an integral part of the cricketing ecosystem?
The 2022 Assembly election in Punjab will put a party in government and another in the opposition
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