Category: Lead

Positive and negative forces may balance themselves out, leaving a figure that is close to 6.5%

Taken together, the total impact of the reciprocal tariffs and penal levy on India’s growth rate can turn out to be severe

With geopolitical complexities affecting global development finance, a solution lies in evolving a mechanism of pooling resources with like-minded countries

Some of the measures indicated in the Budget could have been implemented even earlier; moving away from ‘fiscal deficit’ as an indicator is an incorrect step

Many of the measures in manufacturing, agriculture, and climate action, lack rounded strategies

With the current lower levels of household financial savings, having 3% of GDP as a limit to fiscal deficit should be the focus

The policy slant highlights good intentions, but the ways and the means to accomplish the ambitious goals set out are hazy

It is a vindication of the success of India’s development record that the rising aspirations of citizens are being matched by their belief that these aspirations will be realised in their lifetime