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RBI hits pause, interest rates to stay low for a long time

India, Feb. 7 -- The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India maintained status quo on interest rates and policy stance in its first meeting of the year and also the first after th... Read More


What does the trade deal with US mean for India? Key points for Delhi in the details so far

India, Feb. 7 -- Less than a week after the announcement of a trade deal in principle, India and the United States have issued a joint statement which gives more details about what exactly has been ag... Read More


Terms of Trade: What ails India's higher education?

India, Feb. 6 -- This week's column makes an argument which is best understood in three parts. The glacial pace towards equality This author was a student in Jawaharlal Nehru University when what is... Read More


Evolution of India's tax burden: Progressive with a caveat | Number Theory

India, Feb. 3 -- India will become the world's third largest economy in a couple of years. It will still lag by a distance when it comes to average incomes. India's per capita GDP in current dollar te... Read More


What the Budget means for: Fiscal

India, Feb. 2 -- Where does the Budget stand as far as its fiscal math is concerned? This question is best addressed by examining three factors: the exogenous variable of nominal GDP growth, trends in... Read More


What the Budget means for: Politics

India, Feb. 2 -- Budgets are as much about politics as they are about sound finances and hard-headed economic calls. Where does the 2026-27 Budget stand on this front? The biggest news is not from th... Read More


What the Budget means for: Growth

India, Feb. 2 -- What does Union Budget 2026-27 do for economic growth? There are two ways to look at the question. The Economic Survey claimed that India's potential growth rate -- the pace at which... Read More


What the Budget means for: Reforms

India, Feb. 2 -- Not all reforms are announced in the budget. More so in a world where rules of the game are being constantly rewritten as well as being rigged. This year's Union Budget comes less tha... Read More


Reimagining the budget to reinvigorate reforms

India, Feb. 1 -- Newsrooms and budgets have a complicated relationship where the urgency of the present often has to confront the almost mundane chore of going through the same drill every year. Given... Read More


Reimagining the budget to reinvigorate reforms

India, Jan. 31 -- Newsrooms and budgets have a complicated relationship where the urgency of the present often has to confront the almost mundane chore of going through the same drill every year. Give... Read More