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Finance
How coronavirus threatens to derail years of effort to control India govt debt
When finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the annual budget in February, a little factoid went largely unnoticed and mostly under-reported. For ......
Economy
Flashback 2019: The year when the economy took a hard right turn towards turmoil
Soon after winning a second term in May, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set a target to boost the Indian economy’s ......
Finance
Budget 2019: Why India needs a more meaningful disinvestment strategy
Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office for a second five-year term, the government’s policy think-tank Niti Aayog said ......
Finance
What India Inc, taxpayers can expect from Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden budget
Last week, just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed Nirmala Sitharaman as India’s new finance minister, a deluge of bad ......
Finance
How bonus shares, buybacks and dividends by PSUs are propping up govt's coffers
From 2009-10 to 2013-14, when the Manmohan Singh-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was in the saddle, only one state-run company ......
Finance
Will macro headwinds knock India off its growth path?
Calendar 2017 was a year of contradictions for the Indian economy. Even as economic growth slipped in the aftermath of ......