The intended objective of removing tax arbitrage to make household savings more fluid across asset classes may not be served if the housing...

The term 'reform', derived from Latin 'reformare', gained prominence during the Protestant Reformation and applies broadly today. GoI's bud...

Budget 2024 reflects the government's ongoing commitment to macroeconomic stability by maintaining its fiscal consolidation strategy. While...

The GoI's focus on increasing capital expenditure (capex) to address infrastructure and energy deficits has been significant. Public capex ...

It is a chicken and egg problem. Scale will help bring down costs. But creating demand at scale at affordable price points requires lower c...

Big expenditure numbers in a budget always attract eyeballs as it leads to capacity generation, public asset creation, opportunities for th...

The way GoI views the future trajectory and shape of the economy is interesting. Given the momentous changes likely to take place across th...

Increasing cost of cultivation should be addressed by reduction in cost of agrochemicals for farmers. A lower GST rate should be fixed for ...

Let’s acknowledge that even with strong double-digit growth in FY22, India’s GDP as FY23 begins will be just about bigger than the FY20 GDP...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced three unique features: the re-use of scrap metal, the new vehicle scrapping policy, and the c...

One expects that it would delineate a policy plan that revitalises growth drivers, alleviates distress, supports livelihoods and helps crea...

GoI has leaned on addressing the survival issue via some cash and in-kind transfers to vulnerable sections of society. But India is a consu...

For now, the economy will have to be put in a deep freeze. The fight will have to be led by GoI.

The demographic dividend has been leveraged with a focus on higher and technical education, with an aim to make India a global learning hub.

The central government has been shrinking in size (share of GDP). This needs to be recognised.

FM Jaitley missed the opportunity to make a clean departure from the past 3 budgets. His Budget has no focus on SCs, STs, OBCs & minorities.

Ind-Ra has rated Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited’s (BMRCL) proposed bonds at ‘IND AA(exp)’.