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Every time Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal speaks, you would think India is the world’s preeminent export hub. In reality, our share of global...
Import tariffs are not an economic consideration for the government of India anyway, with data from Budget 2025-26 showing that customs duty isn’t a...
India doesn't have enough hospital beds. The central government laments that health is a state subject and passes the buck.
Budget 2025 makes it clear the government’s privatisation mission has been buried. It wants to pump money into CPSEs, and receive ever-increasing...
Both the government and the RBI are currently so focused on their respective targets that they are losing sight of the fact that some flexibility...
The tax officials will, of course, have a better understanding of what the revenue implications will be. But let them at least start thinking about...
The root cause of GST’s complexity lies in the multiplicity of rates. Time and again, experts recommended a simple dual-rate system. They were all...
India needs to figure out what kind of global player it wants to be while remaining uncompromising on its interests—hard-nosed and difficult, or...
Income tax is such a steady and reliable revenue stream, and an increasingly vital one, that the government simply cannot afford to do anything...
The next few weeks will show how successfully Governor Shaktikanta Das can navigate the latest butting of heads between the government and the RBI.
If the question is whether Indian authorities can launch their own investigations based on the findings of a foreign government, the answer is that...
Elon Musk is now a key player in US policymaking. He's already left a mark on Indian government.
The Modi government must reflect on the reputation it is building for India. It is fueling a perception of unpredictability.
This isn’t a rant. It’s a major issue faced by lakhs of people — predominantly from South India — when they try to navigate the myriad of...
PM Modi has sought to incentivise manufacturing in India through PLI schemes, but the components have come mainly from China, with Indian companies...
The current ‘Hindu rate of growth’ is far faster than the original one, but it is still wholly inadequate to cater to the needs of the population.
Oil prices are nearly 40% lower than they were in June 2022, when fuel prices were effectively frozen; yet, consumers have not benefited from this...
There is a difference between protecting an investor from unscrupulous external action, and protecting them from themselves. The former is...
Govt inaction has 3 impacts on e-gaming: smaller companies operating in grey market to avoid tax, bigger ones moving out of the country, and...
India’s corporate sector needs to toughen up and be brave with its criticism. The government, for its part, needs to listen and not lash out.
Look beyond Andhra-Bihar in Budget 2024. What's absent has larger political implications