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Budget Snapshots | Capital goods sector deserves priority in Budget 2019
If Make in India gets a much-needed push in the Budget, then capital goods' companies can hope for a revival in demand
Politics | New Delhi should look at re-shaping SCO
For engaging a serious organisation having the potential to play a significant role in the emerging Asian architecture, India’s proposed HEALTH vision was more of a slogan rather than a serious policy announcement.
Chart of the Day: The foreign trade figures for May mirror slowdown in economy
Total goods import growth in May 2019 from a month ago was 4.3 percent, but crude oil imports went up 8.2 percent
Hardselling India to investors: This three-point agenda should help
How do you achieve a $5 trillion economy as promised by Modi 2.0? The efficacy and quality of capital are paramount. Better corporate and regulatory behaviour, and a stronger redressal mechanism also go a long way in realising the dream.
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Budget 2019 | Direct tax reforms – It’s a case of now or never!
The message is loud and clear. India needs a paradigm shift in direct taxation. Will the government bite the bullet like it did for GST?
Policy | Will Budget 2019 bring a renewed focus on India’s education sector?
A big push in education requires a strong budgetary impetus and faster reforms towards education quality.
Clean Mobility | India’s resolve to become an electric vehicle country by 2030 is taking shape
By asking Ola and Uber to transform 40 percent of their fleet to electric, the Modi 2.0 government is pushing the automobile industry to change
Macro Matters | The implications of the government’s target of making India a $5 trillion economy by 2024
A substantial jump in the growth rate is required to achieve the objective
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Budget 2019 | Five long term measures to revive agriculture
India needs policies for sustainable and climate-smart agriculture.
Politics | BJP needs Amit Shah in Maharashtra even as Congress remains rudderless
In the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls, Sharad Pawar is expected to outmanoeuvre Devendra Fadnavis and he could even match the Modi-Shah duo. As for the Congress, it is looking at a deep, dark abyss.
Budget Snapshots | Rising incremental credit to deposit ratio calls for budgetary measures to spur deposit growth
If the budget introduces measures to encourage savers to direct more flows to bank deposits, then banks could lower interest rates
Budget 2019 | National Education Policy 2019: What the new Budget could reflect
Speaking of investment in higher education, the dream of making India a haven of skilled human capital will not materialise unless the government puts its money where its mouth is
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Corporate governance | Making independent directors swot for exams is futile, application is what counts
Ultimately, the responsibility for holding a light to a company’s actions rests on its minority shareholders, chief among them institutional shareholders.
Budget 2019 | GST: An economic well-being barometer of future!
With the government enjoying a majority in the GST Council and a stabilising mop-up, one could expect that the Centre would quickly simplify the process further

Political Pulse | Mamata Banerjee stands morally defeated but the BJP is reluctant to seize power
The biggest inadequacy of the BJP in West Bengal is the absence of a leader who can command popular respect and steer the state back to normal living and may be even pursue some development.
Sebi needs a bloodhound, not another toothless watchdog
It’s time to crack down hard on errant auditors
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Legal Matters | Judicial pendency is a crisis unfolding in real time
India’s budgetary expenditure on the judiciary is under 0.5% of total budget. It is difficult to expect that an independent judiciary will exert its weight as the third pillar of our democracy, if it is expected to survive on such a paltry budget.
Policy | GST credit: A dire need to incorporate learnings from the past
The provisions on input tax credit under the GST have been well-defined and are more comprehensive than the erstwhile regime. However, there are still some loose ends that need to be fixed.
Policy Point | The challenge of rising agri-commodity prices and a deficient monsoon
The government must create a balance between keeping the consumer prices under check and ensuring remunerative prices to all farmers.
Policy | Is the State literate about education in India?
A constant concern in the educational realm has been the meagre apportionment in the budget. Hope the NEP 2019 sees a departure and gets a boost in the upcoming Budget allocation.
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Budget 2019 | Why an uptick in IIP will not reduce policy challenges
Ideas for stimulating growth need to go beyond increasing government expenditure.
India versus Bharat: the divide in working conditions
The divergence can only be bridged by getting underemployed workers out of stagnant agriculture and into the higher productivity formal sector
Politics | Is violence the last lifeline for Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal?
If the Centre dismisses the Trinamool Congress government it would help in giving the opposition parties a cause to unite against the BJP.
The budget’s arc should bend towards repairs, reforms and revival
Pronouncements need to balance short-term impetus and structural course correction
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Budget 2019 | Why problems in the agrarian economy need long term solutions
Making PM-KISAN universal will solve the identification problem to an extent and make its implementation easier.

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