The Economic Times

We, the people of India, are all Africans, Harappans, Steppe Asians and more While BJP trumpets Hindu nationalism in its election campaign, the question, ‘Who are we?’ has been answered brilliantly by Tony Joseph in a new book, Early Indians: […]

Tax vehicle entry into cities to fund metro rail expansion and lower pollution Traffic congestion and pollution in major Indian cities have become unbearable. The two are connected. When road jams occur, and a journey takes an hour instead of

A case for a minimum alternative tax on revenues, not on profits Few would believe that the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) managing director, Christine Lagarde, would ever call for developing countries to increase taxation of multinational corporations. She has done

Ten million farmers have received their first instalment of ₹2,000 under the PM-Kisan scheme, and will receive ₹6,000 in a full year. Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi has promised a minimum income for all if elected. Many experts believe India is on

RBI needs to calculate and monitor public sector borrowing requirement After the interim budget, economic experts on TV bemoaned the smoke and mirrors that cloak the true extent of the fiscal deficit. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) recently castigated

Nobody cares about workers who die cleaning sewers in abysmal conditions We boast of great scientific feats. We have sent a space mission to orbit Mars. Our submarines can hit any target in the world with nuclear weapons. Yet, our scientific

Mayawati has a better chance of becoming PM than Rahul Gandhi In recent months, the prospect of a mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) of Opposition parties presenting a united front against the BJP has sparked widespread speculation that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will

Narendra Modi’s chances of returning to power in 2019 elections are 50-50 Media analysis in the first half of 2019 is going to focus on the coming general election in May, to the exclusion of almost everything else. Will Narendra

Four economists argue for Arun Jaitley against Urjit Patel on RBI reserves On October 26, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor Viral Acharya had made a passionate speech warning that governments that raid the reserves of their central bank, as

We should treat the latest GDP statistics as innocent till proved guilty Has the government fudged GDP data to show that the Narendra Modi era has registered faster GDP growth than either of the two terms of the preceding UPA