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MONEY
| 7-minute read
Interim Budget 2019: It’s deflation that's hurting you! And it could hurt BJP too
The biggest chink in Narendra Modi-Amit Shah’s electoral armour is the economy which is the grip of strong deflation and plummeting demand. It is here that the Opposition has its sharpest advantage.
POLITICS
| 4-minute read
Understanding the Davos dilemma
Has the WEF Summit turned into nothing more than an annual jamboree of global economic contradictions?
MONEY
| 4-minute read
What shines and who has been exposed in the politics over GDP numbers
GDP numbers tell a fantastic story of India's economic resilience in which the country’s politics has turned farcical.
ART & CULTURE
| 6-minute read
Laxminama: How religion and trade shaped each other, and human civilisation
[Book extract] Business in India blossomed always in tune with liberal religious thought, where profit and credit had its sanction in all religious texts.
MONEY
| 4-minute read
Rising fuel prices: Why India is paying the price for its irrational energy tax policy
It's more than worrying that the government and oil companies are seemingly clueless about the next course of action on petroleum prices.
MONEY
| 3-minute read
Why banks' bad loan mess has become murkier now
How Modi government is divided on the very genesis of NPAs.
MONEY
| 4-minute read
Why Atal Bihari Vajpayee was an economic liberaliser in the true sense
Vajpayee was the first PM of India who dared to rein in government spending.
MONEY
| 4-minute read
Why Facebook, WhatsApp, Google have no choice but to purge fake news
Social media's battle against fake news and bigotry is bad news for politics.
MONEY
| 5-minute read
Why exports are at odds with PM Modi's global outreach
Going by the high-octane global missions of Narendra Modi, India's exports recession remains an enigma.
MONEY
| 4-minute read