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Friday, January 30, 2026
Topic2019 Budget

Topic: 2019 Budget

Modi govt’s stimulus plan for economy falls short on vision

India is still waiting interminably for larger firms to be allowed to flourish, smaller firms to get cheap financing & state to retreat from business.

Modi won’t win in 2024, unless these nine economic follies are reversed

In 2024 Lok Sabha election, it will be good economics that will deliver PM Modi a good political outcome. He needs advisers he will listen to.

Ex-Telegraph editor Aveek Sarkar loses security cover, Punjab Kesri editor gets a downgrade

Pre-Truth – snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

2 weeks after budget, stock markets in free-fall, Rs 2.8 lakh crore market cap wiped out

Nirmala Sitharaman’s refusal to offer any respite to foreign portfolio investors from the super-rich tax has made the markets slump to a 2-month low.

Modi govt’s tax for super-rich snares unsuspecting foreign investors

Tax officials have suggested that global funds convert themselves from trusts to corporates as a way to avoid paying the higher surcharge.

NBFCs will soon be out of the woods as funds flow eases, economic affairs secretary says

RBI can now supersede boards of NBFCs, remove their top management, and audit accounts of group firms by seeking financial statements.

PM derides ‘professional pessimists’, Congress’ crisis continues

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On Camera

India’s tech ambitions need private sector investment in R&D. Budget 2026 holds the key

India’s private sector remains hesitant to invest in R&D. This is understandable, as the domestic market often fails to reward differentiated technologies adequately.

India’s public debt stabilising post pandemic hike as Centre cuts burden, but states lag—Economic Survey

While Centre makes progress lowering debt from pandemic peak and cutting borrowing costs, states face slower adjustment with limited market discipline, survey finds.

‘LCA man’ Ravi Kota, key in operationalisation of IAF’s Tejas fleet, picked as next HAL CMD

Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.