Nirmala Sitharaman’s revenue efforts are a mix of progressive taxation, dipping into the petroleum sector to collect more taxes, and growing protectionism.
The idea for holding a WEF-like global investors’ meet is being mooted at a time the government is looking to attract more investments from overseas and spur economic growth.
The terms 'poor' & 'poverty' figured just once in Sitharaman's speech, as compared to 16 times in this year’s interim budget speech, 23 in 2018-19 and 22 in 2017-18.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
Not reformist, whatever else it may be.
Protectionist Modi murdabad socialist Modi murdabad.