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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
TopicFiscal deficit

Topic: fiscal deficit

Bachi Karkaria on disruptors other than Modi, Kaushik Basu on world’s biggest economic risks

Aastha Singh -
The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Fiscal deficit at 3.39% in 2018-19, marginally lower than revised Budget estimate

PTI -
In absolute terms, fiscal deficit stood at Rs 6.45 lakh crore as against Rs 6.34 lakh crore in the revised estimates of Budget.

Ex-IAS officer’s take on 6 key economic challenges new Modi govt faces

Anil Swarup -
The new Modi government must go beyond statements and take concrete action on ground to address the economic challenges.

RBI warns finance panel of more fiscal slippages for states

PTI -
The remarks were made during a meeting between the members of the 15th Finance Commission and the RBI.

Record Rs 1.13 trillion GST collection in April is an exception rather than the rule

Vrishti Beniwal -
Govt needs to more stringently implement programmes to discourage tax evasion & boost compliance of direct & indirect taxes to make this a trend.

Currency, forex, growth in free fall: Economy is Pakistan’s real crisis, IMF only saviour

Remya Nair -
Pakistan has reserves for just two months of imports, and also faces a current account, fiscal deficit, inflation crisis.

Modi govt unlikely to meet fiscal deficit target as tax collections fall short

Mahua Venkatesh -
Direct tax collections are estimated at around Rs 11.25 lakh crore against a target of Rs 12 lakh crore.

What Rahul Gandhi missed out when he promised higher GDP expenditure on education, NYAY

Ila Patnaik -
If Rahul Gandhi's promises are kept without cutting other spending, government would be borrowing an amount equal to its total borrowing today.

Rahul Gandhi’s NYAY raises too many questions & is not the answer to ending poverty

Ila Patnaik -
In an economy where biggest problem is employment, poverty reduction by income transfers is just a palliative. It needs to come with growth & jobs.

Congress party’s minimum-income scheme for the poor is short on funding details

Vrishti Beniwal -
The plan has left economists wondering how this would be rolled out without breaching the budget deficit goal of 3.4% of GDP for the fiscal year starting April. 
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Indians should adopt stray dogs. It’s what Hindu value system teaches

Meenakashi Lekhi -
Compassion and cohabitation with animals are ingrained in the Indian value system. A humane solution must be found for the rising conflict between man and free-range animals.

GST reform is pointless if it doesn’t simplify tax slabs. 40% rate is counterproductive

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Economy

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

Ruchi Bhattar -
New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Defence

Centre appoints Army ex-vice chief Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani as military adviser to NSC Secretariat

Javaria Rana -
New Delhi: Former Indian Army Vice Chief Lt Gen N.S. Raja Subramani (Retd) has been appointed the new Military Advisor (MA) to the National...

National Interest

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Shekhar Gupta -
Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.

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