The message of caution is necessary because govts in the past have often shown a tendency to indulge in fiscal jugglery to hide the actual extent of their fiscal deficit.
Thirteen years earlier, prof Pranab Bardhan tried to provoke Sonia Gandhi with one word—decentralisation. He supports the idea with full conviction even today.
In 'Beyond Fear', Ian Cardozo says that soldiers never receive monetary rewards for their work. And when rewards do come their way, they're unable to recognise them.
According to International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook, Indian govts spend about 28% of GDP, which is more than many countries. But greater spending hasn't delivered better infra.
Taking to Twitter, Gandhi cited a report claiming China's tents still being at Demchok in Eastern Ladakh and no date set for talks between core commanders of the two countries.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
It is heartening to know that government is moving towards transperancy. We should also know that extra budgetary resources to finance capex was an old idea and it used to be part of budget documents explicitly in olden days. We notice that budget documents are totally changed in last ten years and it is really difficult to corelate any data from the statements or from yester years. Can any economist take the trouble of making an assessments of all these innovations and give out a comparable picture with traditional budget or UPA era budgets
It is heartening to know that government is moving towards transperancy. We should also know that extra budgetary resources to finance capex was an old idea and it used to be part of budget documents explicitly in olden days. We notice that budget documents are totally changed in last ten years and it is really difficult to corelate any data from the statements or from yester years. Can any economist take the trouble of making an assessments of all these innovations and give out a comparable picture with traditional budget or UPA era budgets