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No big fiscal stimulus in Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget 2020, but govt can still do it later

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman can do more on policy and legislative changes that are not related to tax, revenue and expenditure.

To realise NIP worth Rs 102 lakh crore, Modi govt needs Indians to save long-term

To help India become a $5-trillion economy, the National Infrastructure Pipeline has been unveiled. But the big constraint is money willing to be locked up for years.

Tata Trusts faces a 120 billion rupees tax liability after exemptions cancelled

The cancellation should take effect retrospectively from 2015, when the registrations were surrendered and the Trusts itself consented to the move.

Indian economy needs structural reforms & behavioural change, not macroeconomic jargon

What the disproportionate focus on macroeconomics misses is fact that to increase economic growth, you need to change behaviour of individuals and firms.

Buy Indian stocks to escape impact of global trade wars, UK’s Aberdeen says

Aberdeen is focusing on long-term effect of changes to India’s tax structure, plus efforts to clean up banking system & make affordable housing available.

Sex toys allowed but not massages – the story of tax breaks in Trump’s America

President Trump’s signature tax overhaul is aimed at spurring the economy in areas left behind, but the opportunity zones it covers, or rather doesn’t cover, shows some arbitrariness.

Ajai Sahni on why Al Qaeda does not succeed in J&K, Deepak Nayyar on why Budget is disappointing

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

Problem isn’t taxing disability pension of Armed forces, but demonising disability

By vilifying disabled military personnel, we are neither doing them nor ourselves as a country any favour.

Budget 2019 shows how India can not only become $5 trillion economy, but can also do it fast

With a favourable external environment and a stable exchange rate, India can achieve $4 trillion in next three years.

Budget: Govt may favour gradualism over sudden change, pragmatic tinkering over clear plan

Combination of constrained fiscal situation, slowing economy and an extraordinary electoral mandate can provide the push for experimentation.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

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.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

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.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.