Assam Tribune, 20 February 2022
“In the long run we are all dead. Economists set themselves too easy if in tempestuous seasons they can only tell that when the storm is long past the ocean is flat again.” J.M Keynes Union Budget 2022-23 was...
Budget 2022-23 has to be framed under the shadow of three sets of pressing issues. One relates to the devastating economic impact of Covid-19, the second to restoring growth and putting the economy on a higher growth trajectory and...
In an interview around the time the National Statistical Office said that the economy had grown at only 1.6% in January-March quarter, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asserted that all that sufficient measures had already been taken to restore growth in the...
In one of her interviews with the media around the release of the fourth quarter growth of 2020-21 at 1.6% by the NSO, the Finance Minister asserted that all that need to be done for restoring growth has already...
More funds could have been allocated to MGNREGA and PM Garib Kalyan Yojana to spur short-term demand Budget 2021-22, presented in the backdrop of Covid-19, has three major challenges: Containment of the pandemic; Budget 2021-22, presented in the backdrop...
It should set aside the fiscal deficit for now, while raising revenue through wealth tax and monetising idle PSU assets An annual budget is a short-term instrument with a longer-term perspective. Rapid inclusive growth is a widely acceptable goal....