The Modi government at last climbed down to repeal the three farm laws on November 29, 2021 that provoked more than a year-long farmers’ protest starting from August 9, 2020. The protest allegedly took a toll of 600 human...
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...
Source: Assam Tribune, 31 July 2021
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...
The most noteworthy job that the Assam Government has done is the non-discriminatory extension of health services in the polarized milieu in contrast to the general mood unleashed by the actions of the Central Government. It is certainly in...
There is no question about the need to simplify labour laws, but a hire and fire policy may not be what the doctor ordered for the manufacturing sector. Since the shift of the Indian economy to a market-driven, open...
The current tussle between the Centre and States on the issue of GST compensation could be briefly put as follows: While bringing into operation the GST regime, there has been a statutory commitment that the Central Government would compensate...
The recently passed ordinances create rules for farmers to engage with businesses. But small farmers may not benefit As part of the stimulus package announced under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan towards the recovery of the Indian economy, the Centre...