fiscal policy
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Modi 3 and the fruits of fiscal Tapasya
Guest writer Saiarav argues that Modi’s election-year budget broke from freebies, citing the 2019 farmer cash transfer and Congress’s welfare promises in Karnataka, and reads this as the government’s confidence…
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Modi’s fiscal masterclass
Guest writer Saiarav argues that Modi’s second term showed fiscal discipline through global turbulence without losing political capital, and explains why India has strong reasons to reduce deficits, from debt…
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Random musings on the interim budget
Guest writer Saiarav sets out his takeaways from India’s interim budget: a stunningly non-populist budget in an election year, with almost nothing for voters, which he reads as Modi’s supreme…
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The mystery of high fuel prices in india
Contributor Yajnavalkya asks why petrol and diesel stay near Rs 100 a litre in India when Brent crude is under $80, arguing that taxation and the oil marketing companies’ pricing…
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Yogi has not been an economic miracle man for UP…so far
Contributor Yajnavalkya uses state growth and fiscal data to argue that Yogi Adityanath’s six-plus years in Uttar Pradesh have delivered underwhelming growth, only about 20 basis points above the national…
