Ashok Kumar Lahiri

Ashok Kumar Lahiri

The author is a Bharatiya Janata Party member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and a former chief economic advisor in the Union finance ministry

Ashok Kumar Lahiri

Welfare politics and procedural issues pose risks to fiscal discipline

Are the new or revised schemes costed properly? If not, what will it do to the Budget figures?

Updated On: 08 Apr 2026 | 11:10 PM IST

FM Sitharaman shows adequate caution in drawing up a conservative Budget

It is useful to remember that the miracle economies to our East, the so-called Asian Tigers, sustained high growth for decades by following prudent fiscal policies

Updated On: 06 Feb 2026 | 10:23 PM IST

Singur's lost promise and the case for reviving industrial land value

Singur's industrial promise was undone by flawed land acquisition and a costly return to agriculture. Reviving it through farmer-led industrial parks could restore value and growth

Updated On: 18 Jan 2026 | 5:25 PM IST

State-level race in per capita income: Tracking shifts in NSDP rankings

Every state in the East, comprising Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal, lost its ranking. West Bengal mirrored Punjab in sliding 13 positions

Updated On: 13 Oct 2025 | 10:40 PM IST