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Indivjal Dhasmana, a senior associate editor at Business Standard, writes on macroeconomics, taxes, and political economy. He has over three decades of experience in various journalism. He currently heads the economics data team at Business Standard.
Indivjal Dhasmana, a senior associate editor at Business Standard, writes on macroeconomics, taxes, and political economy. He has over three decades of experience in various journalism. He currently heads the economics data team at Business Standard.
While India can look for innovative ideas to balance it out, one of the options available may be to persuade China to give it more market access
He tells that the Centre has double standards in dealing with borrowings of certain agencies in the state and those at the Centre as sovereign debt
Among the five states that allocate the highest proportion of their total expenditure to education, Bihar and Rajasthan stand out
The Indian economy has come closer to Japan. The latter stood at $4 trn in 2024. It is quite possible that India's economy may overtake Japan's next year as latter's economy is struggling to grow
Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, and Odisha budgets maintain revenue surpluses despite welfare schemes, while Rajasthan and West Bengal face high debt, fiscal deficits, and low capital outlay
The state has strong tax receipts, with its own tax revenues now constituting 90 per cent of its revenue receipts
It is ironic that the latest accident was caused by a stampede triggered by a rush of devotees trying to board special trains meant to facilitate pilgrim travel to the Mahakumbh
Tax devolution remains a tale of bypassing Finance Commission recommendations
Legislation to amend Income Tax Act, simplify language and procedures to reduce such disputes
Reduction in sovereign debt-to-GDP ratio requires a decline in fiscal deficit in proportion to GDP
The forecast for FY26 suggests only a little change over the 6.4 per cent growth expected for 2024-25, according to Advance Estimates
In terms of education, the number of schools in Delhi declined by 3.4 per cent to 5,497 during the five-year period ending 2023-24
Queries on government jobs or recruitment examinations also on the minds of people
While one may take various commodities to gauge the additional prices consumers pay over wholesale rates, here we have assessed seven commodities
Economic data shows history will be kinder to him for his first term rather than second
The fourth part of the series assesses what it will take to encourage domestic manufacturing, while also being an alternative to China
India has become most populous nation. But with fertility rate slowing, there are concerns that it may grow old before getting rich. The second part of the series explores demographic challenges
Says Kerala does not see labour unrest unlike many other states
Festival month saw 12% dip in direct tax revenue to Rs 88,293 cr
Finance Commissions use different yardsticks to recommend transfer of funds from the Centre to the states. These generally are income distance, population, area, etc