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A K Bhattacharya: Beware of those revenue numbers
It is important for the finance minister not to impose on his tax collection team a revenue target that is unrealistic
Arvind Panagariya: A flexible deficit target
The author explains why his suggestion of the fiscal deficit at 4.5% of GDP differs from P Chidambaram's 4.1% in the interim Budget
Shreekant Sambrani: PM Modi should target price manipulators at mandis
The government needs counter cyclical policies to tackle vegflation, which has become a recurrent problem
Chandrajit Banerjee: A Budget for investment
The Budget should invite investors to set up manufacturing facilities on a large scale. Measures to improve the investment climate alone may not be adequate
Devangshu Datta: Storm clouds before the Budget
The record of the new government would be spotless but for the increase in rail fares and the delay in gas price hike
 "Devangshu Datta: Storm clouds before the Budget")
Rajeev Malik: Mr Jaitley's moment of truth
A wider fiscal deficit despite higher divestment will be a disappointing beginning
Alokananda Chakraborty: Much ado about nothing
Facebook's tinkering of user data for a social experiment has raised the hackles of its users. A bigger question: were the findings worth the effort?
Satya Poddar & Shalini Mathur: A blueprint to encourage tax compliance
The TARC report calls for the formation of a tax council to make the administration less adversarial and more productive
A question of energy
India is unprepared for climate change negotiations
How to exclude
Change the way food security Act beneficiaries are identified
The cup at half time
Apart from shocking exits and controversies, World Cup 2014 has also seen the rise of the underdogs
A K Bhattacharya: Will the NDA follow suit?
The Modi govt has used its predecessor's decisions conveniently so far, but it remains to be seen if it also allows the empowerment of states
Daniel Gros: Who won Europe?
The claim that Europe's people have given a mandate that the member states' representatives in the European Council should respect rings hollow
Indira Jaising: Institutions of governance have surrendered their autonomy
Lessons from the "deemed rejection" of Gopal Subramanium
The new publishers
The battle between publishers and e-commerce behemoths