Tag: Fiscal

A Tightrope Walk

Like any other political party TVK also promised a slew of welfare measures. Key among them include Rs 2500 monthly support for women heads...

Fiscal Tremors Beneath Growth

There is no immediate fiscal crisis, nor is Tamil Nadu in a position of financial distress. The larger question is whether future governments will...

Editor’s NOTES – Growth with headwinds

India’s real gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to be 7.4 per cent in fiscal 2025-2026, as per the first advance estimates by the...

Inklings – Balance Over Excess

With the GST rationalisation, the government’s net tax kitty is expected to be lower than the initial budget estimates for FY26. From the revised...

Pension That Came Back, Just in Time for the Election

There is the budget ritual, festival season generosity and then there is the unmistakable election adjoining season. This is when long-pending demands suddenly acquire...

On a better wicket?

These are tough times. Controllable factors are increasingly shrinking, and the uncontrollable ones are expanding at a rapid pace. Too many uncertainties are being...

Industrial Economist 24-09-2022

This premium content is for Paid Subscribers only IE Digital Edition (24 September 2022) The following topics are covered in this weekly issue: (a) TN Finances;...

“Magic Mirror, on the wall, who *now*, is the fairest one of all?”

The period since 2004 has seen merely two prime ministers helm the nation; and just four finance ministers presented nineteen full budgets. Is there a...

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