Budget 2024 has stuck to the path of fiscal consolidation without compromising on necessary expenditure and targeted welfare while devising a new strategy to generate employment
Behind the themes of digitalisation, decarbonisation and decentralisation, Budget 2023 seeks to pump-prime the economy with autonomous investment and consumption demand, thereby increasing incomes
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle