Union Budget

Sweet Surrender

Jayanta Ghosal

A ‘halwa’ ceremony, a practice that has its roots in British times

Tinkered, Not Tailored

Ullekh NP

Start-ups are enthused by Budget recommendations, but want more concrete steps to help them grow at a faster clip

On Literary Dabs by Finance Ministers

Madhavankutty Pillai

The light touch

A Cultural Survey of the Economy

Bibek Debroy

Are we finally going beyond Kautilya in our economic thinking?

The Power of the Familiar

Swapan Dasgupta

The central message of the Budget is unspectacular but very important.

Populist? No

TCA Srinivasa Raghavan

Don’t underestimate an understatement

The Rural Fetish

Siddharth Singh

Throwing money at rural India without redistributing its excess population is worthless populism

The $5 Trillion Task

Dhiraj Nayyar

Well within the grasp of Modi 2.0

Remember Her

Amita Shah

Incentives for women self-help groups deliver a big political message

Growth Is Inevitable

Devangshu Datta

The future according to a professional pessimist

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Union Budget

Sweet Surrender

Tinkered, Not Tailored

On Literary Dabs by Finance Ministers

A Cultural Survey of the Economy

The Power of the Familiar

Populist? No

The Rural Fetish

The $5 Trillion Task

Remember Her

Growth Is Inevitable

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