Bite The Bullet

Reducing the subsidy bill will have multiple benefits

Bite The Bullet

-The Times of India, March 19, 2012

Timid Knock

Budget 2012-13 is no tonic for a slowdown-hit economy

Timid Knock

With a metaphor to cricket, the editorial goes into the various nuances of the budget in considerable detail, and says, "it plays too safe, having the feel of a tail-ender's knock in the UPA's innings."

-The Times of India, March 17, 2012

A budget for the auto sector

Vinesh Kriplani, a tax partner in Ernst & Young (along with Sonal Jain, senior tax professional with a member firm of the Ernst & Young) explains the potential in the auto sector to boost the economy and why should the government consider providing it the required attention in this years' budget.

"A strong Budget that supports the auto sector at large and brings in clarity on existing anomalies in law will be welcomed by the industry."

Wanted : A budget that plays straight for the auto

Growth engine

The budget for the year 2012 is almost on the cards and India is yearning to see an all inclusive, realistically plausible, and a far-sighted economic perspective with apt imagination and innovation in our plan and balance sheet for this fiscal year.

PM Mathews, a professor of economics in the Christ University explains more...

A fantastic read if one needs to understand the complicated dynamics in economy and the challenges that India face to stabilise it....

Growth is fine, but can Pranab take all on board?

The Missionary Position

Foreign aid is often salve for the conscience, helping the donor rather than recipient

The Missionary Position

"Aid corrupts: money disappears into the pockets of the well-connected. Aid softens the need for a government to forge a bond with citizens by raising revenue and redistributing those funds as services."

-The Times of India, February 14, 2012 

Delivery's The Key

If the goal is food security, then get the logistics right

Delivery's The Key

-The Times of India, February 10, 2012