Ajit Ranade

In her Union Budget speech, the finance minister had said that she was allocating Rs 35,000 crore for this purpose and would stand by to ...Read More

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India meets every two months to decide on the main policy interest rate. This ...Read More

It is worth examining why this idea is ultimately infructuous or irrelevant. Firstly, it goes against the Constitution of India. In fact,...Read More

This large fiscal deficit of 6.8 per cent for next year, is not only far in excess of what was specified by India’s own fiscal responsibi...Read More

The government cannot spend even a rupee without the consent of Parliament. Hence its annual spending plan, called the Union Budget propo...Read More

The annual Union Budget will be presented in less than two weeks. It is a constitutional requirement, since not even a single rupee can b...Read More

Macroeconomic winds are blowing favourably as we enter the New Year. Stock markets are at an all-time high. Share price indices are up ne...Read More

On the one hand, the RBI says it will pursue its accommodative policy as long as is necessary, to revive economic growth. So, money suppl...Read More

India is seen as a countervailing force to China. ...The feasibility of higher imports from the US depends on stronger domestic growth in...Read More

The apex court has asked parties and candidates to widely publicise criminal histories in local and national newspapers, as well as on s...Read More

Forty years ago, possibly for the first time, there was mass mobilisation and a farmers' agitation led by a most unlikely and uncharismat...Read More

The larger issue is what is to be done about banking health in times of the pandemic. The RBI-constituted K V Kamath Committee has submit...Read More

In the run-up to the 2012 presidential elections in the United States, The Guardian newspaper published a story of how the Obama re-elect...Read More