Selected Tag: Union Budget
Selected Tag: Union Budget

India's ₹12 Trillion Question: Building Assets or Wealth?

India's record capex spending raises an uncomfortable question: is it building public wealth or merely accumulating debt? The government lacks the accounting to answer.

Sagari Gupta

July 21, 2026 at 7:10 AM IST

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India April 1-July 13 Net Direct Tax Collections Rise 16.4% to ₹6.51 Trillion 

BasisPoint Insight

July 14, 2026 at 10:49 AM IST

India's Growth Story Looks Strong, But Half the Population Is Missing

India ranks 131st globally on gender parity, with a dismal showing on economic participation exposing a persistent gap in its growth story.

K. S Sujit

Sujit Kumar Mishra

July 8, 2026 at 4:22 AM IST

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West Bengal Shift Raises Stakes For India–Bangladesh Ties

Political change in West Bengal could reshape cross-border dynamics, with migration, water sharing, and strategic alignment emerging as key pressure points in bilateral relations

Saibal Dasgupta

May 6, 2026 at 6:57 AM IST

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Budget 2026

We Don’t Need No Data-Centre Coddling

Data-centre tax holidays represent oodles of government cash to favoured Indian businesses for little public benefit

TK Arun

February 10, 2026 at 6:28 AM IST

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Briefing

Future to be Authored, Not Avoided by Probabilistic Pessimism

By assigning high odds to global disorder, the Economic Survey risked framing uncertainty as paralysis. Public policy must govern the future, not hedge it.

V Thiagarajan

January 31, 2026 at 3:57 PM IST

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The Bureau

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