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The Macro Direction of the Budget Can't Be Camouflaged by Making a Section Happy

02.02.2025 7

The Wire

Arun Kumar

The Union Government Must Move its Budget Focus Away From the Organised Sector

17.01.2025 4

The Wire

Arun Kumar

Wealth tax in India will boost economic growth. The roadblock is political will

The reason wealth tax failed earlier is because it was deliberately made complicated by allowing concessions, loopholes, etc. Now, with digital...

19.12.2024 7

Indian Express

Arun Kumar

Wealth tax in India will boost economic growth. The roadblock is political will

The reason wealth tax failed earlier is because it was deliberately made complicated by allowing concessions, loopholes, etc. Now, with digital...

19.12.2024 6

Indian Express

Arun Kumar

What the Parliament Debate on the Constitution Failed to Address

The debate in parliament on the Indian constitution did not rise to the occasion. Neither side focused on how it has helped India stay together as...

17.12.2024 10

The Wire

Arun Kumar

GDP Data Shows India Faces Dual Income Trap

The just-released official GDP growth data for Q2 of FY 2024-25 will heighten concerns about India facing a ‘middle income trap’. If true, India...

06.12.2024 9

The Wire

Arun Kumar

How Majoritarianism Based on ‘Divide and Rule’ Undermines Itself

The nation is not at peace. News of violence and protests have become routine. The result is diversion of the nation’s energies from tackling...

01.11.2024 3

The Wire

Arun Kumar

Ratan Tata the Visionary: Could he Have Done More?

Ratan Tata has been hailed as a great visionary. Under him, Tata group not only went global but its brand got some global recognition. The group...

15.10.2024 1

The Wire

Arun Kumar

Sitaram Yechury Stayed the Course Through the Rise and Decline of His Party

I met Sitaram Yechury soon after I joined the Jawaharlal Nehru University for a PhD programme in 1977. The Emergency was over and the Janata...

14.09.2024 6

The Wire

Arun Kumar

An Alternative 'Economic Survey'

The new National Democratic Alliance government is to present the Union Budget for 2024-25 on July 23. The previous Bharatiya Janata Party-led...

17.07.2024 9

The Wire

Arun Kumar