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Budget leans on resilience, paves path for Viksit Bharat

The budget lays a solid foundation for a prosperous and resilient economy where all segments of society are taken care of.

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds up a folder with the Government of India's logo as she leaves her office to present the union budget in the parliament in New Delhi, India, July 23, 2024. REUTERS/Altaf Hussain/File Photo/File Photo (REUTERS)
Published on Jul 24, 2024 08:49 PM IST

Dark side of election time welfare promises

Fiscal resources should be utilised in a targeted way, with provisioning in the budget, as governments need to spend on diverse areas with fiscal prudence.

Most of the poll promises (freebies) can’t be fulfilled. . (Representative photo)
Published on Nov 09, 2023 10:24 PM IST

A peaceful India free of disturbances is taking the global centre stage

India will celebrate 76 years of Independence soon, with major milestones such as the removal of Article 370, the Ram temple, and the ban on triple talaq.

India is truly coming of age as a strong nation. (HT PHOTO)
Published on Aug 03, 2023 10:53 PM IST

An Amrit Kaal road map for India to achieve glory

This year’s Budget is a document with a futuristic vision. The government has listed seven priorities (saptarishi) that will guide policymaking on the road to 2047

The last full-fledged Budget before the general elections next year has resisted being populist, and the government must be applauded for it (Ajay Aggarwal/Hindustan Times)
Updated on Feb 01, 2023 11:53 PM IST
ByGopal Krishna Agarwal

Budget for India @75: A template for Amrit Kaal

If India commits itself to the template of high public capital expenditure, control on populist measures, stable and predictable tax regime and government policies, and a single-minded focus on reforms, this Budget will be remembered as the trailblazer

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi, February 1, 2022 (REUTERS)
Updated on Feb 01, 2022 11:28 PM IST
ByGopal Krishna Agarwal

Budget will need to tackle Covid hurdles

The government is aware of the pain points. It will make required interventions in order to propel our economy to the next level

Disinvestment has been one of the focus areas of the Narendra Modi government and the driving principle behind this is the government’s belief that public money locked in such assets should generate higher returns. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Jan 26, 2022 09:18 PM IST
ByGopal Krishna Agarwal

Is the global pharma industry unhappy with India’s policies?

The world-class Indian vaccine, with several vaccine manufacturers and an open licence, is attractive for several countries, particularly in the developing world. Indian pharma industry will gain immensely and our country will stand out as a nation helping at the time of need. But dominant global pharma companies stand to lose billions of dollars in profits due to the policies followed and stand taken by the Modi government and this is a strong enough reason for them to be unhappy.

A health official draws a dose of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, January 29, 2021. (REUTERS)
Updated on Jun 10, 2021 06:40 PM IST
ByGopal Krishna Agarwal

India can’t lose out on this window of economic reforms

The government is not inclined to repeal the farm laws. The responsibility of building the right narrative for it rests on all well-meaning citizens. It cannot be left to political class alone. Politics will be what it is with limitations in a democratic ecosystem. Let us all rise to the occasion.

Farmers shouting slogans at the demonstration site during the ongoing protest against the new farm laws, Ghazipur , February 20 (ANI)
Updated on Feb 24, 2021 06:14 AM IST
ByGopal Krishna Agarwal

Agri-reforms will empower farmers. The Opposition is wrong | Opinion

The legislations will give options of new markets, attract private investments to build infrastructure, help in better price discovery, enable information dissemination mechanism, and provide future price assurance to the farmers

These reforms were similar to the 1991 moment for the wider economy and were hailed as such by leading experts(HT Photo)
Published on Sep 21, 2020 08:27 PM IST
ByGopal Krishna Agarwal

India will resist China’s economic imperialism |Opinion

By opting out of RCEP, PM Modi had already shown the way. This is an opportunity for the domestic economy

We discerned the designs of Chinese economic imperialism early on. Our delinking from China began much early than many would like to believe(REUTERS)
Updated on Jul 27, 2020 06:45 PM IST
ByGopal Krishna Agarwal
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