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India Out of Work

An excerpt from ‘India Out of Work: Rethinking India’s Growth Story’ India Out of Work explores the growing crisis in I...

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PROMISES NOT KEPT, SELLING FALSE DATA — A FARCE CALLED UNION BUDGET

Budgets are supposed to deliver the promises made by the ruling party, address challenges before the economy, and achiev...

General National Finance Post-Budget Series 2026 Random Reflections Union Budget

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Union Budget 2026–27: Prosperity in Numbers, Poverty in Reality!

If one were to rely on the official data released by the government, India’s economy is claimed to be in a comfortable p...

General National Finance Post-Budget Series 2026 Union Budget

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Budget Expectations: Need to Escape Confused Policy Making

The only option for India is to reduce dependence on the external markets and boost internal markets via income suppor...

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How Tamil Nadu Achieved Economic Growth with Social Justice and Development

As per the RBI Handbook on Statistics of States, Tamil Nadu doubled its economy in a decade from a GSDP of Rs. 14.6 lakh...

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Whither Make in India? Unemployment surges despite India’s economic ranking boost claim

India’s rising unemployment continues to cast a shadow over its much-touted economic ascent, with official data revealin...

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Rising Unemployment in a Rising Economy! | Finance Matters, 20 June 2025 | Editorial

While the Union government proudly touts India’s position as the “world’s third-largest economy,” the latest...

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India’s GDP Growth: A Misleading Celebration | Finance Matters, 06 June 2025 | Editorial

There has been considerable noise in the media and government circles about India surpassing Japan to become the world’s...

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Tamilnadu Economic Survey and Budget

A model for the country and other states! We have seen many Union Economic Survey and Budget as well as State Budges. Ke...

General National Finance Random Reflections State Budget

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Budget 2025 – rhetorics repeated

Slogans modified. No efforts to revive the Economy. In a surprise, Dr. Ananda Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor, with h...

General Random Reflections Union Budget

September 16, 2026

Santosh Mehrotra and Jajati Parida

An excerpt from ‘India Out of Work: Rethinking India’s Growth Story’ India Out of Work explores the growing crisis in India’s labour market. Over the past few years, non-farm jobs, which are crucial for diversifying the economy and providing stability, are not growing as they should. The formal job...

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September 16, 2026

Thomas Franco

PROMISES NOT KEPT, SELLING FALSE DATA — A FARCE CALLED UNION BUDGET

Budgets are supposed to deliver the promises made by the ruling party, address challenges before the economy, and achieve the constitutional goals. One of the most important constitutional goals is to bring down inequality and provide equal opportunity to all. When income inequality is increasing, i...

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September 16, 2026

Devidas Tuljapurakar

Union Budget 2026–27: Prosperity in Numbers, Poverty in Reality!

If one were to rely on the official data released by the government, India’s economy is claimed to be in a comfortable position today on four key parameters—high growth rate, global ranking in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), contained inflation, and a controlled fiscal deficit. In such a situation, it...

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January 31, 2026

Arun Kumar

Budget Expectations: Need to Escape Confused Policy Making

The only option for India is to reduce dependence on the external markets and boost internal markets via income support to the marginalised which can more than make up for the loss of external markets. A budget is expected to flag the issues both currently faced by the economy and likely to emerge...

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January 15, 2026

Thomas Franco

How Tamil Nadu Achieved Economic Growth with Social Justice and Development

As per the RBI Handbook on Statistics of States, Tamil Nadu doubled its economy in a decade from a GSDP of Rs. 14.6 lakh crore in 2017–18 to Rs. 31.18 lakh crore in 2024–25. It is second among all states in GSDP, next to Maharashtra. It was at the bottom two when we got independence. Gross Enrolment...

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June 27, 2025

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Whither Make in India? Unemployment surges despite India’s economic ranking boost claim

India’s rising unemployment continues to cast a shadow over its much-touted economic ascent, with official data revealing that the jobless rate climbed to 5.6% in May 2025 from 5.1% the previous month. The worrying uptick comes even as the government celebrates India’s emergence as the world’s third...

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June 20, 2025

CFA Admin

Rising Unemployment in a Rising Economy! | Finance Matters, 20 June 2025 | Editorial

While the Union government proudly touts India’s position as the “world’s third-largest economy,” the latest employment data tells a more sobering story, which doesn’t feature in celebratory speeches or glossy campaigns. According to official data released on June 16, the country’s unemp...

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June 11, 2025

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India’s GDP Growth: A Misleading Celebration | Finance Matters, 06 June 2025 | Editorial

There has been considerable noise in the media and government circles about India surpassing Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy in terms of GDP. While this sounds impressive, it hides the real story. GDP only measures the total size of the economy and does not tell us how well the av...

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March 18, 2025

Thomas Franco

Tamilnadu Economic Survey and Budget

A model for the country and other states! We have seen many Union Economic Survey and Budget as well as State Budges. Kerala Budget especially by Dr. Thomas Issac used to have innovations and visionary schemes for the majority of the people. This time Tamilnadu has shown the way. First Economic Surv...

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February 18, 2025

Thomas Franco

Budget 2025 – rhetorics repeated

Slogans modified. No efforts to revive the Economy. In a surprise, Dr. Ananda Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor, with his team of more than 150 people, produced an Economic Survey 2025 with certain critical comments. (He may be on the way out.) The report started with a note of caution and fear tha...

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India Out of Work

PROMISES NOT KEPT, SELLING FALSE DATA — A FARCE CALLED UNION BUDGET

Union Budget 2026–27: Prosperity in Numbers, Poverty in Reality!

Budget Expectations: Need to Escape Confused Policy Making

How Tamil Nadu Achieved Economic Growth with Social Justice and Development

Whither Make in India? Unemployment surges despite India’s economic ranking boost claim

Rising Unemployment in a Rising Economy! | Finance Matters, 20 June 2025 | Editorial

India’s GDP Growth: A Misleading Celebration | Finance Matters, 06 June 2025 | Editorial

Tamilnadu Economic Survey and Budget

Budget 2025 – rhetorics repeated

India Out of Work

PROMISES NOT KEPT, SELLING FALSE DATA — A FARCE CALLED UNION BUDGET

Union Budget 2026–27: Prosperity in Numbers, Poverty in Reality!

Budget Expectations: Need to Escape Confused Policy Making

How Tamil Nadu Achieved Economic Growth with Social Justice and Development

Whither Make in India? Unemployment surges despite India’s economic ranking boost claim

Rising Unemployment in a Rising Economy! | Finance Matters, 20 June 2025 | Editorial

India’s GDP Growth: A Misleading Celebration | Finance Matters, 06 June 2025 | Editorial

Tamilnadu Economic Survey and Budget

Budget 2025 – rhetorics repeated