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While Finance Minister was sleeping, credit outflows inverted

Since FY20, banks are giving more personal loans than loans to the industry, particularly to large industry, and the gro...

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Understanding Deregulation, Privatisation & Economic Reforms: What derailed the Indian economy?

Random Reflections The derailment began in 1991, with the World Bank, IMF loan, and the Liberalisation, Privatisation, ...

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Why does the Centre dislike freebies and the States love them? What is the real story? THE MONEY TRAIL

𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 From the Prime Minister to the Supreme Court, there seems to be consen...

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Use of a rupee route to get around dollar dominance

India could take advantage of geopolitical developments to promote trade and gain better status for the rupee, by avoid...

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GST बनाम गब्बर सिंह टैक्स | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

जीएसटी की शुरुआत टैक्स प्रणाली को सरल बनाने और डबल टैक्स से बचने के लिए की गयी थी। लेकिन अब हर रोजमर्रा की जिंदगी में इस...

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Lies, Despair and a Grotesque Inequality Plagues Indian Economy Today

We witnessed an infantile jubilance on the part of the government since last year about a “record recovery” from the pan...

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Why is the Centre afraid of caste data and the census?

It is the fear of providing a fresh sail to the ‘Mandal’ (OBC) politics of the 1990s that prevents ‘Kamandal’ (BJP) poli...

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How do the Indian State and the Banks make Oligarchs the Global Champions?

Some time ago, Mr Amitabh Kant, CEO of Niti Aayog stated they can’t take care of 140 billion people but will create a fe...

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When Finance Ministry takes to fakery

It is absurd for the ministry to say 5.5% inflation in FY22 didn’t hurt the poor and even more so its claim that a ...

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Reclaiming the Right to Unionise

Will the success of the Amazon workers boost us to overcome our own challenges? A truly historic development took pla...

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September 23, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

While Finance Minister was sleeping, credit outflows inverted

Since FY20, banks are giving more personal loans than loans to the industry, particularly to large industry, and the growth in personal loans is even more dramatic. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is disheartened that the industry is not investing in manufacturing, despite the corporate tax cut ...

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September 22, 2022

Thomas Franco

Understanding Deregulation, Privatisation & Economic Reforms: What derailed the Indian economy?

Random Reflections The derailment began in 1991, with the World Bank, IMF loan, and the Liberalisation, Privatisation, and Globalisation agenda. Post – Independence Economy We were left with a depressed economy. From 1900 through 1947, the average annual growth rate was under 1%. Capital formation...

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March 11, 2026

CFA Admin

Why does the Centre dislike freebies and the States love them? What is the real story? THE MONEY TRAIL

𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 From the Prime Minister to the Supreme Court, there seems to be consensus against freebies. Free or subsidised food grains, electricity or health care for the poor has suddenly become the root cause of all the financial worries. The Revadi jibe naile...

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August 8, 2022

Sunanda Sen

Use of a rupee route to get around dollar dominance

India could take advantage of geopolitical developments to promote trade and gain better status for the rupee, by avoiding dollar A number of countries, including India, are now considering the use of other currencies to avoid the U.S. dollar and its hegemonic role in settling international t...

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March 11, 2026

CFA Admin

GST बनाम गब्बर सिंह टैक्स | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

जीएसटी की शुरुआत टैक्स प्रणाली को सरल बनाने और डबल टैक्स से बचने के लिए की गयी थी। लेकिन अब हर रोजमर्रा की जिंदगी में इस्तेमाल होने वाली चीज पर टैक्स देना पड़ रहा है। इसमें सबसे नया है- आटा, चावल और दूध- दही पर 5% टैक्स। दूसरी तरफ लग्जरी वस्तुओं पर 5 प्रतिशत छूट दी जा रही है! क्यूँ जीएसटी सभी के लिए ...

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July 15, 2022

Anirban Bhattacharya

Lies, Despair and a Grotesque Inequality Plagues Indian Economy Today

We witnessed an infantile jubilance on the part of the government since last year about a “record recovery” from the pandemic. Finance Ministry’s report claimed that armed with necessary macro and micro growth drivers, India is on its way to becoming the fastest growing major economy in the world. T...

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June 10, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

Why is the Centre afraid of caste data and the census?

It is the fear of providing a fresh sail to the ‘Mandal’ (OBC) politics of the 1990s that prevents ‘Kamandal’ (BJP) politics in power from disclosing OBC data of the SECC of 2011 or conducting a fresh OBC count. Does India need a caste census? There are many strong arguments for and against it. The...

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May 27, 2022

Thomas Franco

How do the Indian State and the Banks make Oligarchs the Global Champions?

Some time ago, Mr Amitabh Kant, CEO of Niti Aayog stated they can’t take care of 140 billion people but will create a few global champions. The Alt news report is quoted verbatim here. “In India, we are too much of a democracy, so we keep supporting everybody. For the first time in India, a governme...

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June 1, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

When Finance Ministry takes to fakery

It is absurd for the ministry to say 5.5% inflation in FY22 didn’t hurt the poor and even more so its claim that a fall in inflation from 6.2% in FY21 to 5.5% in FY22 led to “redistribution of the income” To most, the Finance Ministry’s Monthly Economic Report (MER) of April 2022 came as a r...

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April 11, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

Reclaiming the Right to Unionise

Will the success of the Amazon workers boost us to overcome our own challenges? A truly historic development took place in the US earlier this month which has attracted little attention in India. The workers of tech giant Amazon’s New York warehouse forced the second-largest employer in their cou...

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While Finance Minister was sleeping, credit outflows inverted

Understanding Deregulation, Privatisation & Economic Reforms: What derailed the Indian economy?

Why does the Centre dislike freebies and the States love them? What is the real story? THE MONEY TRAIL

Use of a rupee route to get around dollar dominance

GST बनाम गब्बर सिंह टैक्स | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

Lies, Despair and a Grotesque Inequality Plagues Indian Economy Today

Why is the Centre afraid of caste data and the census?

How do the Indian State and the Banks make Oligarchs the Global Champions?

When Finance Ministry takes to fakery

Reclaiming the Right to Unionise

While Finance Minister was sleeping, credit outflows inverted

Understanding Deregulation, Privatisation & Economic Reforms: What derailed the Indian economy?

Why does the Centre dislike freebies and the States love them? What is the real story? THE MONEY TRAIL

Use of a rupee route to get around dollar dominance

GST बनाम गब्बर सिंह टैक्स | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

Lies, Despair and a Grotesque Inequality Plagues Indian Economy Today

Why is the Centre afraid of caste data and the census?

How do the Indian State and the Banks make Oligarchs the Global Champions?

When Finance Ministry takes to fakery

Reclaiming the Right to Unionise