The Frankenstein called subsidies
Fp Editors • 13 years agoWhether it is food, or fuel or fertilisers - the 3Fs for the FM - the subsidy bill has, through benign political neglect, burgeoned into something frightening over the last eight years.
We need a tax signal more than a fiscal one
Jagannathan • 13 years agoAjit Ranade, chief economist of the Aditya Birla Group, he would prefer to avoid being seen as a fiscal hawk - where the first priority of the finance minister would be to balance his books.
Manmohan Singh must act now to fix India story, say expert economists
Fp Staff • 12 years agoThe Prime Minister needs to address the country on the economy, investors have to be sent confidence-building signals and India's savings rate needs to improve.