Indranil Pan

Budget 2012 must strike a balance between revenue and expenditure

Making ends meet is the biggest challenge facing the finance minister, come 16 March.

Either way - it's inflation, baby!

No matter what the finance minister does in his budget, he will end up stoking some kind of inflation.

Increase India's competitiveness to cash in on rupee fall: Indranil Pan

In terms of the capital flows, whether through debt or through FDI route, he doesn't see an immediate impact as the growth dimension for the economy has changed.<br /><br />

Budget 2013: Current account deficit concerns to persists, says Kotak’s Pan

The government's borrowing programme is going to be a bigger worry than fiscal deficit as it adds to the interest payment bill which is an unproductive expenditure, said Indranil Pan, cheif economist, Kotak Mahindra Bank