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Indira Rajaraman

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ARTICLES BY INDIRA RAJARAMAN

It is (unpaid) care of the elderly even more than care of the young that keeps women out of the labour force.

Women in the labour market: We'll make progress if we address India's ageing

4 min read . 02 Nov 2023

The first quarter (Q1) of the current year 2023-24 reported real growth of 7.8 % year-on-year. (PTI)

The MPC has complex signals to decode in its rate-setting review

4 min read . 06 Oct 2023

The ostensible reason for this nightmarish return to the 1950s’ import regime is India’s push to replace imports with domestic production, without violating the terms of Information Technology Agreement (ITA)–1, under which India cannot levy tariffs on 250 electronic items. (AP)

Laptops and tomatoes: Changes that show how little has changed

4 min read . 31 Aug 2023

Delays in GST compensation paid to states highlight problems in India’s fiscal system, including a lack of timely audits, even as the cess that funds it seems headed unfortunately for permanency.

Six years of GST: Compensation cess still needs to be sorted out

4 min read . 04 Aug 2023

Among the freebies currently on offer in Madhya Pradesh is free electricity up to 100 units (kilowatt hours), 50% subsidy beyond that up to 200 units, and full rate levy thereafter

Define boundaries and state the fiscal costs of election freebies

4 min read . 06 Jul 2023

Washington Capitol (iStockphoto)

The US debt ceiling mess shows why a Fiscal Council is a bad idea

4 min read . 01 Jun 2023

The Commonwealth is recalled for a few fellowships and its Games but there is no visible attempt on its part to take into account the urgent problems that are staring us all in the face

The Commonwealth should turn its attention to global problems

4 min read . 05 May 2023

Re-globalization with risk control should also mean a growth relook

4 min read . 07 Apr 2023

In the limiting case, if the peak were budgeted to be wound down to zero before the close of the financial year, the budget estimate shown in the statement would be zero, not ₹1.05 trillion. (HT_PRINT)

Budget should’ve included any year-end outstanding

1 min read . 06 Mar 2023

(File) In the forthcoming year 2023-24, the nominal GDP growth rate assumed in the budget applied to the (lower) SAE as the base yields slightly higher fiscal percentages. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

The macro-economic landscape has changed over the last month

4 min read . 03 Mar 2023

The Union budget for 2023-24 is rather well placed on fiscal math

4 min read . 02 Feb 2023

State governments have chosen between two pension schemes

4 min read . 05 Jan 2023

State governments shifted along with the central government out of the OPS to the new pension scheme (NPS) without any coercion, because they saw the sense of it. (mint)

State elections and the troubling return of the old pension scheme

4 min read . 02 Dec 2022

The 2022 Nobel prize for peace will do nothing to secure peace

4 min read . 03 Nov 2022

The PMGKAY played a key role in blunting the pandemic’s harsh edge for the country’s poor. Photo: Mint

A star achievement of our 75 years of independence

4 min read . 07 Oct 2022

States have indulged in off-budget borrowing much before 2016-17, but, unlike at Centre, these have not been brought on-budget so far. Photo: Mint

The states must get their fiscal act together

4 min read . 02 Sep 2022

The RBI has no option but to raise rates

4 min read . 05 Aug 2022

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Photo: PTI)

Critics are wrong, GST has strengthened federalism

4 min read . 01 Jul 2022

A ban on wheat exports was the country’s least damaging option

4 min read . 03 Jun 2022

Inflation and what to do about it: Secure cheap Russian oil at least

4 min read . 05 May 2022