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1991-92: Liberalization Budget

Mint picks 10 budgets which stand out for one or the other of these reasons

1 min read23 Jan 2020
Opinion

Opinion | An economist who never pulled his punches

T.N. Srinivasan is one of a very select group of economists who could take satisfaction in knowing that they played a consequential, intellectually grounded role in shaping an important event in world historyin this case, India rejoining the global economy in 1991

4 min read19 Nov 2018
Politics

New industrial policy to be announced soon: Suresh Prabhu

The government has finalised the new industrial policy, which is set to be announced soon, commerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu said

1 min read23 Apr 2018
Opinion

Narrow banking is an idea whose time has come

Narrow banks should be considered seriously as they will ring-fence a good part of India's banking system from repeated failure that necessitate grand bailouts

3 min read17 Nov 2017
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Going past the 1991 reforms

A book of essays edited by former RBI deputy governor Rakesh Mohan explains how the 1991 reforms workedand why the scope needs to be widened now

3 min read19 Aug 2017
Companies

The before and after of Indian business

Independent India's business history is clearly split into two partsbefore and after liberalization in 1991

3 min read16 Aug 2017
Opinion

Taking stock: 25 years of economic reforms

A new book offers a holistic view of the ripple effects of liberalizationand points to its unfinished business

4 min read11 Aug 2017
Opinion

Promise and peril of place-based policies

Policymakers around the world are grappling with widening regional inequalities and are being confronted with the need for 'place-based' economic policy interventions

4 min read13 Feb 2017
Politics

Note ban most disruptive policy innovation since 1991: D. Subbarao

Former RBI governor D. Subbarao says demonetisation is 'arguably' leading to a flurry of innovations in the Indian financial sector by way of digitisation of payments

1 min read5 Jan 2017
Politics

How reforms shook up the world of babus

Former bureaucrat N.K. Singh says it was clear that the bureaucracy was not prepared and that adjustments would take time

3 min read31 Dec 2016
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The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared

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