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The mystery of the Indian economic recovery
The three issues that can be thought about as smoking guns that have created a smokescreen which obfuscates the true state of the Indian economy
5 min read25 Sep 2015Can India lean against the global economic storm?
The prospect of global economic instability has once again cast its long shadow over India. What lies ahead?
3 min read25 Aug 2015What economists can learn from sportsmen
Some central bankers have very effectively used sporting metaphors to explain what their job entails
9 min read31 Oct 2014Budget 2014 | Impact on India’s economy
Mint's executive editor, Niranjan Rajadhyaksha, discusses the budget's impact on Indian economy
15 Jul 2014The economics of gifting
What 'The Big Bang Theory' TV sit-com can tell us about gifting and why we are so bad at it
4 min read26 Oct 2013A technological answer to our toilet troubles
The quest to build a new toilet is an attempt to develop new technologies to address an old social problem
4 min read11 Oct 2013In the twilight zone
India survived despite a weak state only because affairs were run by local social norms that coordinated public behaviour
4 min read14 Sep 2013Once upon a time in Mumbai
Govind Narayan Madgaonkar's 1863 Marathi book on life in Mumbai has been recently translated into English
4 min read31 Aug 2013The culture of innovation
There is a lot that entrepreneurs can learn from painters, poets, film-makers and musicians
4 min read11 Jun 2013The loneliness of dissent
It is never easy to speak truth to power. Whistleblowers such as Dinesh Thakur are a useful example
3 min read1 Jun 2013Popular Topics
Budget
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