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Slow Growth and Inflation: Bad News for the Incumbents

The growth of the Indian economy has slowed down and is likely to decelerate further. The government has curbed exports, eased imports, tightened money supply and hiked interest rates. Yet inflationary fires continue to rage.

Political stability anyone?

The Congress party-led United Progressive Alliance government has obtained a new lease of life for a few extra months after winning a vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha on July 22. Rahul Gandhi made an impressive speech aimed at the youth that sought to cut across ideological lines and emphasize...

Political instability and economic growth

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India is going through a period of not just political uncertainty, but economic instability as well. But are the two connected? Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made a prestige issue of clinching the nuclear agreement with the US in the teeth of opposition from the Left, at the risk of...

Thank your lucky stars: but at whose cost?

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Government subsidies keep fuel prices low, but in the process oil and gas firms suffer losses

International prices of crude oil and petroleum products have touched record highs. Never before in the history of humankind have oil prices gone up to the extent they have in recent months.

The Hidden Tax

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Inflation is a tax that shrinks real incomes and reduces purchasing power

Nobody likes paying taxes. When taxes are paid indirectly—for instance, when one purchases a commodity on which excise duty or customs duty has been levied—many do not readily recognize the fact that taxes have been...

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